Löve Frames - A GUI Library

[Nikolai Resokav]

Very impressive. I like it!
Looks really great.

Thanks!

This could help a lot if someone is making a level editor.

Hopefully it will help people with things like that and much more! Ultimately I'm hoping that this library will provide an all-in-one solution for anyone who needs a GUI or various GUI elements in their project.

[Nixola]

I needed a gui like this, I even started creating one on my own but I couldn't code what I needed, thanks a lot

[Nikolai Resokav]

I needed a gui like this, I even started creating one on my own but I couldn't code what I needed, thanks a lot

No problem! I hope it proves useful to you!

[TheP3]

Maybe, one small step for you. One big step for the Löve2D community! This is going to help me a lot! Good job!

[linux-man]

Please do:
a onclick event on Images
or Buttons with images.

[Nikolai Resokav]

Maybe, one small step for you. One big step for the Löve2D community! This is going to help me a lot! Good job!

Thanks! I'm glad to see that you find my library helpful!

Please do:
a onclick event on Images
or Buttons with images.

I do have an image button object planned for a future update. It will basically be an image with all of the functionality of the button object.

[SiENcE]

It's maybe usefull to develop and include templates for the most know game / utility gui mechanics. This way it's a lot faster for people to understand and adapt this library. I know, it's a lot of work but maybe we all can help and your first sample is very good.

thx

[ishkabible]

Holy shit this is good!!! so smooth and it looks so nice!

[Nikolai Resokav]

It's maybe usefull to develop and include templates for the most know game / utility gui mechanics. This way it's a lot faster for people to understand and adapt this library. I know, it's a lot of work but maybe we all can help and your first sample is very good.

thx

What exactly do you mean by templates?

Holy shit this is good!!! so smooth and it looks so nice!

Hey thanks a lot!

[kikito]

I like what I'm seeing so far! (and it uses my lib, which is cool!)

Since you asked for feedback, after a cursory look I found two things:

1. Repetition in skins.lua:

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local framefont = love.graphics.newFont(10)
local buttonfont = love.graphics.newFont(10)
local progressbarfont = love.graphics.newFont(10)
...
local checkboxfont = love.graphics.newFont(10)
local columnlistheaderfont = love.graphics.newFont(10)

That's a lot of unnecessary allocations, since love.graphics.newFont isn't memoized (I think). This is equivalent, but faster and less memory-hungry:

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local font = love.graphics.newFont(10)
local framefont = font
local buttonfont = font
...

This also makes the code more DRY - if someone wants to change the font in all controls, they can do it in one single place.
Something similar happens with the colors: there is repetition.

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skin.controls.button_border_down_color				= {143, 143, 143, 255}
skin.controls.button_border_nohover_color			= {143, 143, 143, 255}
skin.controls.button_border_hover_color				= {143, 143, 143, 255}

I'd rather have the repeated colors set up in one variable, like this:

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 local secondaryColor = {143, 143, 143, 255}
...
skin.controls.button_border_down_color				= secondaryColor
skin.controls.button_border_nohover_color			= secondaryColor
skin.controls.button_border_hover_color				= secondaryColor

2. I might have missed it, but I think there is no way to interact with this via keyboard/pad, right? You kinda need the mouse. If not, consider this a feature request.

That's all for now - mostly minor picks. Well done!