Brisk v0.9.5

What's Changed

• Scrolling for every Widget in #20
• Windows ARM64 support in #21

Full Changelog: v0.9.4...v0.9.5

Brisk v0.9.4

This is a bug-fix release that includes improvements to exception safety, memory alignment, and the resolution of several bugs.

Brisk v0.9.3

What's Changed

• Updated the showcase demo app with additional features
• Fixed screenshot capture issues caused by nested event loops
• Added ""_Text UDL as an alias for new Text{""}
• Introduced a transform function that accepts multiple Values and a lambda
• Refactored package building process
• Reduced the size of release binaries
• Expanded and improved documentation
• Updated CxxDox to the latest version
• Enabled testing of demo app building in GitHub Actions
• Disabled inlining enforcement in debug mode
• Applied layout fixes
• Prevented letter spacing from disabling kerning
• Refactored TextEditor and Pages components
• Added properties for ScrollBox
• Various fixes and general improvements

Full Changelog: v0.9.2...v0.9.3

Brisk v0.9.2

What's Changed

Added

• New BRISK_ICU CMake option to control ICU inclusion
• Added support for multiline text editors
• Added wordWrap property for the Text widget to control word breaking
• Added dynamicFocus property for the Item widget
• Added support for *-windows-static vcpkg triplets
• New fontFeatures property
• Enhanced OS dialogs (file and folder dialogs, message boxes)
• Updated vcpkg to 2024.09.23
• Wayland support for Linux
• Temporarily disabling style transitions

Changed

• Updated example projects
• Optimized dependency size
• Improved Linux support
• Major update to the font engine
• Improved text rendering
• Enhanced .natvis support
• Stylesheet updates
• Documentation improvements
• Text widget: improved caching
• vcpkg: Use Clang if available

Fixed

• Fixed trim function
• Fixed drawImage coordinates
• Fixed WebP reading issues
• Fixed selected state behavior
• Improved keyboard focus behavior
• Various performance optimizations

Full Changelog: v0.9.1...v0.9.2

Brisk v0.9.1 (alpha)

See https://docs.brisklib.com/ for the documentation.

Key Features and Updates

Modular Components

• Core Module:

  • String Manipulation: UTF support for versatile string handling.
  • Data Compression & Cryptography: Basic cryptographic functions and data compression support.
  • Reflection and Serialization: Reflection support for runtime type inspection and JSON serialization.
  • App-Global Settings & Threading: Manages global settings and threading with multi-thread-safe bindings.

• Graphics Module:

  • Color & Geometry Support: Native color spaces and geometry types for UI element positioning and transformations.
  • SVG Rasterization & Image Processing: SVG rendering and basic image manipulation functions.
  • Font Handling: Advanced text shaping using HarfBuzz and support for font caching, improving rendering speed.

• Window Module:

  • Clipboard & Native Dialogs: OS-level clipboard access and support for native file dialogs.
  • Display Information: Access to monitor/display information for responsive design.

• GUI Module:

  • CSS-Like Flex Layout & Styling: Flexbox-inspired layout engine with support for stylesheets, enabling CSS-style inheritance of properties.
  • Drag-and-Drop: Drag-and-drop support for interactivity.
  • Binding Support: Supports data binding with transform functions for enhanced reactivity.

• Widgets Module:

  • UI Components: Initial set of widgets includes buttons, sliders, text editors, lists, toggles, combo boxes, progress bars, and more.
  • Layouts: CSS flex-style layout support for responsive designs.
  • Text Editor: LTR and RTL text support in text editors for multilingual editing capabilities.

Platform & Backend Support

• Platform Support:
  • Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms with partial support for widgets and graphics, and alpha support for the window system.
• Graphics Backend Support:
  • Windows: D3D11, D3D12, and WebGPU.
  • macOS: Metal and WebGPU.
  • Linux: Vulkan and OpenGL.

Development Requirements

• C++20 Compiler: Requires a C++20-compatible compiler (MSVC 2022, Clang, XCode, GCC).
• Dependency Management: Uses vcpkg for simplified dependency management across platforms.

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Known Issues & Limitations

• Documentation: The documentation is in progress and may not reflect the latest updates; developers are encouraged to refer to the code examples provided.
• API Stability: API may experience breaking changes as we refine the design and improve functionality.

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Example Projects

Refer to the examples directory and the brisk-helloworld repository for a minimal demonstration of the Brisk library’s capabilities.

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Licensing

• GPL v2.0 or Commercial License: Brisk is available under the GPL v2.0 license for open-source use. A commercial license is also available for proprietary applications.

For feedback, contributions, or commercial licensing inquiries, please contact us at [email protected].