gabdube/native-windows-gui

Features

• Worker-to-UI Thread Messaging - Enables safe communication of updates between background tasks and the primary graphical interface thread across execution boundaries.
• Windows Native GUI Bindings - Constructs desktop interfaces with standard controls, system trays, file dialogs, and drag-and-drop support tailored for Windows.
• Win32 Native Editors - Directly wraps the underlying operating system windowing application programming interface to construct lightweight native desktop graphical user interfaces.
• Windows Desktop Development - Builds native graphical user interfaces for Windows using Rust, wrapping operating system windowing components.
• UI Thread Schedulers - Manages separate execution threads and communicates safely between background tasks and the main interface thread.
• System API Wrappers - Accesses system fonts, tray notifications, clipboard contents, and image formats through native platform APIs.
• Native Desktop Application Frameworks - Develops native graphical user interfaces on the operating system by wrapping native window management and control systems.
• Windows Frameworks - Wraps underlying Windows operating system window management and control systems for high-performance desktop software.
• Native Interface Construction - Constructs lightweight native desktop graphical user interfaces by wrapping the underlying operating system windowing application programming interface.
• Rust Native Toolkits - Provides a lightweight graphical user interface toolkit for building native Windows desktop applications using Rust.
• Native Window Layout Management - Arranges interface elements using flexible structural grids and flow containers while supporting dynamic addition and removal at runtime.
• User Input Processing - Triggers custom application logic dynamically by capturing system messages, low-level hardware inputs, and widget actions.
• Drag and Drop - Processes files dragged directly from the desktop operating system onto active application windows.
• Windows Cross-Compilation Setups - Coordinates background threads with the main interface thread while compiling applications from non-windows environments into native binaries.
• Windows Builds from Unix Toolchains - Compiles native Windows target applications and binaries directly from non-Windows environments like Linux.
• Window State Management - Controls window geometry, minimization, maximization, centering, and sizing constraints on the display.
• Multithreaded Application Architectures - Spawns multiple windows across separate execution threads and communicates safely between background tasks and the main UI thread.
• Synchronous Event Dispatch Loops - Captures system messages, low-level hardware inputs, and widget actions to dynamically trigger custom application logic.
• Native System Dialogs - Triggers native operating system dialog boxes for file management, color selection, and font picking.
• Dynamic Layout Engines - Positions user interface elements using flexible layout engines alongside dynamic control creation.
• Layout Organizing Containers - Organizes application elements using structural grids, flow containers, and tab-based structures that adapt smoothly to resizing rules.
• Menus and Toolbars - Displays application menus, menu bars, toolbars, and system tray notifications with integrated tooltips.
• System Dialogs - Accesses system trays, tooltips, clipboards, standard file dialogs, and drag-and-drop file interactions across native desktop environments.
• Tabular Data Components - Presents tabular information featuring customizable columns, row selection, and flexible layout configurations.
• Inter-Thread Communication - Executes tasks across multiple threads and safely communicates updates back to the primary graphical interface thread.

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