1. Introduction In the previous post, we implemented a UIButton and mastered the basics of drawing and interacting with SDL UI controls. In this post, we'll build a single-line text input box, UITextEdit. This is a fundamental component of many UI systems, used for things like login forms, nickname inputs,…
In SDL game development, it's common to need custom UI controls. This post will walk you through building a complete UIButton control from scratch, based on an existing Node/UIControl framework. The button will feature text, state changes, click events, and rendering. I. What is a UIButton? A UIButton is one…
1. Introduction Picking up where we left off, the Label control is arguably the simplest UI component. I once thought TextEdit was the easiest, but after diving deep into custom controls, I realized how complex TextEdit truly is. Building a TextEdit from scratch with all its basic features is quite…