LookAndFeel_V4 implementation

[damiensellier]

Hi,
I'm working on the Juce LookAndFeel_V4 implementation for Ctrlr that has been done halfway on the current release.
I'm almost done but I'm not that sure it looks better.
I can select either type of LookAndFeel style I want from the Property Pane at the bottom (V1 V2 V3 V4 with light midnight dark and grey schemes) and it updates the canvas right away now.

Here is a preview of the different types of component in V4:

I'll need to do custom colourSchemes to really get the spirit of the older Ctrlr version with the shades of blue and add it to the colourScheme property combo.

I still struggle to have the popup on right-clicking the panel canvas, it doesn't update until I restart the program, I can't get it to catch the LookAndFeelChanged() declaration.

I'm currently working on adding the colour picker popup when a color property is clicked just like in the Juce demorunner. It's a great addition.

I need to think about a good way to make it downward compatible without showing V4 components on older panels.

If you have any suggestions about all that styling thing, don't hesitate ;)

Damien

[Ted-juh]

Sounds promising, really does. I still think it's weird you have to apply the l&f on the whole panel instead of per component. I think it's doable in Juce. But yes, the way the whole l&f class is implemented in Ctrlr is a little 'awkward'. It works but, to me, it's not easy to extend it.

While you are looking at the colour picker, is it doable to add color swatches? A set of clickable colours which you could change to your liking.

I wish I could find out myself. But I started looking into adding Juce 7, a project once started by Mr Dnaldoog. I started with 2200 errors and was down to 150 errors. I noticed I was changing things in the boost files to get rid of errors. Which gave me the thought: What if I update Lua (5.4.6) as well? Ditch boost/ luabind which both are not being maintained anymore. Instead get it to work with Sol2 (version 3) to do the Lua binding. All in all, it means reinventing the wheel. It means there would be separate versions of Ctrlr. But it's just to see if it's doable to get it up to date with today's standards.

Don't get your hopes up of anything usable, it's just to see how far I can get

[bijlevel]

@damiensellier Thanks!
I still have to try and export an AU/VST3 for a panel based on the build of a Silicon CTRLR AU/VST3 with Juce 6. If that succeeds, then there's indeed no need for Juce 7. I will let you know

[damiensellier]

I have everything working great, with the global lookandfeel property changing the V1 V2 V3 or V4 style.
You will be able to override the LookAndFeel version for each component and mix them all for more crazyness.
I'm trying to figure some way to make it fully retrocompatible. It will be probably with a version tag for everything before this version use LookAndFeel_V3 and the newer V4 as default or i'll put everything to V3 as default, it's not a big deal.

[bijlevel]

@damiensellier Congratulations! I wil asap download the source and compile it on my computer and of course will let you know of my findings. The default L&F version is not a big deal, if users can switch easily between versions and even mix them. That would result indeed in some 'different' GUI's ;-)! (BTW still the build AU and VST3 on my Silicon Mac do fail to load into my DAW, but I think this is more a discussion for #565.)

[damiensellier]

@bijlevel sure you'll let me know. As soon as i have it 100% ready, I'll post a link to the source files and will join an intel mac version of it here as standalone VST3 and AU.
I can already see some nice possibilities as we could sselect color templates for sliders.
That would be great to build LookAndFeel classes for different components and give the users even more styling possibilities.

[damiensellier]

Tonight I worked on the Colour Picker, this is very handy :