cycfi/elements
Elements
Elements is a C++ GUI library and component-based UI framework used for building desktop user interfaces. It features a retained-mode layout engine that manages the positioning, sizing, and layering of elements within a window.
The framework functions as a cross-platform window manager, handling application event loops and embedding graphical views into native platform windows. It allows for the creation of custom widgets by composing basic primitive elements and alignment wrappers.
The system supports responsive layout organization through the use of tiles, grids, and flows. It also provides capabilities for graphical component layering and auto-sizing text labels.
Features
- C++ GUI Toolkits - Provides a C++ based cross-platform UI framework with windowing systems and widget hierarchies.
- Cross-Platform Windowing Abstractions - Offers unified interfaces that abstract native windowing APIs for consistent display and input management.
- UI Event Loops - Provides a continuous event loop that processes user input and manages application state updates.
- Recursive Layout Measurement - Determines element positions and sizes by propagating constraints and dimensions through the component tree.
- Application Window Managers - Manages application windows and the main event loop, supporting view embedding in platform windows.
- Component Composition Primitives - Constructs specialized widgets by composing basic graphical building blocks like boxes and text labels.
- Component-Based UI Frameworks - Provides a modular framework for building user interfaces through reusable components and nesting.
- Composition Hierarchies - Implements a tree-based structure for nesting primitive elements to build complex user interfaces.
- Retained-Mode Layouts - Features a retained-mode layout engine that manages the positioning and sizing of elements within a window.
- Window Embedding - Enables hosting internal view hierarchies within native platform windows or external widget containers.
- Drawing Layers - Supports organizing graphical elements into layers to manage depth and rendering order.
- Composite UI Controls - Combines multiple basic elements like boxes and labels into complex, functional widgets.
- Custom Widget Implementation - Allows for the definition of custom layout, event, and rendering logic for specialized UI components.
- Responsive Grid Layouts - Uses grid-based structures to create interfaces that adapt fluidly across different screen sizes.
- Adaptive UI Layouts - Implements interfaces that adapt based on screen size using grids and flows.
- UI Component Layer Compositing - Implements techniques for stacking and layering UI components to manage relative positioning and visibility.
- Alignment Wrapper Compositions - Arranges components using nesting, alignment wrappers, and margins to position elements relative to each other.
- Game Engines - Lightweight modular GUI library.
- Graphical User Interface - Lightweight modular GUI library.
- Graphical User Interfaces - Lightweight, modular GUI library for fine-grained control.
- GUI Frameworks - Lightweight and modular GUI library.
