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Godot has become really popular for writing applications because the UI toolkit is absolutely fantastic. Here’s a sample just from itch.io: https://itch.io/c/6

Godot has become really popular for writing applications because the UI toolkit is absolutely fantastic. Here’s a sample just from itch.io: https://itch.io/c/651672/tools-made-with-godot-engine https://itch.io/c/651672/tools-made-with-godot-engine

greggman3 4y ago
I wanted to see if they actually handle text well (https://lord.io/text-editing-hates-you-too/ https://lord.io/text-editing-hates-you-too/) but every one I download to Mac the OS said "This App is damaged and can't be opened"
- meheleventyone 4y ago
  I'd suggest contacting the authors or just downloading Godot itself as all the UI is the same as those people are using.
wrnr 4y ago
Does the UI toolkit support basic text operations like copy-pasting or selecting text? This is a common problem in the alt-UI scene, basic stuff doesn't work after years of development. I don't want to ship an electron app either but at least it has everything everyone has come to expect.
pacifika 4y ago
Strong theming as well https://github.com/tristongilley/Godot-Windows-95-Theme https://github.com/tristongilley/Godot-Windows-95-Theme
maccard 4y ago
The big thing that this misses is accessibility.
- meheleventyone 4y ago
  There are a few accessibility plugins IIRC but yeah it could be much better in that regard.
- tenken 4y ago
  I'm sure they're accepting Pull Requests.
blensor 4y ago
And the great thing is that they are using their own UI to build the Godot Editor itself. There is even an alpha build of the editor that runs on Android (and even inside the Oculus Quest).
jayd16 4y ago
What makes it better than others?
- meheleventyone 4y ago
  Layout is almost WYSIWYG and easy to get started with a simple download, resulting binary is small, really easy to integrate with an underlying 2D or 3D scene, lots of controls, built in scripting for simple things, great interop with native code for complex things, can deploy to multiple platforms with one project, everything is open source.
  - dendellion 4y ago
    Does it support custom UI elements?

greggman3 4y ago

I wanted to see if they actually handle text well (https://lord.io/text-editing-hates-you-too/ https://lord.io/text-editing-hates-you-too/) but every one I download to Mac the OS said "This App is damaged and can't be opened"

meheleventyone 4y ago
I'd suggest contacting the authors or just downloading Godot itself as all the UI is the same as those people are using.

wrnr 4y ago

Does the UI toolkit support basic text operations like copy-pasting or selecting text? This is a common problem in the alt-UI scene, basic stuff doesn't work after years of development. I don't want to ship an electron app either but at least it has everything everyone has come to expect.

pacifika 4y ago

Strong theming as well https://github.com/tristongilley/Godot-Windows-95-Theme https://github.com/tristongilley/Godot-Windows-95-Theme

maccard 4y ago

The big thing that this misses is accessibility.

meheleventyone 4y ago
There are a few accessibility plugins IIRC but yeah it could be much better in that regard.
tenken 4y ago
I'm sure they're accepting Pull Requests.

blensor 4y ago

And the great thing is that they are using their own UI to build the Godot Editor itself. There is even an alpha build of the editor that runs on Android (and even inside the Oculus Quest).

jayd16 4y ago

What makes it better than others?

meheleventyone 4y ago
Layout is almost WYSIWYG and easy to get started with a simple download, resulting binary is small, really easy to integrate with an underlying 2D or 3D scene, lots of controls, built in scripting for simple things, great interop with native code for complex things, can deploy to multiple platforms with one project, everything is open source.
- dendellion 4y ago
  Does it support custom UI elements?