Controls

Every control is a member function of tachyon::GUIApplication. Your application is a subclass of it and builds its whole UI again each frame, in OnGUI(). The examples on these pages are written as if inside that OnGUI(), with using namespace tachyon;.

class MyApp : public tachyon::GUIApplication
{
public:
    void OnGUI() override
    {
        using namespace tachyon;
        if (BeginWindow(windowID, "Tool"))
            Button("Save", [this] { Save(); });   // a control, called from OnGUI
        EndWindow();
    }
 
    // ...
};

Read Common conventions first: it explains the parameters and results all controls share.

Page	Covers
Common conventions	Parameter order, return values, callbacks, LayoutOverride, state scopes
Windows and layout	Windows, horizontal and vertical groups, areas, scroll bars, caching, label and button groups
Text and images	Text, Label, DragLabel, SelectableText, Image
Buttons and toggles	Button, CommandButton, Toggle, Switch, Checkbox
Fields	Text, search, numeric, vector and typed fields, dropdowns, lists, dictionaries
Sliders	SliderField, Slider
Color and gradient fields	ColorField, GradientField and their pickers
Menus	Menus, menu items, menu bar, title bar, context menus
Tooltips and message dialogs	Tooltips, modal MessageDialog
Lists and reorderable groups	List views, drag-to-reorder groups
Tables	Tables, virtual tables, tree cells
Tree and grid views	VirtualTreeView, grid views, virtual grid views
Tabs, docking and toolbars	Tab bars, docking containers, toolbars, toolbar dock
Node view	RenderNodeView node graph editor
Other controls	Breadcrumb, status bar, command search, settings panel
Custom drawing	Drawing shapes and text inside an element
Default CSS classes	Each control's class when you pass no style

Common conventions Windows and layout Text and images Buttons and toggles Fields Sliders Color and gradient fields Menus Tooltips and message dialogs Lists and reorderable groups Tables Tree and grid views Tabs, docking and toolbars Node view Other controls Custom drawing Default CSS classes