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An immediate mode graphic user interface (GUI), also known as IMGUI, is a graphical user interface design pattern which uses an immediate mode API to render controls, as opposed to a retained mode one. [1]
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Most of the immediate mode GUI widget toolkit is implemented in default system controls and custom rendering for game development, graphic apps. Libraries include Scaleform, and Dear ImGui.
For game implementation, a GUI should
The immediate mode GUI widget toolkit
Immediate mode GUI widget toolkits are a good choice for those who prefer a simple, easily changeable, and extendable GUI toolkit. They are usually generic, open-source, and cross-platform. One way to have the flexibility and composability of an immediate mode GUI without the disadvantages of keeping the widget tree only in function calls, with the lack of direct control of how the GUI is drawn in the rendering engine would be to use a virtual widget tree, just like React uses a virtual DOM.
Casey Muratori developed the technique and coined the term "Single-path Immediate Mode Graphical User Interface" to describe it. [2] [3] One of the earliest publicly available implementations was written by Sean Barrett. [4]
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