@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ your application or engine to easily integrate Dear ImGui.** Each backend is typ
e.g. Windows ([imgui_impl_win32.cpp](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/backends/imgui_impl_win32.cpp)), GLFW ([imgui_impl_glfw.cpp](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/backends/imgui_impl_glfw.cpp)), SDL2 ([imgui_impl_sdl.cpp](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/backends/imgui_impl_sdl.cpp)), etc.
e.g. Windows ([imgui_impl_win32.cpp](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/backends/imgui_impl_win32.cpp)), GLFW ([imgui_impl_glfw.cpp](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/backends/imgui_impl_glfw.cpp)), SDL2 ([imgui_impl_sdl.cpp](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/backends/imgui_impl_sdl.cpp)), etc.
- The 'Renderer' backends are in charge of: creating atlas texture, rendering imgui draw data.<BR>
- The 'Renderer' backends are in charge of: creating atlas texture, rendering imgui draw data.<BR>
e.g. DirectX11 ([imgui_impl_dx11.cpp](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/backends/imgui_impl_dx11.cpp)), OpenGL/WebGL ([imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp]((https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/backends/imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp)), Vulkan ([imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp]((https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/backends/imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp)), etc.
e.g. DirectX11 ([imgui_impl_dx11.cpp](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/backends/imgui_impl_dx11.cpp)), OpenGL/WebGL ([imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/backends/imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp), Vulkan ([imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/backends/imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp), etc.
- For some high-level frameworks, a single backend usually handle both 'Platform' and 'Renderer' parts.<BR>
- For some high-level frameworks, a single backend usually handle both 'Platform' and 'Renderer' parts.<BR>
e.g. Allegro 5 ([imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/backends/imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp)), Marmalade ([imgui_impl_marmalade.cpp](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/backends/imgui_impl_marmalade.cpp)). If you end up creating a custom backend for your engine, you may want to do the same.
e.g. Allegro 5 ([imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/backends/imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp)), Marmalade ([imgui_impl_marmalade.cpp](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/backends/imgui_impl_marmalade.cpp)). If you end up creating a custom backend for your engine, you may want to do the same.
An application usually combines 1 Platform backend + 1 Renderer backend + main Dear ImGui sources.
An application usually combines 1 Platform backend + 1 Renderer backend + main Dear ImGui sources.
For example, the [example_win32_directx11](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/tree/master/examples/example_win32_directx11) application combines imgui_impl_win32.cpp + imgui_impl_dx11.cpp. See [EXAMPLES.MD](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/docs/EXAMPLES.md) for details.
For example, the [example_win32_directx11](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/tree/master/examples/example_win32_directx11) application combines imgui_impl_win32.cpp + imgui_impl_dx11.cpp. There are 20+ examples in the [examples/](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/examples/) folder. See [EXAMPLES.MD](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/docs/EXAMPLES.md) for details.
### What are backends
### What are backends
@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Dear ImGui is highly portable and only requires a few things to run and render,
- Optional: multi-viewports support.
- Optional: multi-viewports support.
etc.
etc.
This is essentially what each backends are doing + obligatory portability cruft.
This is essentially what each backends are doing + obligatory portability cruft. Using default backends ensure you can get all those features including the ones that would be harder to implement on your side (e.g. multi-viewports support).
It is important to understand the difference between the core Dear ImGui library (files in the root folder)
It is important to understand the difference between the core Dear ImGui library (files in the root folder)
and backends which we are describing here (backends/ folder).
and backends which we are describing here (backends/ folder).
@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ and backends which we are describing here (backends/ folder).
e.g. you can get creative and use software rendering or render remotely on a different machine.
e.g. you can get creative and use software rendering or render remotely on a different machine.
### Integrating a backend
See "Getting Started" section of [EXAMPLES.MD](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/docs/EXAMPLES.md) for more details.
### List of backends
### List of backends
In the [backends/](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/backends) folder:
In the [backends/](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/blob/master/backends) folder: