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

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
• 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
• Select directly a Child Gadget from a Container with Left Triple Click
• 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