libui/TODO.md

• more robust layout handling

  • uiFormTie() for ensuring multiple uiForms have the same label area widths
  • uiSizeGroup for size groups (GtkSizeGroup on GTK+, auto layout constraints on OS X; consider adding after 10.8 is gone)

• windows: should the initial hwndInsertAfter be HWND_BOTTOM for what we want?

• windows: document the rules for controls and containers

• windows: document the minimum size change propagation system

• provisions for controls that cannot be grown? especiailly for windows

• LC_VERSION_MIN_MACOSX has the 10.11 SDK; see if we can knock it down to 10.8 too; OS version is fine

  • apply the OS version stuff to the test program and examples too
  • what about micro versions (10.8.x)? force 10.8.0?

• go through ALL the objective-c objects we create and make sure we are using the proper ownership (alloc/init and new are owned by us, all class method constructors are autoreleased - thanks mikeash)

• on OS X, edit shortcuts like command-C working require that the menu entries be defined, or so it seems, even for NSAlert

  • other platforms?

• make sure all OS X event handlers that use target-action set the action to NULL when the target is unset

• provide a way to get the currently selected uiTab page? set?

• make it so that the windows cntrols only register a resize if their new minimum size is larger than their current size to easen the effect of flicker

  • it won't remove that outright, but it'll help

• add an option to the test program to run page7b as an independent test in its own window

  • same for page7c

• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2004/01/12/57833.aspx provide a DEF file on Windows

• all ports: update state when adding a control to a parent

• should uiWindowsSizing be computed against the window handle, not the parent?

• DPI awareness on windows

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4543087/applicationwillterminate-and-the-dock-but-wanting-to-cancel-this-action

ultimately:

• MAYBE readd lifetime handling/destruction blocking

• related? [12:25] And the blue outline on those buttons [ALL clicked buttons on Windows 7] won't go away

  • I get this too
    • not anymore

• SWP_NOCOPYBITS to avoid button redraw issues on Windows when not in tab, but only when making resize faster

• secondary side alignment control in uiBox

• Windows: don't abort if a cleanup function fails?

• 32-bit Mac OS X support (requires lots of code changes)

  • change the build system to be more receptive to arch changes

notes to self

• explicitly document label position at top-left corner

• explicitly document that if number of radio buttons >= 1 there will always be a selection

• mark that uiControlShow() on a uiWindow() will bring to front and give keyboard focus because of OS X

  • make sure ShowWindow() is sufficient for zorder on Windows

• document that you CAN use InsertAt functions to insert at the first invalid index, even if the array is empty

• note that uiTabInsertAt() does NOT change the current tab page (it may change its index if inserting before the current page)

• note that the default action for uiWindowOnClosing() is to return 0 (keep the window open)

• note that uiInitOptions should be initialized to zero

• explicitly document that uiCheckboxSetChecked() and uiEntrySetText() do not fire uiCheckboxOnToggled() and uiEntryOnChanged(), respectively

• note that if a menu is requested on systems with menubars on windows but no menus are defined, the result is a blank menubar, with whatever that means left up to the OS to decide

• note that handling of multiple consecutive separators in menus, leading separators in menus, and trailing separators in menus are all OS-defined

• note that uiDrawMatrixInvert() does not change the matrix if it fails

• note that the use of strings that are not strictly valid UTF-8 results in undefined behavior

• test RTL

  • automate RTL

• now that stock items are deprecated, I have to maintain translations of the Cancel, Open, and Save buttons on GTK+ myself (thanks baedert in irc.gimp.net/#gtk+)

  • either that or keep using stock items

• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2014/02/26/10503148.aspx

• build optimizations

• use http://www.appveyor.com/ to do Windows build CI since people want CI

• consider just having the windows backend in C++

  • consider having it all in C++

don't forget LONGTERMs as well

notes

• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2004/03/29/101121.aspx on accelerators

• group and tab should act as if they have no child if the child is hidden on windows

• a way to do recursive main loops

  • how do we handle 0 returns from non-recursive uiMainStep() calls that aren't the main loop? (event handlers, for instance)

• should repeated calls to uiMainStep() after uiQuit() return 0 reliably? this will be needed for non-recursive loops