Haxe

To explain it simply, `html` is a "variation" of `xml` but it has a single renderer - the one that is built into your browser.

`haxeui` uses `xml` also, but, has different renderers. Haxeui can't use html because then it limits itself to a single renderer - which isn't the point of haxeui

but also, and i think this is what Teez is missing, is haxeui is a UI framework built out of specific components and layouts, and html5 isnt

yeah, maybe it would be easier with a comparison. Haxeui is closer to flutter or react native than html

exactly, and if you look at the source of that its a mess of divs, css and scripts... haxeui isnt a browser, its a UI framework... so everything like those tabs are a component...

hmmmm I'm not sure if you can runtime parse haxei xml

http://haxeui.org/api/haxe/ui/runtimecomponentbuilder/

well damn that is actually super cool to know

I wonder how hard it'd be to set up your project to hot reload, then

like #if debug, build all the components from xml at runtime and rebuild when the xml changes

(and then when not debug just build everything at compile time, obv)

because that could save a lottt of work when iterating UI tweaks

No, user writes a file with a renderer, then pastes it into file directory and restarts the game.

heh, that might work... and if it was a @:build macro (as it tends to be) then it could all be automagic - im sure theres a gotcha in there somewhere - but its a nice idea

sorry for the confusion, <@250279455228952577> , that was a hypothetical "your", rather than an idea for your project specifically

what are you saying no to, there seems to be missing context? 🤔

<@250279455228952577> if you are dead set on using html, haxeui is not what you are looking for.
however, if you are willing to, you can parse an xml file at runtime to get something that works in roughly the same way you want, but itll be xml with haxeui components instead of normal webbrowser html

Just a misunderstanding. I thought skrpr's message was about my case.

is there a particular reason you are so insistent on using specifically html?

No, it's just because html is more popular.

if someone understands html, i dont think it would be too hard for them to figure out xml

especially if you were to give some examples to players

But If there is nothing stable for It, I can swap to xml.

I don't think many people really use raw HTML to make UIs by choice any more, <@250279455228952577> . Everyone is using JSX or other compiles-to-html, UI-specific markup languages and so on.

There are a lot of guides and examples for html. Much less for xml.