November 3, 2024

Gum Tool

• Fully generated code now creates 2-arg constructors.
• Fixed renaming some objects causing a crash due to variable references
• Fixed compile error in generated code setting Contained type

November_2_2024

Gum Tool

• New projects now have a default nineslice image
• Fixed crashes when referencing fonts in root folder
• Fixed crashes when viewing combined states
• Fixed variable references when qualifying full path variables in the same component/screen
• Lots of codegen improvements including:
  • Assigning texture on a Sprite runtime
  • Constructor generation for Screens
  • Adding items to Screen
  • CustomInit is now called in AfterFullCreation for generated code so that custom init can reference strongly typed objects
  • Setting states now works even if there is no element tag
  • Disabling plugin now properly disables codegen
  • Added needed default using statement

Gum Runtimes

• Fixed outline thickness not being respected on fonts
• New RadioButton control in forms
• GumCommon now targets .NET Standard 2.1 so it works on Meadow (thanks @KallDrexx )
• Removed noisy "Breaking because..." output (thanks @legendaryfishtrap )
• Added cursor support from touch screen
• Added Cursor.CleraInputValues for clearing clicks and pushes manually, such as when making the TextBox gain focus
• ComboBox now closes its ListBox when clicking outside of the ListBox
• Added ModalRoot for adding modal popups
• General code cleanup (Silverlight, Windows8, UWP, and Xbox360)
• Added code for automatically associating Gum elements to their forms runtime types
• Added a standard set of forms runtime types
• Added better error messages when trying to perform cursor logic on an element that hasn't been added to managers.
• Improved ability to use generated objects with from-files
• Added checks for whether the cursor is over the game window, and whether the game is active
• Added text runtime TextOverflowHorizontalMode an LineHeightMultiplier
• Fixed RollOn being called every frame
• Added checks for whether PopupRoot and ModalRoot are removed from managers

Samples

• Added sample code to show how to create runtimes that are automatically associated with screens
• Added froms from-file project
• Added samples for custom listboxes
• Added animated character to samples

New Contributors

• @legendaryfishtrap made their first contribution in #220
• @Fabbbou made their first contribution in #238

Full Changelog: October_21_2024...November_2_2024

October_21_2024

Gum Tool

• Added support for searching for instances
• Added support for searching on instances by their Text property
• First pass at being able to create components from an instance thanks @akaadream
• Added better error reporting when missing a base type for a component
• Added support for hint text when displaying nullable bool values
• Fixed bug where duplicate instances could be created
• Added realtime warnings about duplicate component names thanks @akaadream
• Fixed tabs not properly sizing themselves after being hidden thanks @kaltinril
• Saving new project now shows up in recent files thanks @kaltinril
• Newly-created projects automatically load thanks @kaltinril
• Improved codegen for monogame projects, including new MonoGame dropdown value

Gum Runtimes

• Added new ComboBox Forms control
• Fixed case sensitive issues when loading shaders
• Added FormsUtilities.Cursor
• Added FormsUtilities.Keyboard
• Added sample project for font loading
• Huge improvements to font load times (100x faster) thanks @KallDrexx
• Added FnaGum project
• Added support for loading from a StreamByteDictionary to speed up load times on web projects (Kni)
• Improved error reporting when missing font files
• Added SingleThreadSynchronizationContext sample for async calls
• Added InteractiveGue.HandleRollOver
• RollOverBubbling is only raised when XChange or YChange are non-zero
• Loading .gumx project now pushes Standard values to all standard runtimes making it easier to load existing projects
• FrameworkElement.UpdateState is now public allowing refreshing of visuals anytime
• Added support for assigning BitmapFont through states
• Added new const values for expected instance names in forms
• Improved diagnostics when creating a Slider Forms object with missing references
• Fixed crash when loading fonts with no spaces thanks @mfigueirido

New Contributors

• @akaadream made their first contribution in #177
• @vicdotexe made their first contribution in #181
• @kaltinril made their first contribution in #209
• @mfigueirido made their first contribution in #215

Full Changelog: August_20_2024...October_21_2024

August 20, 2024

Gum UI Tool

• Fixed crash when setting base type on a Screen
• Fixed crash when setting the base type on a component

Gum Runtimes

• Added FormsUtilities class to simplify working with FRB Forms. Documentation reflects this new addition.
• Added Forms TextBox (MonoGame Gum)
• Added Forms Slider (MonoGame Gum)
• Added Forms Slider (MonoGame Gum)
• Added support for Gum in Kni (thanks @nkast ) including support for web!
• Default missing file behavior is now to throw exceptions to help with the most common type of errors.
• Added support for LineRectangle LineWidth
• Added MonoGameGum NineSliceRuntime support for CustomFrameTextureCoordinateWidth
• Added more informative error when setting Sprite's animation
• Added NonPremultipliedAddAlpha BlendState for render target rendering

New Contributors

• @nkast made their first contribution in #167

Full Changelog: June_21_2024...August_20_2024

June 21, 2024

Gum UI Tool

• Fixed popups appearing when selecting standard elements with no project saved (#166 )

June 20, 2024

Gum UI Tool

• Fixed NineSlice rendering bug when smaller than the outside borders (tool and all runtimes)
• Events file is only saved if it differs, reducing file change and disk writes
• Gum code generator now supports from-file and also fully instantiating so it can help users write code who might be loading .gumx
• Fixed Vertical grid layout bug which was laying out horizontally (tool and all runtimes)
• Added check when assigning base instance to make sure it is not of the same type as the parent
• Resetting font size to default now properly renders the text instance and creates the correct font cache files

Gum Runtimes

• First pass at GumForms including Button, ListBox, ScrollView, CheckBox, and lots of under-the-hood changes to support this
• MonoGame Gum now runs on DirectX and Android. iOS hasn't been tested, but it may work as well.
• Standard types loaded from .gumx are now loaded in their specific types rather than base GraphicalUiElements
• Added InteractiveGui class to serve as a base for clickable UI objects in MonoGameGum (buttons, etc)
• Added BlendState (not just Blend) to most GraphicalUiElement implementations for monogame - this helps with rendering Gum to a render target.
• GumProjectSave.Load (no parameters) now throws exceptions making it easier to spot missing files.
• Fixed path issues on iOS and Android
• Fixed path issues on Linux/Mac
• Rendering in Skia canvas now properly respects camera center