Besides Qt, GTK, wxWidgets... What are the recommendations for a cross platform, open source GUI framework library that works with OpenGL?
A:
Its not quite a GUI framework. But GLFW is good for an OpenGL window with some extra features like keyboard and joystick handling.
I found the other framework I was looking for. It is SFML. I only used it briefly but I do remember liking it very much. It does contain a lot of nice extras going a step further than GLFW. If I recall correctly the documentation was stellar.
For a full featured cross-platform GUI framework I think you would be hard pressed to beat QT, GTK, or wx.
mfperzel
2010-05-20 17:38:18
Thanks, GLFW looks promising
2010-05-20 17:43:55
I've often wanted to beat GTK. With something large and heavy.
Crashworks
2010-05-20 17:43:55
@Crashworks: I couldn't agree more.
2010-05-20 18:12:09
To update; GLFW is most impressive. Definitely worth the time; thanks again.
2010-05-26 03:26:13
A:
I'm not sure, but at a guess, the other framework mfperzel was trying to think of might have been fltk (the "fast light tool kit"). Where glfw is mostly an OpenGL window with some ability to read the mouse and keyboard, fltk is a GUI framework that supports OpenGL (but as the name implies it's still quite a bit smaller and faster than most GUI frameworks). I haven't tried it yet, but there's a new GUI builder program for it (FLUID) that looks fairly promising as well. One warning though: FLTK uses its own widgets, which tend to look at least a little foreign to most users.
Jerry Coffin
2010-05-20 19:16:27