Roadmap for GLFW 3

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This is the roadmap for the 3.x series of GLFW. Please be aware that this page is a work in progress and that it may still change significantly.

Suggestions and ideas are very welcome.

Status of GLFW 3.0

Features listed in this table are to be included in the GLFW 3.0 release.

Feature	Location	X11/GLX	Win32/WGL	Cocoa/NSGL
CMake build system	master	works	works	works
Error reporting	master	works	works	works
Threading support removal	master	works	works	works
Image/texture support removal	master	works	works	works
Unicode character action removal	master	works	works	works
GLFWCALL removal	master	works	works	works
Window position query	master	works	works	works
Pluggable memory allocator support	master	works	works	works
Initial window title	master	works	works	works
Context resource sharing	master	works	works	works
Context state block copying	master	untested	untested	untested
Win64 compatibility testing	master	works
Window activation callback	master	works	works	works
Robuestness mode window hint	master	untested	untested	untested
Window iconification callback	master	works	works	works
Multi-window support	master	sort of works	sort of works	sort of works
Two-dimensional scrolling	master	works	works	works
User pointer per window	master	works	works	works
Gamma ramp support	master	works	works	works
Unified key codes	master	works	works	untested
OpenGL 3.2 support on OS X Lion	master			works
OpenGL ES 2.0 support	master	works	untested
Cocoa joystick support	master			untested
UTF-8 encoded window title	master	works	works	works
Window mode switching	window-mode-switching	works	to be merged	planned
Multi-monitor support	multi-monitor	works	sort of works	planned
Cursor entry/leave callback	cursor-enter-leave	works	planned	planned
Tablet input support	private branch	to be merged	to be merged	planned
Updated joystick interface	private branch	to be merged	to be merged	planned
Query for cursor mode	private branch	to be merged	to be merged	to be merged
Undecorated window support		planned	planned	planned
Initial window position		planned	planned	planned
Software rasterizer fallback window hint		planned	planned	planned
Pluggable threading support		planned	planned	planned
Cleaner video mode enumeration		planned	planned	planned
Doxygen reference documentation		planned	planned	planned

For more detailed information about the work remaining until the release of GLFW 3.0, see the TODO page.

Ideas considered for GLFW 3.x

If a feature is accepted for the 3.0 release, it should not be listed below.

Remove

the sticky keys enable
- A horrible artefact of the polling input model

Replace

the winmm joystick code with DirectInput 9
- We should be able to assume DirectX 9 being present everywhere now
the internal API with a cleaner, documented one
- Current internal API is undocumented and has many surprising data dependencies, mostly due to global state
- Makes life easier for future ports

Add

multi-touch input
- Use API and Win32 work by Michał Cichoń
- Implement on Cocoa
an interface to modern virtual screen with potentially multiple monitors
- Currently GLFW assumes computers only have one monitor
- Modern systems can have multiple, wildly different display devices positioned over a large virtual screen
- Enumerate displays, query virtual screen area, physical size and display resolutions for each display
- Physical size query allows calculation of DPI given a known resolution
an interface for tablet input
- Merge or re-implement the work of Bob Holcomb
the current Cocoa joystick input work
joystick identifiers/names and if possible names/identifiers for individual controls
a callback for window movement
support for complex input methods such as CJK IMEs
- Many writing systems do not fit neatly onto a PC keyboard
- IME use requires explicit begin/end because the IME will capture input
- Model on the SDL version
support for initial window configuration
- Display, position, size

Also

Improve support for building GLFW as a part of a larger project
- Including making it easier to drop it into a directory and have it Just Work
Strongly encourage users to call window management functions from the main thread
Have another look at OpenInput

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