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Well, I can keep the state, but a retained mode UI model does it for me :)

• lioeters 9mo ago
  But then you have state in two places, user code and the retained-mode GUI framework, which need to be synced - that's where complexity creeps in. Immediate mode removes that redundancy and makes things simpler in many situations. It depends on your preference and what you're doing too, which approach suits better.
  • amelius 9mo ago
    But why do you think retained mode was invented if "just drawing" is so simple?
    • lioeters 9mo ago
      Here's an informative explanation in the DearImgui library which chose this approach. https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/wiki/About-the-IMGUI-paradigm https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/wiki/About-the-IMGUI-paradi...