A Few Suggestions

[Dismalitie]

I have a few suggestions to make for LuaRT, that I think would be useful. And I understand that development is hard and not all these features may be implemented and I will be completely fine with your answer.

1. WinAPI usage. Example: sys.WinApi(function, parameters)
2. Being able to remove the window border. Example:

   
   require("ui")

local win = ui.Window("Borderless window example", 500, 500) win.style = "borderless"

repeat ui.update() until not win.visible

3. Set window colour mode. Example:
 ```lua
require("ui")

local win = ui.Window("Dark mode example", 500, 500)
win.colourMode = "dark"

repeat
     ui.update()
until not win.visible

This could also alter the colour of buttons and other elements / widgets.

4. Being able to have smooth animations on widgets (this is possible with math.sin() and math.cos(), but it would be nice to have them built in). Example:

   
   require("ui")

local win = ui.Window("Button animations", 500, 500) local button = ui.Button(win, "Hover over me!", 250, 250) button.animation = "easeIn+easeOut"

function button:onHover() button:playAnimation() end

repeat ui.update() until not win.visible

5. Notifications. Example:
```lua
require("ui")

local notif = ui.Notification("Title", "Description", "icon\\path.ico")

function notif:onClick()
     ui.msg("You clicked on the notification!")
end

function notif:onDismiss()
     ui.msg("You dismissed the notification!")
end

function notif:onIgnore()
     ui.msg("The notification disappeared!"
end

notif:show()

Thank you for reading this! 👍

[samyeyo]

Hi Dismalitie,

Thank you for this feed back and those suggestions to enhance the uimodule. Here are some comments :

• WinAPI usage will bring a lot of complexity (C struct management, pointers..) to end users and other Lua modules exists wrapping the Windows API
• Changing Window style once a Window has been created is a good idea 👍
• Supporting Light/Dark mode is something I'm seriously considering if it's not a lot of overhead
• Widget animation might be complex to implement but I will see what I can do
• Windows notifications (called "Toasts" notifications) are tied to using the .NET platform or UWP or C++/WinRT apps

Regards,

Samir

[Dismalitie]

Thanks! I also have a question / error report: What does this mean and how - if I can - do I fix it? It happened when I compiled one of my projects as a dynamic desktop application and ran it. I'm assuming it's something to do with the Lua DLL or a copile handler DLL that is used when compiling and running the application.

[samyeyo]

This error occurs because your compiled executable depends on lua54.dll that must be in the same folder. Just copy the lua54.dll from the \bin\ folder of your LuaRT installation in the same location as your astro.exe executable.