Introducing: GUI Editor for the PicoMiteVGA

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Amnesie
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Posted: 03:17pm 06 Jul 2025      

Peter63,

I have to thank YOU for this idea with the colour palette, I love this simple idea. In the current versions you are mentioned.

I will definitly continue the development of this gui editor, to be honest this is also self interest, because I LOVE GUIs and need them all the time for my projects.

I am very well aware that in the code there are things to optimize (do more things with "SELECT CASE / SWITCH CASE?" instead of "IF ELSE".

Top priority at this time has the general functionality. If this is done, I'll take care of all those optimizations.

But I can definitly say what I am going to do next:


- Entry Form will get an option for "numbers only"
- Adding "Text item" function (at the moment I have not a real idea what would be the best integration - ideas are welcome!)
- Resolution compatability not only for 720, but also higher resolutions and the non-widescreen resolutions (this is important, and I will definitly take care of that)
later HDMI adapted version may be possible...
- Adding a Save dialog to choose if one want the mouse integration or not
- Adding keyboard only controlls in the final GUI (not user interface!) in a way that you can switch between the Items (buttons, entry forms) via TAB key. Like in windows.

of course more Items like menue etc.


But as it is right now, it can save a ton of time!

My dream would be, that the final GUI can be interpreted as a Library, I don't really know how to articulate this in english. But this is also the reason why almost every parameter of the items is represented as a variable. So in the final (saved) GUI it will be possible to have multiple windows with only one (how can I call it?) with only one ... "function / subroutine" I hope you know what I mean. The motto: DON'T REPEAT YOURSELF. This approach I already doing with the save routine, it is only saved what is actually used in the GUI. Example, if you don't use the entry or the button item, it isn't in the final saved file and therefore not "bloating it".

But this is still a long way :) I can promise this project won't be abandoned. Even if no one would care at all   I need this all the time, so let's do the hard work once.

Greetings
Daniel
Edited 2025-07-07 01:22 by Amnesie