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> I haven't seen an FLTK app in years. FLTK still widely used in various scientific apps. > Does FLTK still look like it came from the 1990's/early 2000's, or

> I haven't seen an FLTK app in years. FLTK still widely used in various scientific apps. > Does FLTK still look like it came from the 1990's/early 2000's, or did they upgrade the widgets to make them look more modern? Probably the same. For example, here is screenshot[0] of the OpenVSP[1] - an actively maintained parametric 3D CAD app by NASA.[2] But also there is `fl_imgtk` — a small library for FLTK image toolkit, designed to use some useful effects in FLTK GUI (better image, better speed, better quality).[3] Yet another thing is `fltk-rs`[4] - Rust binding to FLTK, with custom theming module.[5] [0] https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1352349523549577219 https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1352349523549577219 [1] https://github.com/openvsp/openvsp https://github.com/openvsp/openvsp [2] http://openvsp.org http://openvsp.org [3] https://github.com/rageworx/fl_imgtk https://github.com/rageworx/fl_imgtk [4] https://github.com/fltk-rs https://github.com/fltk-rs [5] https://github.com/fltk-rs/fltk-theme https://github.com/fltk-rs/fltk-theme

bb88 5y ago
It has improved a bit from what I can see, but I wouldn't say it's "modern". Interesting. It still appears to have the issue with text flow I ran into years ago where text would overlap with the button outline, rather than increasing the button outline to accommodate the text. That was the one thing I didn't like about it. It made the GUI's look kinda unprofessional.
- app4soft 5y ago
  > It still appears to have the issue with text flow I ran into years ago where text would overlap with the button outline, rather than increasing the button outline to accommodate the text. OpenVSP probably uses 'vanilla' FLTK, but there is no such issue on screenshots of Rangi's Tilemap Studio[0,1], where custom FLTK widget themes used. > That was the one thing I didn't like about it. It made the GUI's look kinda unprofessional. JFTR, Take a look on AzPainter[2] and its toolkit on top of X11.[3,4] [0] https://github.com/Rangi42/tilemap-studio https://github.com/Rangi42/tilemap-studio [1] https://hax.iimarckus.org/topic/7691/ https://hax.iimarckus.org/topic/7691/ [2] https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1430517079346749440 https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1430517079346749440 [3] http://azsky2.html.xdomain.jp/soft/index.html http://azsky2.html.xdomain.jp/soft/index.html [4] http://azsky2.html.xdomain.jp/about_mlk_en.html http://azsky2.html.xdomain.jp/about_mlk_en.html

bb88 5y ago

It has improved a bit from what I can see, but I wouldn't say it's "modern". Interesting. It still appears to have the issue with text flow I ran into years ago where text would overlap with the button outline, rather than increasing the button outline to accommodate the text. That was the one thing I didn't like about it. It made the GUI's look kinda unprofessional.

app4soft 5y ago
> It still appears to have the issue with text flow I ran into years ago where text would overlap with the button outline, rather than increasing the button outline to accommodate the text. OpenVSP probably uses 'vanilla' FLTK, but there is no such issue on screenshots of Rangi's Tilemap Studio[0,1], where custom FLTK widget themes used. > That was the one thing I didn't like about it. It made the GUI's look kinda unprofessional. JFTR, Take a look on AzPainter[2] and its toolkit on top of X11.[3,4] [0] https://github.com/Rangi42/tilemap-studio https://github.com/Rangi42/tilemap-studio [1] https://hax.iimarckus.org/topic/7691/ https://hax.iimarckus.org/topic/7691/ [2] https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1430517079346749440 https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1430517079346749440 [3] http://azsky2.html.xdomain.jp/soft/index.html http://azsky2.html.xdomain.jp/soft/index.html [4] http://azsky2.html.xdomain.jp/about_mlk_en.html http://azsky2.html.xdomain.jp/about_mlk_en.html