about

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

Installing

To use the latest stable version:
1. go to Gamma's Quad menu > Manage Nugets > Commandline
2. type this:

nuget install vl.elementa

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

Contributing to the development

1. Clone the repositoryhttps://github.com/vvvv-dottore/VL.Elementa
2. build the solution located in the `src` folder in `Release` mode.
3. You can then start contributing to the lib.

Resources

Repositoryhttps://github.com/vvvv-dottore/VL.Elementa
Chat Roomhttps://riot.im/app/#/room/#VL.Elementa:matrix.org

Licencing

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

Natan Sinigaglia

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