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spamdog — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:21:52 GMT

Project Description
A GUI controls library for XNA 3.1. Contains panel, button (toggle and push), checkbox, listbox, combobox, textbox, multi-line textbox, grid, layout, image, and form. Hook up control events to your game easily.

Demo showing all control types. The source code includes this demo.

About XNA Simple Gui

This project is called XNA Simple Gui but the namespace is actually DGui.
DGui controls use the mouse and keyboard for input and is thus intended for Windows games. Nevertheless, the source code is free and open and you are welcome to modify it to support Xbox 360 controls.
DGui contains the following control elements:

DPanel
DButton/DToggleButton
DComboBox
DCheckbox
DTextBox
DMultiLineTextBox
DGrid
DListBox
DForm
DLayout
DImage

The color of Gui items can be modified using a color theme object. You can also change a control's border thickness and font size from the defaults. Controls can be arranged in a hierarchy to create more elaborate user interfaces.

What it doesn't do

Textured controls (list box items can have an image icon - no support for this on buttons yet)
Orderable data grid (only a static grid)
Title bars or inbuilt message dialogs

How to use

See the Documentation.

Thanks to

Farseer Physics! I used your drawing helper classes.
http://www.codeplex.com/FarseerPhysics

Also to Ziggyware, I used your SceneGraph example:
http://www.ziggyware.com/readarticle.php?article_id=130&rowstart=0

Hope this is ok!

Updated Wiki: Home

spamdog — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:17:08 GMT

DPanel
DButton/DToggleButton
DComboBox
DCheckbox
DTextBox
DMultiLineTextBox
DGrid
DListBox
DForm
DLayout
DImage

Controls can be arranged in a hierarchy to create more elaborate user interfaces.

What it doesn't do

Textured controls (list box items can have an image icon - no support for this on buttons yet)
Orderable data grid (only a static grid)
Title bars or inbuilt message dialogs

Updated Wiki: Home

spamdog — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:16:29 GMT

DPanel
DButton/DToggleButton
DComboBox
DCheckbox
DTextBox
DMultiLineTextBox
DGrid
DListBox
DForm
DLayout
DImage

Controls can be arranged in a hierarchy to create more elaborate user interfaces.

What it doesn't do

Textured controls (list box items can have an image icon - no support for this on buttons yet)
Orderable data grid (only a static grid)

Updated Wiki: Home

spamdog — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:16:07 GMT

DPanel
DButton/DToggleButton
DComboBox
DCheckbox
DTextBox
DMultiLineTextBox
DGrid
DListBox
DForm
DLayout
DImage

Controls can be arranged in a hierarchy to create more elaborate user interfaces.

What it doesn't do

Textured controls (list box items can have an image icon - no support for this on buttons yet)
Orderable data grid (only a static grid)

Updated Wiki: Home

spamdog — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:15:43 GMT

DPanel
DButton/DToggleButton
DComboBox
DCheckbox
DTextBox
DMultiLineTextBox
DGrid
DListBox
DForm
DLayout
DImage

Controls can be arranged in a hierarchy to create more elaborate user interfaces.

What it doesn't do

Textured controls (list box items can have an image icon - no support for this on buttons yet)
Orderable data grid (only a static grid)

How to use

See the Documentation

Thanks to

Farseer Physics! I used your drawing helper classes.
http://www.codeplex.com/FarseerPhysics

Also to Ziggyware, I used your SceneGraph example:
http://www.ziggyware.com/readarticle.php?article_id=130&rowstart=0

Hope this is ok!

Updated Wiki: Documentation

spamdog — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:14:39 GMT

How to use DGui

Controls must be registered with an instance of DGuiManager. You must pass your game object and a SpriteBatch object to the DGuiManager:

DGuiManager guiManager = new DGuiManager(this, spriteBatch);

Call DGuiManager.Update() in your update method to enable input to your controls.
Call DGuiManager.Draw() in your draw method to draw the controls.

To add a form to your game:

DForm form = new DForm(guiManager, "MainForm", null);
form.Size = new Vector2(640, 480);
form.Position = new Vector2(10, 10);
form.Initialize();
guiManager.AddControl(form);

Or to add a panel, using constructor parameters for size and position:

DPanel panel = new DPanel (guiManager, 5, 5, 640, 480);
panel.Initialize();
guiManager.AddControl(panel);

You can add a control to a form or panel (or another control) like so:

DButton button = new DButton (guiManager, 5, 5, "Button"); // Button at 5,5 with text "Button"
button.Initialize();
form.AddPanel(button);

To register events for your gui elements, you can do something like the following:

button.OnClick += new ButtonEventHandler(handleClick); // Register the click listener

There are many other properties to enable/disable hover color events, child panel clipping, accept focus, etc. Check out the demo in the source code for more examples.

Updated Wiki: Documentation

spamdog — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:13:25 GMT

How to use DGui

Controls must be registered with an instance of DGuiManager. You must pass your game object and a SpriteBatch object to the DGuiManager:

DGuiManager guiManager = new DGuiManager(this, spriteBatch);

Call DGuiManager.Update() in your update method to enable input to your controls.
Call DGuiManager.Draw() in your draw method to draw the controls.

To add a form to your game:

DForm form = new DForm(guiManager, "MainForm", null);
form.Size = new Vector2(640, 480);
form.Position = new Vector2(10, 10);
form.Initialize();
guiManager.AddControl(form);

Or to add a panel, using constructor parameters for size and position:

DPanel panel = new DPanel (guiManager, 5, 5, 640, 480);
panel.Initialize();
guiManager.AddControl(panel);

You can add a control to a form or panel (or another control) like so:

DButton button = new DButton (guiManager, 5, 5, "Button"); // Button at 5,5 with text "Button"
button.Initialize();
form.AddPanel(button);

To register events for your gui elements, you can do something like the following:

button.OnClick += new ButtonEventHandler(handleClick); // Register the click listener

There are many other properties to enable/disable hover color events, child panel clipping, accept focus, etc. Check out the demo code for more examples.

Updated Wiki: Documentation

spamdog — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:13:06 GMT

Controls must be registered with an instance of DGuiManager. You must pass your game object and a SpriteBatch object to the DGuiManager:

DGuiManager guiManager = new DGuiManager(this, spriteBatch);

Call DGuiManager.Update() in your update method to enable input to your controls.
Call DGuiManager.Draw() in your draw method to draw the controls.

To add a form to your game:

DForm form = new DForm(guiManager, "MainForm", null);
form.Size = new Vector2(640, 480);
form.Position = new Vector2(10, 10);
form.Initialize();
guiManager.AddControl(form);

Or to add a panel, using constructor parameters for size and position:

DPanel panel = new DPanel (guiManager, 5, 5, 640, 480);
panel.Initialize();
guiManager.AddControl(panel);

You can add a control to a form or panel (or another control) like so:

DButton button = new DButton (guiManager, 5, 5, "Button"); // Button at 5,5 with text "Button"
button.Initialize();
form.AddPanel(button);

To register events for your gui elements, you can do something like the following:

button.OnClick += new ButtonEventHandler(handleClick); // Register the click listener

There are many other properties to enable/disable hover color events, child panel clipping, accept focus, etc. Check out the demo code for more examples.

Updated Wiki: Home

spamdog — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:12:53 GMT

DPanel
DButton/DToggleButton
DComboBox
DCheckbox
DTextBox
DMultiLineTextBox
DGrid
DListBox
DForm
DLayout
DImage

Controls can be arranged in a hierarchy to create more elaborate user interfaces.

What it doesn't do

Textured buttons or panels (list box items can have an image icon - no support for this on buttons yet)
Orderable data grid (only a static grid)

Updated Wiki: Home

spamdog — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:10:37 GMT

DPanel
DButton/DToggleButton
DComboBox
DCheckbox
DTextBox
DMultiLineTextBox
DGrid
DListBox
DForm
DLayout
DImage

Controls can be arranged in a hierarchy to create more elaborate user interfaces.

What it doesn't do

Textured buttons or panels (list box items can have an image icon - no support for this on buttons yet)
Orderable data grid (only a static grid)

How to use

Controls must be registered with an instance of DGuiManager. You must pass your game object and a SpriteBatch object to the DGuiManager:

DGuiManager guiManager = new DGuiManager(this, spriteBatch);

Call DGuiManager.Update() in your update method to enable input to your controls.
Call DGuiManager.Draw() in your draw method to draw the controls.

To add a form to your game:

DForm form = new DForm(guiManager, "MainForm", null);
form.Size = new Vector2(640, 480);
form.Position = new Vector2(10, 10);
form.Initialize();
guiManager.AddControl(form);

Or to add a panel, using constructor parameters for size and position:

DPanel panel = new DPanel (guiManager, 5, 5, 640, 480);
panel.Initialize();
guiManager.AddControl(panel);

You can add a control to a form or panel (or another control) like so:

DButton button = new DButton (guiManager, 5, 5, "Button"); // Button at 5,5 with text "Button"
button.Initialize();
form.AddPanel(button);

To register events for your gui elements, you can do something like the following:

button.OnClick += new ButtonEventHandler(handleClick); // Register the click listener

There are many other properties to enable/disable hover color events, child panel clipping, accept focus, etc. Check out the demo code for more examples.

Thanks to

Farseer Physics! I used your drawing helper classes.
http://www.codeplex.com/FarseerPhysics

Also to Ziggyware, I used your SceneGraph example:
http://www.ziggyware.com/readarticle.php?article_id=130&rowstart=0

Hope this is ok!

Updated Wiki: Home

spamdog — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:07:50 GMT

Project Description
A GUI controls library for XNA 3.1. Contains panel, button (toggle and push), checkbox, listbox, combobox, textbox, multi-line textbox, grid, layout, and form. Hook up control events to your game model easily.

Demo showing all control types. The source code includes this demo.

This project is called XNA Simple Gui but the namespace is actually DGui.

DGui controls use the mouse and keyboard for input and is intended for Windows games. Nevertheless, the source code is free and open and you are welcome to modify it to support Xbox 360 controls.

DGui contains the following control elements:

DPanel
DButton/DToggleButton
DComboBox
DCheckbox
DTextBox
DMultiLineTextBox
DGrid
DListBox
DForm
DLayout
DImage

Controls can be arranged in a hierarchy to create more elaborate user interfaces.

What it doesn't do

Textured buttons or panels (list box items can have an image icon - no support for this on buttons yet)
Orderable data grid (only a static grid)

How to use
Controls must be registered with an instance of DGuiManager. You must pass your game object and a SpriteBatch object to the DGuiManager:

DGuiManager guiManager = new DGuiManager(this, spriteBatch);

Call DGuiManager.Update() in your update method to enable input to your controls.
Call DGuiManager.Draw() in your draw method to draw the controls.

To add a form to your game

DForm form = new DForm(guiManager, "MainForm", null);
form.Size = new Vector2(640, 480);
form.Position = new Vector2(10, 10);
form.Initialize();
guiManager.AddControl(form);

Or panel, using constructor parameters for size and position

DPanel panel = new DPanel (guiManager, 5, 5, 640, 480);
panel.Initialize();
guiManager.AddControl(panel);

You can add a control to a form or panel (or another control) like so:

DButton button = new DButton (guiManager, 5, 5, "Button"); // Button at 5,5 with text "Button"
button.Initialize();
form.AddPanel(button);

To register events for your gui elements, you can do something like the following:

button.OnClick += new ButtonEventHandler(handleClick); // Register the click listener

There are many other properties to enable/disable hover color events, child panel clipping, accept focus, etc. Check out the demo code for more examples.

Thanks to
Farseer Physics! I used your drawing helper classes.
http://www.codeplex.com/FarseerPhysics

Also to Ziggyware, I used your SceneGraph example:
http://www.ziggyware.com/readarticle.php?article_id=130&rowstart=0

Hope this is ok!

Updated Wiki: Home

spamdog — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:49:14 GMT

DPanel
DButton/DToggleButton
DComboBox
DCheckbox
DTextBox
DMultiLineTextBox
DGrid
DListBox
DForm
DLayout

How to use
Controls must be registered with an instance of DGuiManager. You must pass your game object and a SpriteBatch object to the DGuiManager:

DGuiManager guiManager = new DGuiManager(this, spriteBatch);

Call DGuiManager.Update() in your update method to enable input to your controls.
Call DGuiManager.Draw() in your draw method to draw the controls.

To add a form to your game

DForm form = new DForm(guiManager, "MainForm", null);
form.Size = new Vector2(640, 480);
form.Position = new Vector2(10, 10);
form.Initialize();
guiManager.AddControl(form);

Or panel, using constructor parameters for size and position

DPanel panel = new DPanel (guiManager, 5, 5, 640, 480);
panel.Initialize();
guiManager.AddControl(panel);

You can add a control to a form or panel (or another control) like so:

DButton button = new DButton (guiManager, 5, 5, "Button"); // Button at 5,5 with text "Button"
button.Initialize();
form.AddPanel(button);

To register events for your gui elements, you can do something like the following:

button.OnClick += new ButtonEventHandler(handleClick); // Register the click listener

There are many other properties to enable/disable hover color events, child panel clipping, accept focus, etc. Check out the demo code for more examples.

Thanks to
Farseer Physics! I used your drawing helper classes.
http://www.codeplex.com/FarseerPhysics

Also to Ziggyware, I used your SceneGraph example:
http://www.ziggyware.com/readarticle.php?article_id=130&rowstart=0

Hope this is ok!

Updated Wiki: Home

spamdog — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:33:33 GMT

Project Description
Some simple GUI control elements for XNA games. Uses events and delegates to link the GUI elements to your game.

Uses drawing code from the Farseer Physics Demos and Ziggyware Scene Graph example.

Demo showing all control types. The source code includes this demo.

Control Elements

DPanel
DButton/DToggleButton
DComboBox
DCheckbox
DTextBox
DMultiLineTextBox
DGrid
DListBox
DForm
DLayout

How to use
Controls must be registered with an instance of DGuiManager. You must pass your game object and a SpriteBatch object to the DGuiManager:

DGuiManager guiManager = new DGuiManager(this, spriteBatch);

Call DGuiManager.Update() in your update method to enable input to your controls.
Call DGuiManager.Draw() in your draw method to draw the controls.

To add a form to your game

DForm form = new DForm(guiManager, "MainForm", null);
form.Size = new Vector2(640, 480);
form.Position = new Vector2(10, 10);
form.Initialize();
guiManager.AddControl(form);

Or panel, using constructor parameters for size and position

DPanel panel = new DPanel (guiManager, 5, 5, 640, 480);
panel.Initialize();
guiManager.AddControl(panel);

You can add a control to a form or panel (or another control) like so:

DButton button = new DButton (guiManager, 5, 5, "Button"); // Button at 5,5 with text "Button"
button.Initialize();
form.AddPanel(button);

To register events for your gui elements, you can do something like the following:

button.OnClick += new ButtonEventHandler(handleClick); // Register the click listener

There are many other properties to enable/disable hover color events, child panel clipping, accept focus, etc. Check out the demo code for more examples.

Thanks to
Farseer Physics! I used your drawing helper classes.
http://www.codeplex.com/FarseerPhysics

Also to Ziggyware, I used your SceneGraph example:
http://www.ziggyware.com/readarticle.php?article_id=130&rowstart=0

Hope this is ok!

Updated Wiki: Home

spamdog — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:45:00 GMT

DPanel
DButton/DToggleButton
DComboBox
DCheckbox
DTextBox
DMultiLineTextBox
DGrid
DListBox
DForm
DLayout

How to use
Controls must be registered with an instance of DGuiManager. You must pass your game object and a SpriteBatch object to the DGuiManager:

DGuiManager guiManager = new DGuiManager(this, spriteBatch);

Call DGuiManager.Update() in your update method to enable input to your controls.
Call DGuiManager.Draw() in your draw method to draw the controls.

To add a form to your game

DForm form = new DForm(guiManager, "MainForm", null);
form.Size = new Vector2(640, 480);
form.Position = new Vector2(10, 10);
form.Initialize();
guiManager.AddControl(form);

Or panel, using constructor parameters for size and position

DPanel panel = new DPanel (guiManager, 5, 5, 640, 480);
panel.Initialize();
guiManager.AddControl(panel);

You can add a control to a form or panel (or another control) like so:

DButton button = new DButton (guiManager, 5, 5, "Button"); // Button at 5,5 with text "Button"
button.Initialize();
form.AddPanel(button);

To register events for your gui elements, you can do something like the following:

button.OnClick += new ButtonEventHandler(handleClick); // Register the click listener

There are many other properties to enable/disable hover color events, child panel clipping, accept focus, etc. Check out the demo code for more examples.

Thanks to
Farseer Physics! I used your drawing helper classes.
http://www.codeplex.com/FarseerPhysics

Also to Ziggyware, I used your SceneGraph example:
http://www.ziggyware.com/readarticle.php?article_id=130&rowstart=0

Hope this is ok!

UPDATED WIKI: Home

spamdog — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:24:19 GMT

Project Description
Some simple GUI control elements for XNA games. Uses events and delegates to link the GUI elements to your game.

Uses drawing code from the Farseer Physics Demos and Ziggyware Scene Graph example.

Sample showing panel, buttons, checkbox, textbox, and listbox.

Control Elements

Panel (DPanel)
Button (DButton or DPushButton)
Checkbox (DCheckBox)
Textbox (DTextBox)
Listbox (DListBox)
Image (DImage)
Text (DText)

How to use
To create a panel and add it to your game:

DPanel panel = new DPanel(Game, 5, 5, 400, 400); // Panel at 5,5 and dimensions 400x400 pixels
Components.Add(panel);

You can add panels inside other panels:

DPanel childPanel = new DPanel(Game, 5, 5, 200, 200);
panel.AddPanel(childPanel);

To register events for your gui elements, you can do something like the following:

DButton button = new DButton(Game, 5, 5);
button.OnClick += new ButtonEventHandler(handleClick); // Register the click listener

Thanks to
Farseer Physics! I used your drawing helper classes.
http://www.codeplex.com/FarseerPhysics

Also to Ziggyware, I used your SceneGraph example:
http://www.ziggyware.com/readarticle.php?article_id=130&rowstart=0

Hope this is ok!

UPDATED WIKI: Home

spamdog — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:23:46 GMT

Project Description
Some simple GUI control elements for XNA games. Uses events and delegates to link the GUI elements to your game.

Uses drawing code from the Farseer Physics Demos and Ziggyware Scene Graph example.

Sample showing panel, buttons, checkbox, textbox, and listbox.

Control Elements

Panel (DPanel)
Button (DButton or DPushButton)
Checkbox (DCheckBox)
Textbox (DTextBox)
Listbox (DListBox)
Image (DImage)
Text (DText)

How to use
To create a panel and add it to your game:

DPanel panel = new DPanel(Game, 5, 5, 400, 400); // Panel at 5,5 and dimensions 400x400 pixels
Components.Add(panel);

You can add panels inside other panels:

DPanel childPanel = new DPanel(Game, 5, 5, 200, 200);
panel.AddPanel(childPanel);

To register events for your gui elements, you can do something like the following:

DButton button = new DButton(Game, 5, 5);
button.OnClick += new ButtonEventHandler(handleClick); // Register the click listener

UPDATED WIKI: Home

spamdog — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 02:50:30 GMT

Project Description
Some simple control elements for XNA games. Uses events and delegates to link the GUI elements to your game.

Uses drawing code from the Farseer Physics Demos and Ziggyware Scene Graph example.

Sample showing panel, buttons, checkbox, textbox, and listbox.

Control Elements

Panel (DPanel)
Button (DButton or DPushButton)
Checkbox (DCheckBox)
Textbox (DTextBox)
Listbox (DListBox)
Image (DImage)
Text (DText)

How to use
To create a panel and add it to your game:

DPanel panel = new DPanel(Game, 5, 5, 400, 400); // Panel at 5,5 and dimensions 400x400 pixels
Components.Add(panel);

You can add panels inside other panels:

DPanel childPanel = new DPanel(Game, 5, 5, 200, 200);
panel.AddPanel(childPanel);

To register events for your gui elements, you can do something like the following:

DButton button = new DButton(Game, 5, 5);
button.OnClick += new ButtonEventHandler(handleClick); // Register the click listener

Thanks to
Farseer Physics! I used your drawing helper classes.
http://www.codeplex.com/FarseerPhysics

Also to Ziggyware, I used your SceneGraph example:
http://www.ziggyware.com/readarticle.php?article_id=130&rowstart=0

Hope this is ok!

UPDATED WIKI: Home

spamdog — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:58:20 GMT

Panel (DPanel)
Button (DButton or DPushButton)
Checkbox (DCheckBox)
Textbox (DTextBox)
Listbox (DListBox)
Image (DImage)
Text (DText)

UPDATED WIKI: Home

spamdog — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:53:55 GMT

Project Description
Some simple control elements for XNA games. Uses events and delegates to link the GUI elements to your game.

Uses drawing code from the Farseer Physics Demos and Ziggyware Scene Graph example.

Cannot resolve link: [image:xnasimplegui2.png]
Sample showing panel, buttons, listboxes, scrollbars, image and text.

Control Elements

Panel (DPanel)
Button (DButton or DPushButton)
Checkbox (DCheckBox)
Textbox (DTextBox)
Listbox (DListBox)
Image (DImage)
Text (DText)

UPDATED WIKI: Home

spamdog — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:33:57 GMT

Project Description
Some simple control elements for XNA games. Uses events and delegates to link the GUI elements to your game.

Uses drawing code from the Farseer Physics Demos:
http://www.codeplex.com/FarseerPhysics

Sample showing panel, buttons, listboxes, scrollbars, image and text.

Control Elements

Panel (DPanel)
Button (DButton or DPushButton)
Checkbox (DCheckBox)
Textbox (DTextBox)
Listbox (DListBox)
Image (DImage)
Text (DText)