Looking for simple GUI library/framework

**Cybermonkey** · 13-07-2014, 05:10 PM

Yes, thanks. But it also uses textures/images for the GUI part. I am still looking for something simpler. Something I started but it will take too long to finish (see attached screenhot).
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**Carver413** · 13-07-2014, 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by Cybermonkey

Yes, thanks. But it also uses textures/images for the GUI part. I am still looking for something simpler. Something I started but it will take too long to finish (see attached screenhot). Bildschirmfoto vom 2014-07-13 19:08:33.jpg

I can't see where that will look good in a game. with the explore I draw to textures and display them with opengl. the actual drawing is handled with scripts so the look can be changed easily to fit the game

**Cybermonkey** · 14-07-2014, 04:06 PM

That's probably true but it's fair enough for a retro style game.

**SilverWarior** · 15-07-2014, 06:58 AM

Originally Posted by Cybermonkey

Yes, thanks. But it also uses textures/images for the GUI part. I am still looking for something simpler. Something I started but it will take too long to finish (see attached screenhot).

Care to share what you have so far? The code I mean.
If you have started working on this in the right way I think there shouldn't be much problems in finishing your work. Writing the core part is the most difficlut part.
Now I'm willing to offer you a helping hand in this since I have played a bit in this area with designing of my Silver GUI library.
Unfortunately the current state of my Silver GUI library is not usable due to funfinished design and several bugs that can make it pretty unstable in certain scenarios. I have to do another rewrite of the core to avoid most of the current problems and also add ability to exted it with some new fetures that I want to add.

**Cybermonkey** · 15-07-2014, 06:33 PM

Hm, it's a real ugly hack I did and not object oriented at all. Something I have so far is a type for a button like this:

Code:

type TButton= record
x,y,width,height:integer;
caption:string;
id:integer;
clicked:boolean;
end;

I create a button the following way:

Code:

    button :=createbutton (500,400,'QUIT');

Then I have to take care of the event loop (in a REPEAT...UNTIL loop):

Code:

if mouseonbutton (button) then begin
    drawbuttonpressed (button);
    button.clicked:=true;
    end else begin
    drawbutton (button);
    end;

if button.clicked=true then begin
        buttononlick();
        button.clicked:=false;
    end;

I know it's a rather ancient way to do so but for that kind of retro GUI sufficient enough (IMHO). The function mouseonbutton means that the mouse cursor is on the button and the left mouse button is pressed ...
New version with text input:
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