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Pietro Gagliardi 586ac941a4 Attempted to fix the Windows transparency issues; we're not quite there... flicker...		2014-04-11 11:29:07 -04:00
test	Added bounds checking to NewArea() and Area.SetSize() such that an Area must have a valid size.	2014-04-10 20:42:01 -04:00
unmigrated	Separated file creation dates from the package comment.	2014-03-12 21:55:45 -04:00
winbuttonsize	Added question about Windows proper sizes... for now...	2014-04-03 19:19:19 -04:00
.travis.yml	Changed -qq to -y in the apt-get install line in .travis.yaml because I want to see the full details of the install.	2014-03-24 11:54:30 -04:00
LICENSE	Added license and README.	2014-02-17 18:38:50 -05:00
README.md	Put FreeBSD dependency installation notes in the README.	2014-03-27 17:24:00 -04:00
area.go	Added bounds checking to NewArea() and Area.SetSize() such that an Area must have a valid size.	2014-04-10 20:42:01 -04:00
area_darwin.go	Fixed Area mouse events being sent when something happens outside the Area itself.	2014-04-10 18:52:43 -04:00
area_unix.go	Fixed Area mouse events being sent when something happens outside the Area itself.	2014-04-10 18:52:43 -04:00
area_windows.go	Attempted to fix the Windows transparency issues; we're not quite there... flicker...	2014-04-11 11:29:07 -04:00
areaplan.md	Added the proper provision for numeric keypad entry.	2014-03-29 12:57:54 -04:00
bleh_darwin.m	Fixed AppQuit on Mac OS X (forgot to set the NSApp delegate AND was using the wrong selector).	2014-04-07 12:46:09 -04:00
button.go	Documented that event channels can be assigned to each other to collapse events.	2014-04-10 11:59:40 -04:00
callbacks_unix.go	Split out the common resizing code into its own function so that it's all in one place. This will also affect what happens if I switch to DeferWindowPos() on Windows.	2014-04-07 14:32:25 -04:00
checkbox.go	Removed the initText parameter from sysData.make() and changed all invocations to call sysData.setText() separately; this avoids the need to check if sysData.setText() is valid. Also implemented that on GTK+.	2014-04-01 16:43:56 -04:00
cocoalists	Added the beginning of the Mac OS X implementation of Combobox; also added a file to plan out how lists will be implemented/are being implemented.	2014-03-02 17:19:25 -05:00
combobox.go	Removed the initText parameter from sysData.make() and changed all invocations to call sysData.setText() separately; this avoids the need to check if sysData.setText() is valid. Also implemented that on GTK+.	2014-04-01 16:43:56 -04:00
comctl_windows.go	Forced Common Controls version 6 on Windows by embedding the needed manifest in.	2014-04-02 13:47:11 -04:00
common_windows.go	Forced Common Controls version 6 on Windows by embedding the needed manifest in.	2014-04-02 13:47:11 -04:00
control.go	Updated the documentation: Area now works on all platforms, Modifiers behavior on both left and right keys simultaneously is undefined for now, and the way to create custom Controls no longer involves embedding Area.	2014-03-30 19:57:24 -04:00
controls_windows.go	Adjusted Button and Combobox sizes on Windows to be better...	2014-04-03 21:00:38 -04:00
d32	cgo inserts -m32 automatically, so we don't need to in ./d32.	2014-03-08 17:32:56 -05:00
delegate_darwin.go	Split out the common resizing code into its own function so that it's all in one place. This will also affect what happens if I switch to DeferWindowPos() on Windows.	2014-04-07 14:32:25 -04:00
dialog.go	Removed unnecessary space if the secondaryText argument to MsgBox***() is an empty string. This doesn't change much on Mac OS X; it always shows the informational text field, showing an empty string by default. On GTK+ it seems to get rid of the bold over the primary text; I'm going to assume this is intentional (it looks that way on GTK+ 2; the HIG docs have outdated screenshots...).	2014-04-10 12:35:37 -04:00
dialog_darwin.go	Removed unnecessary space if the secondaryText argument to MsgBox***() is an empty string. This doesn't change much on Mac OS X; it always shows the informational text field, showing an empty string by default. On GTK+ it seems to get rid of the bold over the primary text; I'm going to assume this is intentional (it looks that way on GTK+ 2; the HIG docs have outdated screenshots...).	2014-04-10 12:35:37 -04:00
dialog_unix.go	Removed unnecessary space if the secondaryText argument to MsgBox***() is an empty string. This doesn't change much on Mac OS X; it always shows the informational text field, showing an empty string by default. On GTK+ it seems to get rid of the bold over the primary text; I'm going to assume this is intentional (it looks that way on GTK+ 2; the HIG docs have outdated screenshots...).	2014-04-10 12:35:37 -04:00
dialog_windows.go	Removed unnecessary space if the secondaryText argument to MsgBox***() is an empty string. This doesn't change much on Mac OS X; it always shows the informational text field, showing an empty string by default. On GTK+ it seems to get rid of the bold over the primary text; I'm going to assume this is intentional (it looks that way on GTK+ 2; the HIG docs have outdated screenshots...).	2014-04-10 12:35:37 -04:00
doc.go	Documented that event channels can be assigned to each other to collapse events.	2014-04-10 11:59:40 -04:00
events_darwin.go	Another name in events_darwin.go (see previous commit).	2014-03-30 22:20:23 -04:00
events_notdarwin.go	Finished re-adding the numeric keypad keys and fixing up the GTK+ Area implementation to handle the new KeyEvent. Everything seems to work on this end...	2014-03-29 13:09:27 -04:00
events_windows.go	Added part of keyboard input on Windows. Need to repaint the window on event return and handle area sizes now...	2014-03-29 17:52:40 -04:00
futureplans.md	More future plans and TODOs.	2014-04-10 16:44:45 -04:00
grid.go	Changed the new resizing code so that it uses the same allocated slice per window instead of making a new one to store all the resize requests each time.	2014-03-17 21:09:03 -04:00
gtk_unix.h	Moved <stdlib.h> includes in the GTK+ backend to gtk_unix.h; organized that file a bit.	2014-04-01 16:01:49 -04:00
gtkcalls_unix.go	Fixed GTK+ windows having the wrong background.	2014-04-09 12:04:04 -04:00
gtkcasts_unix.go	Got rid of gtkWidget and changed to using *C.GtkWidget everywhere. This gets rid of some of the casting functions and invocations of said functions, and only adds sysdata_unix.go to the cgo list.	2014-04-01 16:30:38 -04:00
implementation.md	Updated README with this decision. Also other documents as well.	2014-03-18 11:55:01 -04:00
init.go	Documented that event channels can be assigned to each other to collapse events.	2014-04-10 11:59:40 -04:00
init_windows.go	Added GDI+ to the package's Windows version: DLL loaded, initialized, and shut down. It will be used for drawing to Areas because using GDI itself is more complex than it needs to be.	2014-03-24 17:01:33 -04:00
label.go	Removed the initText parameter from sysData.make() and changed all invocations to call sysData.setText() separately; this avoids the need to check if sysData.setText() is valid. Also implemented that on GTK+.	2014-04-01 16:43:56 -04:00
layoutplan.md	Added a new layout plan for Stack.	2014-02-24 10:22:23 -05:00
lineedit.go	Removed the initText parameter from sysData.make() and changed all invocations to call sysData.setText() separately; this avoids the need to check if sysData.setText() is valid. Also implemented that on GTK+.	2014-04-01 16:43:56 -04:00
listbox.go	Documented scrollbars on Listbox and Area to the best of my ability, shuffling the appropriate TODOs around.	2014-04-10 16:18:53 -04:00
listbox_darwin.go	Noted that NSScrollView sets the Listbox border in listbox_darwin.go.	2014-04-05 22:53:26 -04:00
listbox_unix.go	Added thanks comment (see previous commit).	2014-04-06 14:08:33 -04:00
menus_windows.go	Separated file creation dates from the package comment.	2014-03-12 21:55:45 -04:00
objc_darwin.go	Fixed AppQuit on Mac OS X (forgot to set the NSApp delegate AND was using the wrong selector).	2014-04-07 12:46:09 -04:00
objc_darwin.h	Added (untested; VM issues) code to handle Mac OS X Quit Dock menu items and other related stuff that may happen in the future. Will drop the TODO after I can test it.	2014-04-06 23:33:27 -04:00
plan.md	Added version compatibility notes to plan.md.	2014-02-16 16:55:48 -05:00
prefsize_darwin.go	Separated file creation dates from the package comment.	2014-03-12 21:55:45 -04:00
prefsize_unix.go	Separated file creation dates from the package comment.	2014-03-12 21:55:45 -04:00
prefsize_windows.go	"Fixed" the zero-size Combobox drop-down on Windows by having Windows fix it for us (and since we did everything we need to do to get it to fix it for us, it was already fixed!).	2014-04-10 12:53:23 -04:00
progressbar.go	Removed the initText parameter from sysData.make() and changed all invocations to call sysData.setText() separately; this avoids the need to check if sysData.setText() is valid. Also implemented that on GTK+.	2014-04-01 16:43:56 -04:00
restrictions.md	Windows sysData has been adjusted to deal with child controls. Rather than storing the parent window, it is passed as an argument to sysData.make(), which does the child ID allocation. Child IDs are now window-local, getting rid of that restriction.	2014-02-12 21:08:10 -05:00
stack.go	Changed the new resizing code so that it uses the same allocated slice per window instead of making a new one to store all the resize requests each time.	2014-03-17 21:09:03 -04:00
stdfont_windows.go	Separated file creation dates from the package comment.	2014-03-12 21:55:45 -04:00
stdwndclass_windows.go	Split out the common resizing code into its own function so that it's all in one place. This will also affect what happens if I switch to DeferWindowPos() on Windows.	2014-04-07 14:32:25 -04:00
sysdata.go	Split out the common resizing code into its own function so that it's all in one place. This will also affect what happens if I switch to DeferWindowPos() on Windows.	2014-04-07 14:32:25 -04:00
sysdata_darwin.go	Removed TODO from Mac OS X code about additional label styles; judging from Interface Builder I've got them covered.	2014-04-05 15:26:31 -04:00
sysdata_unix.go	Slowed GTK+ indeterminate Progressbars down.	2014-04-08 00:21:12 -04:00
sysdata_windows.go	More future plans and TODOs.	2014-04-10 16:44:45 -04:00
test.sh	Changed the ".." import in the test binary to a proper "github.com/andlabs/ui" import. (This means I finally moved my working environment out of a folder src/wingo and into the proper src/github.com/andlabs/ui.)	2014-03-04 23:10:48 -05:00
todo.md	Removed TODO about Windows -1 conversions, as the Go spec specifically says that signed values are sign-extended to the full size of the type to convert to (and even shows an example of this), so the code we have was correct, not just working out of luck.	2014-04-10 20:52:12 -04:00
uitask_darwin.go	Fixed AppQuit on Mac OS X (forgot to set the NSApp delegate AND was using the wrong selector).	2014-04-07 12:46:09 -04:00
uitask_unix.go	Separated file creation dates from the package comment.	2014-03-12 21:55:45 -04:00
uitask_windows.go	As it turns out, Windows does have a facility for windows that only serve as message dispatches; let's use it for our message handler. (I only found this out while looking up SetParent() for the previous commit).	2014-04-09 11:13:35 -04:00
window.go	Documented that event channels can be assigned to each other to collapse events.	2014-04-10 11:59:40 -04:00
windows_windows.go	Separated file creation dates from the package comment.	2014-03-12 21:55:45 -04:00

README.md

Native UI library for Go

THIS PACKAGE IS UNDER ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT. It can be used; the API is stable enough at this point, but keep in mind there may still be crashes and API changes, as suggestions are always open. If you can help, please do! Run `./test` to build a test binary `test/test` which runs a (mostly) feature-complete UI test. Run `./d32 ./test` to build a 32-bit version (you will need a cgo-enabled 32-bit go environment, and I have only tested this on Mac OS X).

UPDATE 12 March 2014: Windows 2000 is no longer supported as it is no longer supported by Go.

UPDATE 18 March 2014: Resizes are now assumed to stop other UI event processing, and thus do not run with locks anymore. I changed real control resizing so that it doesn't need to lock (it just fills an array with data fed in), but real control `preferredSize()` and `Stack`/`Grid.setRect()` could potentially still be racy... if I am right it won't be an issue, but if anyone else knows, please let me know. (Everything else is thread-safe again.)

UPDATE 27 March 2014: Unix builds now require go tip due to a cgo fix that affected this package.

This is a simple library for building cross-platform GUI programs in Go. It targets Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and other Unixes, and provides a thread-safe, channel-based API. The API itself is minimal; it aims to provide only what is necessary for GUI program design. That being said, suggestions are welcome. Layout is done using various layout managers, and some effort is taken to conform to the target platform's UI guidelines. Otherwise, the library uses native toolkits.

ui aims to run on all supported versions of supported platforms. To be more precise, the system requirements are:

Windows: Windows XP or newer. The Windows backend uses package syscall and calls Windows DLLs directly, so does not rely on cgo.
Mac OS X: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or newer. Objective-C dispatch is done by interfacing with libobjc directly, and thus this uses cgo.
- Note: you will need Go 1.3 or newer (so until it is released, go tip) for this verison, as it uses a single .m file due to technical restrictions (read the comments in bleh_darwin.m for details), and earlier versions of Go do not auto-build .m files.
Other Unixes: The Unix backend uses GTK+, and thus cgo. It requires GTK+ 3.4 or newer; for Ubuntu this means 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) at minimum. Check your distribution.
- Note: you will need Go 1.3 or newer (as above) due to various cgo errors fixed in this version (such as this one).

ui itself has no outside Go package dependencies; it is entirely self-contained.

To install, simply go get this package. On Mac OS X, make sure you have the Apple development headers. On other Unixes, make sure you have the GTK+ development files:

for Ubuntu, libgtk-3-dev is sufficient
for FreeBSD with the pkgng system, gtk3 is sufficient, however you will need to manually install pkgconf to please cgo (and you may need to specify CC=gcc47) (this should be put on the Go wiki)

Package documentation is available at http://godoc.org/github.com/andlabs/ui.

For an example of how ui is used, see https://github.com/andlabs/wakeup, which is a small program that implements a basic alarm clock.

Known To Have Ever Been Built Matrices

For convenience's sake, here are matrices of builds that I have personally done at least once. Each cell represents the run status. These matrices represent builds that I have done at any point in development; it is not a guarantee that the current version works. (I built this list to answer questions of whether or not ui works with a specific configuration.) Only configurations marked with a * are tested during active development. "(invalid)" means the given OS/arch combination is not supported by Go.

386	amd64	arm
windows	works on windows; works on wine*	works on windows; fails on wine	(invalid)
linux	see table below	see table below	Raspian: works
darwin (Mac OS X)	works* (cross-compiled from 64-bit)	works*	(invalid)
dragonfly	untested	untested	(invalid)
freebsd	works	untested (VM failure)	untested
netbsd	untested	untested	untested
openbsd	untested	untested	(invalid)
solaris	(invalid)	Oracle Solaris 11: GTK+ 3 not available from official repos	(invalid)
plan9	(not written yet; problems building Go)	(not written)	(invalid)
nacl	(not sure how to handle)	(not sure how to handle)	(invalid)

linux	386	amd64
Kubuntu (14.04)	works; cross-compiling on 64-bit Linux fails due to nonexistent .so symlinks	works*
Fedora	untested	untested
openSUSE	untested	untested
Arch Linux	untested	untested
Mandriva (TODO choose between PCLinuxOS and Mageia - it appears the original Mandriva is either dead or nonfree and I would rather choose the fork that structures packages identically for parity; do they both?)	untested	untested
Slackware	untested	untested
Gentoo	untested	untested

(The above list should cover all the bases of major Linux distributions and variants thereof; I might add a dedicated Debian test later but other than that... suggestions welcome. Kubuntu 64-bit is my main system and the main development platform; the Windows builds are cross-compiled from here. And yes, this also implies I seriously consider a Plan 9 port of the library using libcontrol, though I'm guessing this will blow up in my face due to any possible conflicts between libthread and Go's runtime (I need to see how the Go runtime implements OS threads on Plan 9).)

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. File issues, pull requests, approach me on IRC (pietro10 in #go-nuts; andlabs elsewhere), etc. Even suggestions are welcome: while I'm mainly drawing from my own GUI programming experience, everyone is different. I have received emails, however I am not likely to see those right away, so I don't suggest contacting me by email if your communication is urgent.

If you want to dive in, read implementation.md: this is a description of how the library works. (Feel free to suggest improvements to this as well.) The other .md files in this repository contain various development notes.

Please suggest documentation improvements as well.