Before release 2.0, we locked users into only being able to use GLFW as the only windowing backend.

GLFW is a nice, minimal windowing library, and it is going to satisfy the needs of most users; however, for more advanced use cases, you may decide to write your own windowing library or use a better off-the-shelf solution.

With release 2.0, we now allow users to write and plug in their own custom windowing backends based on a generalised version of what the framework expects a window to do.

The following chapters will detail all aspects of creating your own custom windowing backend.

• Home
• Beginner content
  • Install guide
  • Creating and using the UI components
  • The Instance
  • The Init Info struct
  • Building better titlebar menus
  • Textures
  • Logging
  • Unicode support
  • Additional features
  • Client-side bar
  • Custom type definitions
  • Memory management
  • C API development
  • Config files and Folders
  • Interfaces
    • Windows
    • Input
    • Renderer
    • Utility
    • Layouts
  • Internal Event safety
  • Customising the build system
  • Modules system
    • I18N
    • Plotting
    • Knobs
    • Spinners
    • Toggles
    • Text Utils
    • Undo/Redo
    • CLI Parser
    • Theming
    • OS
      • Opening URLs and using file pickers
      • Exec integration
      • Unix
        • DBus utilities
        • XDG integration
  • Collaborating with others
• Advanced content
  • Loading dynamic libraries at runtime
  • Understanding the library layout
  • Compilation mode modifiers
  • Supporting plugins
  • Production export and deployment
  • OS integration tips
  • Targeting WASM
  • Using a custom rendering engine:
    • Introduction
    • The RendererUtils interface
    • The WindowUtils interface
    • The GenericRenderer abstract class
    • Textures and custom renderers
    • Examples and tips
  • Using a custom windowing backend:
    • Introduction
    • The GenericWindow abstract class
    • The GenericMonitor abstract class
    • Examples and tips
• Developer and contributor resources
  • Core files
  • Important internal classes
  • Main.cpp
  • BuildDef.hpp
  • Config.hpp
• Misc
  • UX Tips
  • Credits and applications using the framework
  • For distro maintainers