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IceDesign GUI Designer

IceDesign is a New and Modern GUI Designer for PureBasic

It is only available for Windows with real Gadgets captured and drawn and with fluid and flicker-free movement.
It is possible to Edit a Container and also to Edit a Container within another Container, up to 9 levels. The tabs or Scroll bars are active

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Features:

  • DPI Aware. Except the form designer element which stays at 100% and which generates the same exact code for the controls positions/sizes.
  • IceDesign is available in English and French and ready to receive other languages in future
  • Undo / Redo functions
  • Choose IceDesign Background Color
  • Multi-Language support to help create multi-language apps at the design stage
  • Toolbar with icons and texts or only icons with their tooltips.
  • Create Gadget With the selection rectangle (Lasso), double clic or Drag'n Drop from the Gadgets list
  • Select a Gadget with Left Click or Lasso
  • Multiple Selection by lasso or with Ctrl+Left Click
  • Grouped movement and resizing
  • Update properties with multiple selections or group
  • Cut, Copy, Paste and Clone. Can be done between different levels
  • Group, UnGroup Gadget
  • Align to Left, Right, Bottom, Top
  • Resize with Same Width, Height
  • Equal Space Horizontal, Vertical
  • Left Doucle Click or use the toolbar button to Open a Container (Container, Panel and ScrollArea). Up to 9 levels
  • Right Doucle Click or use the toolbar button to Close a Container and go back to the previous level
  • Grid, Grid size and Snap to Grid
  • Contextual menu according to the available options for the current item
  • Add a menu, toolbar or status bar is done via the context menu from the main level
  • Add a new tab or deleting the current tab is done via the context menu from the panel
  • Change the tab of a Panel to see its content without the need to open the Panel
  • Up, Down, Left and Right arrows to Move a Gadget
  • Shift + Up, Down, Left and Right to Resize a Gadget
  • Del Key to Delete the Selected Gadget or Container
  • Use Full or Short Name for Controls
  • Auto rename the Controls Name when the caption is changed
  • Anchor controls with left, right, top and(or) bottom lock when resizing the window
  • Proportional resizing option for controls when resizing the window
  • BindGadgetEvent property to write event procedures in the created code
  • Support for some Windows Controls Styles
  • Full Color Requester with saving custom colors in IceDesign.ini
  • Display an image in background and adjust its transparency
  • Save, Save As or Open IceDesign Form GUI
  • Import IceDesign Form GUI to load templates into the current design
  • Preview from the generated and compiled source. Use the Esc key or click on the main window to close the preview
  • Create the code with multiple options: Copy to Clipboard, Save and open in a new Tab, Save the code As
    • For the code creation, choose between using constants or variables with Prefix and suffix for the variables name
    • Add the Window name to Variables or Constants name
    • Load or Catch Images
    • Hexa or RGB for the colors
    • Define the indentation between a number of spaces or Tab
    • Include or not Gadget item examples
    • Include the event loop or the minimum required to run it
    • The title block can be customized in IceDesign.ini file
  • Run IceDesign with DPI parameter to create IceDesign_DPI.exe with the DpiAware manifest. The display will be with 100% scaling, probably sharper for 4K or other screens.
  • Load IceDesign with a GUI form passed as a parameter (ex: IceDesign Template.icef)
  • .....

Import Demo

Other demos are available in gif_demo sub-folder

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