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Turn existing Rust into a syntax tree, and back

1 min

Older IDE Filmed on the IDE as it was in late August 2026. The editor has changed since, so some screens look different. Its last line says drawing and typing give one program either way. That holds for the syntax tree, which round-trips source; the signal graph only emits Rust. The written walkthrough is current.

Paste real Rust. The visual syntax tree round-trips it. The signal graph emits Rust one way and is not parsed back.

Walkthrough

  1. Open the Code view, paste a Rust function into Import Rust and press Import to Graph. The imported tree replaces the graph on the canvas.
  2. The syntax tree parses it and draws every item, block, and expression as its own node.
  3. Edit that tree, then read the source it emits. The tree round-trips the source.
  4. The signal graph is a different diagram. It emits Rust one way. That Rust is not parsed back into signal nodes.

What you take away

You can tell the two diagrams apart: the syntax tree round-trips source, and the signal graph only emits.

Open the IDE and try it