GUIslice Latest Status

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Latest Updates

The following lists a few of the recent changes, with the latest entry at the top

• Released 0.12.1
• Fix TFT_eSPI internal XPT2046 touch handling mode (DRV_TOUCH_TFT_ESPI) DRV_TOUCH_TFT_ESPI v0.12.0 touch not working #149
• Fix HX8357 initialization (DRV_DISP_ADAGFX_HX8357)
• Released 0.12.0
• Enhance TFT_eSPI internal touch to support dynamic rotation, calibration Adapt TFT_eSPI integrated touch to use raw capture #143
• Optimizing redraw with invalidated regions
• Add XRingGauge element XRingGauge #145
• Add XKeyPad element Request: Create keypad element #5
• Add support for rounded buttons / round rects Add support for rounded buttons / rects #142
• Add XSpinner element
• Add support for Adafruit Seesaw controller
• Resolve 8-bit parallel TFT + 4-wire touch + TFT_eSPI Touchscreen support with 9341 8-bit parallel on ESP32 #130
• Add support for Teensy Teensy + Audio Adaptor #136
• Add support for RA8875 display & touch driver (Arduino DUE + RA8875 Compatability #125 )
• Add listbox control (Request: Element ComboBox #46)
• Enhance ease of creating custom widgets (Simplified creation of new GUI widgets #120 )
• Support for popup dialog boxes (Request: Support for Pop-UP Dialogs #81)
• Support for page stacks (Request: Support for sub-pages / layouts #71 )
• Add API ElemSetVisibleEn() to change visibility, along with partial redraw Request: Element visibility #24
• Released Builder 0.11.0-rc2
• Add support for overriding MCUFRIEND ID (DRV_TOUCH_ADAGFX_MCUFRIEND_FORCE)
• Enhanced calibration with support for touch controllers using swapped X&Y (XPT2046 displays with swapped coords #113)
• Automated build versioning (X.Y.Z.build)
• Add API ElemSetClickEn() to change click-enable attribute
• Released v0.11.0
• Fix Z-order touch detection with overlapping elements
• Add ElemCreateLine_P() for line elements in Flash
• Created a number of example shield configs
• Significant updates to all wiki documentation on configuration & touch
• Extensive cleanup of example configuration files using consistent sectioning.
• Rework the touch orientation code Dynamic Display Orientation vs Touch #98
• Create diagnostic / touch calibration sketches Revise touch & orientation #105
• Add support for checkbox / radio button callbacks Add checkbox/radio toggle callback #74
• Add support for drawing images from memory (FLASH) Draw color images from RAM / Flash #101
• Rewrote Installation guide for Raspberry Pi
• Made errors in touch driver initialization non-fatal and show visual error message
• Improve 4-wire resistive touch controller handling (DRV_TOUCH_ADA_SIMPLE: Multiple touch events for component #96)
• Change config strategy to enable single-line selection between configs in GUIslice_config.h Revamp Config Strategy #86
• Add support for Adafruit FeatherWing TFT
  • HUZZAH ESP8266, HUZZAH32 ESP-32 and Feather M0. See /configs/misc-featherwing.h
• Add support for additional shields: Adafruit 1.8" Color TFT shield
• Released Builder 0.10.4-beta7 (GUIslice Builder - tool for GUI code generation #79 (comment)) along with source code
• Add support for more STM32 cores, DUE, Arduino Zero (Add new device targets #88)
• Add support for GPIO / pin control for DRV_TOUCH_NONE mode (related to Support Keyboard / Switch instead of Touch #66)
• Support for MCUFRIEND displays with mcufriend_kbv (Support for MCUFRIEND_kbv #82)
• Started adding device-specific example configurations to /configs
  • Included so far: M5stack, more to come shortly
  • Initial focus will be on shields, but example breakout board wiring options will also be provided
  • The intention is to enable plug & play configuration with a variety of devices, as the current master config file (GUIslice_config_ard/linux) can be intimidating for new users.
• Support for M5stack should be complete as fixes applied now that I have the hardware on-hand to test
• Integrated API documentation now automatically deployed online
• All examples renamed to make them clearer about function and screenshots provided. (Wiki documentation for examples & elements #78).
• Keyboard / GPIO Pin control over the GUI (Support Keyboard / Switch instead of Touch #66). This is particularly useful on non-touch displays.

Work in Progress

In an effort to give users some idea of the work that is currently in development, the following are a few of the features / changes in development.

• GUIslice Builder release 0.13.0
• Update calibration sketch to report ADATOUCH_PRESS_MIN/MAX guidance
• Revise checkbox / radio button grouping flexibility
• Add dropdown combobox control Request: Element ComboBox #46
• Add support for SdFat library (SD SW SPI for mcufriend ATmega)
• Optimize XSlider redraw
• Split XGauge into XSlider, XRadial, XRamp
• Optimize compound element handling
• Add clipping support to DrvDrawTxt()
• Automate RPi example config generation as done for all other targets
• Rewrite & simplify configuration guides for STM32 and Raspberry Pi Revamp Config Strategy #86
• Resistive touch debounce filtering Request: Resistive touch debounce filtering #102

Other features under consideration

• Support for UTFT
• Support visual themes (ie. consistent GUI element color scheme, etc.)
• Support gradients (eg. buttons)
• Support for RA8875 ROM fonts
• Support for sumotoy/RA8875

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Posted proof-of-concept for multiple layers / tabbed dialog in #71 in new branch WIP71-GlobalPage.

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Created initial work on simplifying configuration strategy in #86

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GUIslice Builder version 0.10.4-beta7 has been released.

• Please refer to GUIslice Builder - tool for GUI code generation #79 (comment) for details regarding fixes and enhancements
• Source code for the Builder can be found in /builder

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Add support for Adafruit FeatherWing 2.4" TFT

• HUZZAH ESP8266, HUZZAH32 ESP-32 and Feather M0. See /configs/misc-adagfx-shld-featherwing24.h
• Tested with Adafruit 2.4" TFT FeatherWing

Add support for Adafruit 1.8" Color TFT Shield v2 w/ Joystick

• See /configs/ard-adagfx-shld-tft18v2.h
• Tested with Adafruit 1.8" Color TFT Shield v2
• Note that this shield requires the Adafruit seesaw library to be installed to access the TFT controls and buttons. Native support for the Seesaw controller will be added in a future update.

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• Rewrote Installation guide for Raspberry Pi
• Fixes for RPi tslib touch handling
• Made errors in touch driver initialization non-fatal and show visual error message
• Improve 4-wire resistive touch controller handling (DRV_TOUCH_ADA_SIMPLE: Multiple touch events for component #96)
• Change config strategy to enable single-line selection between configs in GUIslice_config.h Revamp Config Strategy #86

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• Add support for drawing images from memory (FLASH) PR Draw color images from RAM / Flash #101, Color bitmap support for DrvDrawImage (ADAGFX) #4

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• Created a number of example shield configs, extensive update to GUIslice Display Config table
• Significant updates to all wiki documentation on GUIslice configuration & touch
• Extensive cleanup of example configuration files using consistent sectioning (these are now all auto-generated from a common source to enhance maintainability)
• Rework the touch orientation code Dynamic Display Orientation vs Touch #98
  • Note that this is a major update, with two breaking changes:
  • Breaking change: Users with resistive displays may need to perform a one-time calibration to ensure that the configuration is correct with the simplified library handling. Please refer to Configuring Touch Support for details.
  • It is also strongly recommended that users consider migrating to the simplified example configuration files located in the /configs directory
  • Breaking change: STM32 devices with XPT2046: users will need to rename DRV_TOUCH_XPT2046 to DRV_TOUCH_XPT2046_STM.
• Create diagnostic / touch calibration sketches Revise touch & orientation #105
• Add support for checkbox / radio button callbacks Add checkbox/radio toggle callback #74

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Released GUIslice v0.11.0 along with the latest Builder.
Please see the v0.11.0 release notes for details.

Update: detailed notes for new features & bugfixes captured: #79 (comment)

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Started development on:

• Adding support for Teensy 3 Teensy + Audio Adaptor #136
• New extended GUI elements, including keypad

Recent completed changes:

• Add support for RA8875 display & touch driver (Arduino DUE + RA8875 Compatability #125 )
• Add listbox control (Request: Element ComboBox #46)
• Released Builder 0.11.0-rc4
• Enhance ease of creating custom widgets (Simplified creation of new GUI widgets #120 )
• Support for popup dialog boxes (Request: Support for Pop-UP Dialogs #81)
• Support for page stacks (Request: Support for sub-pages / layouts #71 )
• Add API ElemSetVisibleEn() to change visibility, along with partial redraw Request: Element visibility #24
• Add support for overriding MCUFRIEND ID (DRV_TOUCH_ADAGFX_MCUFRIEND_FORCE)
• Enhanced calibration with support for touch controllers using swapped X&Y (XPT2046 displays with swapped coords #113)
• Automated build versioning (X.Y.Z.build)
• Add API ElemSetClickEn() to change click-enable attribute

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Recent completed changes:

• Enhance TFT_eSPI internal touch to support dynamic rotation, calibration Adapt TFT_eSPI integrated touch to use raw capture #143
• Optimizing redraw with invalidated regions
• Add XRingGauge element XRingGauge #145
• Add XKeyPad element Request: Create keypad element #5
• Add support for rounded buttons / round rects Add support for rounded buttons / rects #142
• Add XSpinner element
• Add support for Adafruit Seesaw controller
• Resolve 8-bit parallel TFT + 4-wire touch + TFT_eSPI Touchscreen support with 9341 8-bit parallel on ESP32 #130
• Add support for Teensy Teensy + Audio Adaptor #136