SimpleSplitPanelSystem

A single header file implementation of backend implementation of simple dynamic split based panel system in c.

Features

1. Create a split based resizable panel system.
2. Panel attributes shares memory address for same properties. So, modify any panel and it will adjust others.

Function docs

Panel CreatePanel(Point origin, Point end);

Creates a panel from given points.

Input: Point origin: Coordinates of top left corner of panel. Point end: Coordinates of bottom right corner of panel.

Output: Returns an instance of struct panel.

Panel SplitPanel(Panel *panel, PanelSplitType splitType);

Splits a Panel vertically or horizontally and return new Panel formed. New panel is formed on right of given panel for horizontal split and on bottom for given panel for vertical split.

Input: Panel *panel: pointer to Panel to split. enum PanelSplitType splitType: Direction of split. Choose from PANEL_SPLIT_TYPE_VERTICAL and PANEL_SPLIT_TYPE_HORIZONTAL

Output: Returns an instance of struct Panel.

Example usage

1. Include the split_panel.h file in your code.
2. Initialize the panel using folowing code.

Point origin = CreatePoint(0.0f, 0.0f); // Top left corner
Point end = CreatePoint(100.0f, 100.0f); // Top right corner

// Create panel
Panel basePanel = CreatePanel(origin, end)

3. To Split the panel use SplitPanel() function.

// Split panel vertically
Panel newPanel = SplitPanel(&basePanel, PANEL_SPLIT_TYPE_VERTICAL);

// Split panel horizontally
Panel newPanel = SplitPanel(&basePanel, PANEL_SPLIT_TYPE_HORIZONTAL);

4. To modify the split simply modify any point of any panel.

// Modify origin's 'x' of 'basePanel'.
*basePanel.origin.x = 10.0f;

// Other panels also get the changes as common ordinates share address.
printf("%f", *newPanel.origin.x); // 10.0f

GUI simple example using raygui

GUI example better using raygui

Roadmap

1. Remove as much pointer usage as possible.
2. Add ability to remove panel.
3. Add more descreptive split types. Ex: SPLIT_LEFT, SPLIT_RIGHT, SPLIT_TOP and SPLIT_BOTTOM.
4. Add Pool system to take load of memory managment from user.
5. Add docking(pulling out panel).

Enjoy panelling