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Comment:added design notes for imgui
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User & Date: spaskalev on 2015-09-22 06:54:01
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2015-09-22
09:14
imgui design notes additions Leaf check-in: 1e328bcd88 user: spaskalev tags: trunk
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added design notes for imgui check-in: 4d1ed64397 user: spaskalev tags: trunk
2015-09-09
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initial imgui api ideas check-in: bc1a46b4d9 user: spaskalev tags: trunk
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Added src/0dev.org/imgui/design.txt version [128d0bd137].

































































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Design of an immediate graphical user interface api with managed layouts

Terms:

1. Canvas - a drawing area with a managed layout

User stories

1. I would like to call UI-rendering functions without specifying dimensions and locations
2. I would like to call custom UI-rendering functions while specifying dimensions and locations

Story 2 needs a way to get a proper starting location or a bounding box If 1 is in place.

Consider the single method Layout interface:

type Layout interface {
	// Advances the layout and returns a starting point
	// for an element based on the last ending point.
	Next(Point) Point
}

Story 1 necessitates that library-aware UI-rendering functions acquire their starting locations
on their own. This allows for the following two approaches (more are possible of course)

* Store the ending point of the last element. New calls can get it and pass it to the layout
  + does not advance the layout unless required, saving cpu

* Store the next starting point by calling Next() at the end of the element drawing routine.
The next drawing can continue from it.
  - advancing the layout costs cpu
  - the user might want an out of layer render