likeliHUD

• Index

Contents

• Give it a taste
• Feature list
• Dependencies
• Installation
• Examples
• Acknowledgements and similar projects

Topics

• README

Classes

• Block
• Layout
• Rectangle
• Image
• Stack
• Label

Examples

• fill.lua
• layout.lua
• o.lua
• simple.lua
• squares.lua
• start.lua

A simple UI library written in Lua for the LÖVE2D framework

:warning: It's raw, not tested, not polished. There are gaps to be filled :warning:

Give it a taste

local ui = require('likelihud')

local simple = ui.Layout {
    rows    = 2,
    columns = 2,

    ui.Label { text = 'Hello', },

    ui.Label { text = 'I', },

    ui.Label { text = 'am', },

    ui.Layout {
        rows    = 2,
        columns = 2,

        ui.Label { text = 'Li', },

        ui.Label { text = 'ke', },

        ui.Label { text = 'li', },

        ui.Label { text = 'HUD', },
    }
}

for block in simple:traverse() do
    block.border = true
end

Feature list

• Basic elements are :

  - Layout
  - Stack
  - Image
  - Label
  - Rectangle
  

• Declarative approach. Similar to QML.
• Grid layout. Nested layouts are possible.
• Auto alignment. Alignment hints : center, top, bottom, left or a combination.
• Each element inside a layout can be set to fill width, height, both or none.
• Communication with the external logic through the signals "attached" to the elements

Dependencies

• hump for signals
• subclass (used internally)

Installation

luarocks install likelihud

Examples

Run main.lua :

love path/to/likelihud

and press 1, 2, 3 to switch between examples. See the code here.

Layout

This is a demo (code here):

Signals

This is the simplest game ever written with LÖVE2D (code here):

Documentation

Documentation is available here.

Acknowledgements and similar projects

I had seen several ui libs before I decided to write my own. Though I didn't find the one which would have everything I needed I've learned a lot from them.

• More or less the list of those can be found here love2d ui libs.
• Also see yui