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VL.Elementa

Author: dottore
Date: 19 Apr, 2020
Category: pack
Credits:

gregsneliassebescudie

Description

A node based UI widgets library made in VL for Skia rendering.

The library includes:

  • a collection of ready to use widgets to handle the most common value types in vvvv Gamma
  • a set of Layout nodes to easily arrange your widgets and create responsive UIs
  • a bunch of utilities and help patches
  1. Installing

To use the latest stable version:

  1. go to Gamma's Quad menu > Manage Nugets > Commandline
  2. type this:
nuget install vl.elementa

  1. press Enter and wait the ending of the installation process

  2. Contributing to the development

  3. Clone the repository https://github.com/vvvv-dottore/VL.Elementa

  4. build the solution located in the src folder in Release mode.

  5. You can then start contributing to the lib.

  6. Resources

Repository https://github.com/vvvv-dottore/VL.Elementa Chat Room https://riot.im/app/#/room/#VL.Elementa:matrix.org

  1. Licencing

MIT License - You're free to use VL.Elementa in your creative & commercial projects.

Natan Sinigaglia

  1. Changelog

2.2.2

  • Panel fix

2.2.1

  • Cleanup in the node browser
  • some fixes

2.2.0

  • New LayerElementum widget
  • New Drawable component
  • Drawing performance improved

2.1.1

  • New Image node
  • Fixes in help patches

2.1.0

  • New Panel node
  • New Folder node
  • New Style utility nodes
  • New Tooltip component
  • Added GetStyleSheet operation in IElementum
  • Added GetComponentsVersion in IElementum
  • Changed GetDirtyLayout and GetDirtyGraph operations in IElementum to GetLayoutVersion and GetGraphVersion
  • Introduced ElementaContext class: every widget have access to the graph resources
  • Added SetElementaContext and SetMe operations in IElementum
  • Introduced SetElementaContext and SetParent operations in IComponent: each component has now access to any resource of the graph and can easily edit its own parent widget
  • Different Layout/Graph/Components changes check system
  • Help patches now referencing the nuget instead of the vl file (SavingAs the patches doesn't break the reference)
  • Cleaned Root node architecture
  • fixed Moveable and Resizeable components behaviour in multi selection scenarios
  • New componentProcessors management
  • Individual help patches available for all widgets
  • Added node and pin descriptions on all widgets
  • Reorganized help patches
  • Deleted TextFieldMultiline, which is now TextField
  • Some minor fixes

2.0.0

  • New nodes to push widgets to Overlay
  • Renamed the library to VL.Elementa
  • New widget architecture : value properties and widget manager are now generic
  • completely reworked StyleSheet management
  • Style can be provided to a widget with the new Styleable component
  • Orientation, multi-components widgets and specific attributes are now handled by components (was in widget managers before)
  • Widgets can now have custom drawers
  • Layout nodes (stack, columns, etc) now provide more options to play with, allowing more precise layout
  • Added Padding to layout nodes
  • A widget's ValueProperty can be provided from outside, allowing several widgets to share the same ValueProperty
  • mapping between external ValueProperties of different types
  • New help patches explaining custom drawers, shared value properties and Moveable/Resizeable components

1.0.0

  • First version of the architecture

Comments

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dominikKoller
20 Apr, 2020 - 14:16

This looks amazing! What's the licence on the source code? Sorry if I just overlooked a licence file.

dottore
20 Apr, 2020 - 21:12

Thanks dominikKoller, I updated the Readme with Licencing details ;)

io
22 Apr, 2020 - 09:08

Hallo, dropdown widgets are not working for me, selection seems to change on click but there is no dropdown. tx

dottore
22 Apr, 2020 - 09:26

io this was fixed couple of days ago. make sure to have the last version (2.0.4)

io
20 Aug, 2020 - 13:18

Hallo I can´t get OpenCV Videoin enumeration input to work with Elementa DropdownEnum. Not responding and not showing the enumerations. Tx S.