GUI Framework

A lightweight, modern C++ GUI framework for Linux built on top of MiniFB with comprehensive widget support.

Features

This framework provides a complete set of widgets for building desktop applications:

• Input Widgets: TextBox, MultiLineTextBox, CheckBox, RadioButton, ScrollBar, ComboBox, Spinner
• Display Widgets: TextLabel, ImageWidget, ListBox, StatusBar, Canvas
• Containers: Panel (for organizing and grouping widgets), TabbedPanel, Splitter
• Interactive Elements: PushButton, MenuBar, DropDownMenu, ContextMenu, CascadeMenu, TreeView, TableGrid
• Dialogs: DialogueBox, FileDialog with centralized DialogManager
• Advanced Features: Font rendering with FreeType, image loading support

Dependencies

This framework relies on several open-source libraries:

• MiniFB - Minimal framebuffer library for window management
• FreeType - Font rendering engine (FreeType License - BSD-style)
• FontConfig - Font configuration and customization library (MIT-style)
• X11 - X Window System libraries
• OpenGL - Graphics rendering
• zlib - Compression library (zlib License)

Building

Requirements:

• C++17 compatible compiler
• Development packages for: MiniFB, FreeType, FontConfig, X11, OpenGL

Build with:

make

The executable will be created in bin/gui_app.

Clean build artifacts:

make clean

License

This framework uses permissive open-source licenses:

• Primary codebase: MIT License
• Some components may use other permissive licenses (BSD, zlib, etc.)

All dependencies use permissive licenses compatible with commercial and open-source use. See individual library documentation for specific license details.

Usage

See main.cpp for a comprehensive example demonstrating all available widgets and features.