zed/crates/gpui
Dzmitry Malyshau 4e1e26b696
blade: Fix initialization of atlas textures used for path rasterization (#8000)
Generally the BladeAtlas logic has been deferring all the texture
initializations and updates till `begin_frame`. This doesn't work for
path rasterization, since a texture needs to be allocated after
`begin_frame` and used immediately.

Fixed validation error:
> UNASSIGNED-CoreValidation-DrawState-InvalidImageLayout(ERROR / SPEC):
msgNum: 1303270965 - Validation Error: [
UNASSIGNED-CoreValidation-DrawState-InvalidImageLayout ] Object 0:
handle = 0x60ce301b9010, name = main, type =
VK_OBJECT_TYPE_COMMAND_BUFFER; Object 1: handle = 0x51820000000007b,
name = atlas, type = VK_OBJECT_TYPE_IMAGE; | MessageID = 0x4dae5635 |
vkQueueSubmit(): pSubmits[0].pCommandBuffers[0] command buffer
VkCommandBuffer 0x60ce301b9010[main] expects VkImage
0x51820000000007b[atlas] (subresource: aspectMask 0x1 array layer 0, mip
level 0) to be in layout VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL--instead, current
layout is VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED.
    Objects: 2
        [0] 0x60ce301b9010, type: 6, name: main
        [1] 0x51820000000007b, type: 10, name: atlas

Release Notes:
- N/A
2024-02-18 21:18:59 -08:00
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docs Remove some todo!'s 2024-01-09 11:36:36 +02:00
examples linux: refactor window structure, support move callback 2024-02-01 21:43:28 -08:00
src blade: Fix initialization of atlas textures used for path rasterization (#8000) 2024-02-18 21:18:59 -08:00
tests Remove some todo!'s 2024-01-09 11:36:36 +02:00
build.rs Enable Blade on MacOS via "macos-blade" feature (#7669) 2024-02-16 13:39:40 -08:00
Cargo.toml Wayland input handling (#7857) 2024-02-16 13:49:34 -08:00
LICENSE-APACHE chore: Add crate licenses. (#4158) 2024-01-23 16:56:22 +01:00
README.md Fix registers link in README.md (#5389) 2024-01-24 13:21:08 -05:00

Welcome to GPUI!

GPUI is a hybrid immediate and retained mode, GPU accelerated, UI framework for Rust, designed to support a wide variety of applications.

Getting Started

GPUI is still in active development as we work on the Zed code editor and isn't yet on crates.io. You'll also need to use the latest version of stable rust and be on macOS. Add the following to your Cargo.toml:

gpui = { git = "https://github.com/zed-industries/zed" }

Everything in GPUI starts with an App. You can create one with App::new(), and kick off your application by passing a callback to App::run(). Inside this callback, you can create a new window with AppContext::open_window(), and register your first root view. See gpui.rs for a complete example.

The Big Picture

GPUI offers three different registers depending on your needs:

  • State management and communication with Models. Whenever you need to store application state that communicates between different parts of your application, you'll want to use GPUI's models. Models are owned by GPUI and are only accessible through an owned smart pointer similar to an Rc. See the app::model_context module for more information.

  • High level, declarative UI with Views. All UI in GPUI starts with a View. A view is simply a model that can be rendered, via the Render trait. At the start of each frame, GPUI will call this render method on the root view of a given window. Views build a tree of elements, lay them out and style them with a tailwind-style API, and then give them to GPUI to turn into pixels. See the div element for an all purpose swiss-army knife of rendering.

  • Low level, imperative UI with Elements. Elements are the building blocks of UI in GPUI, and they provide a nice wrapper around an imperative API that provides as much flexibility and control as you need. Elements have total control over how they and their child elements are rendered and and can be used for making efficient views into large lists, implement custom layouting for a code editor, and anything else you can think of. See the element module for more information.

Each of these registers has one or more corresponding contexts that can be accessed from all GPUI services. This context is your main interface to GPUI, and is used extensively throughout the framework.

Other Resources

In addition to the systems above, GPUI provides a range of smaller services that are useful for building complex applications:

  • Actions are user-defined structs that are used for converting keystrokes into logical operations in your UI. Use this for implementing keyboard shortcuts, such as cmd-q. See the action module for more information.

  • Platform services, such as quit the app or open a URL are available as methods on the app::AppContext.

  • An async executor that is integrated with the platform's event loop. See the executor module for more information.,

  • The [gpui::test] macro provides a convenient way to write tests for your GPUI applications. Tests also have their own kind of context, a TestAppContext which provides ways of simulating common platform input. See app::test_context and test modules for more details.

Currently, the best way to learn about these APIs is to read the Zed source code, ask us about it at a fireside hack, or drop a question in the Zed Discord. We're working on improving the documentation, creating more examples, and will be publishing more guides to GPUI on our blog.