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C#•3mo ago
Boubou🗿

Help about UI design for a code editor

Hi everyone, i am making a code editor but i want to enhance my design because it looks old. I need some help. Thanks !
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Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
It looks like that :
Angius
Angius•3mo ago
Is it Winforms?
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
I think i can change my button run yeah
Angius
Angius•3mo ago
Then the fact you got the menu bar red is already an achievement Winforms is for making quick applications that consist of grey buttons and grey boxes
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
you have not seen my TreeView
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
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Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
Ohh But, when i ask some help for the ui, it is mainly about the font used , the color...
Angius
Angius•3mo ago
Gotcha Well, hard to tell from just an empty window
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
yeah wait
Angius
Angius•3mo ago
I bet it looks different with all the line numbers, file list, etc
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
i load a python file i generated a python code
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
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Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
(for the syntax color, same thing i don't have any idea about the color to use) (if you don't understand the comment ,it is normal because i am french)
Angius
Angius•3mo ago
I'd probably not use bold font for the file list Maybe the currently open file could be bold Font size looks a tad too big maybe The run button has a metric ton of kinda useless whitespace around it Ah, I see zoom is 110%, that's probably why the font looks so big For colors, I'd say it's fine. The menu bar with black text on red background might be a little low on contrast As a stretch goal, I'd consider a dark theme as well For the syntax highlighting color scheme I'd say it's fine. You can look at various existing schemes and get inspiration from there. Monokai for example
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
yeah for the dark theme as window form has not a css, i don't know how can i do that yeah but i don't know what can i add
Angius
Angius•3mo ago
Instead of adding, take away the whitespace
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
may be a save button
Angius
Angius•3mo ago
Normally, you'd see things like the debugger or the run profile there
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
yeah i know but i can't do a debugger
Angius
Angius•3mo ago
Yeah, so just remove the whitespace
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
how ? i increase the button size ?
Angius
Angius•3mo ago
No, remove the padding, margin, or whatevet it is that creates this whitespace Idk, row height or whatever it is
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
what whitespace you means ?
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
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Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
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Angius
Angius•3mo ago
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Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
ok i see
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
better ? :
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Angius
Angius•3mo ago
ye
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
ok nice and for the menu bar, which color can i use for the bg and fg ? and font
Angius
Angius•3mo ago
WCAG standard defines the minimum accessible contrast to be 4.5:1 So whatever colors you pick, that should be what you aim for For the font itself... something legible, simple as Segoe is what Windows uses, it's a safe pick Roboto is another, used by Android
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
okay i see so for the futur, if i want to make a complex project, i will use wpf right ?
Angius
Angius•3mo ago
Yeah Or Avalonia, since it's cross-platform
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
but can i continue my project with win form ?
Angius
Angius•3mo ago
And if you want inspiration for what to add, just look at the existing editors Sure
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
i can again enhance it ? or i will be blocked
Angius
Angius•3mo ago
Here's a bottom bar from VS Code for example, and what info it shows:
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Angius
Angius•3mo ago
Yeah, you can chug away using Winforms, for sure It will be an uphill battle at times, yeah
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
oh thx good ideas !
Angius
Angius•3mo ago
But many an application has been made with Winforms before
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
yeah then, i am rookie in C# and it's my first "big" project with c# so i used win form as it is simpler than wpf
Angius
Angius•3mo ago
For sure $winforms
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
For the futur do you recommend me to use wpf ?
Angius
Angius•3mo ago
Or Avalonia, yes
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
Okay thx ! But it is really harder than window form ? Or it is okay
sibber
sibber•3mo ago
initially yes but its very much worth it to learn
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
Okay thanks and do you have any course to learn wpf or Alvoniz ?
JoseL.
JoseL.•3mo ago
My recommendation is to First do a design in photoshop or Figma, then you try to construct that design in your winform. There are some good libraries for C# that enhance the way your winform looks. I had personally used Guna framework and Livecharts. You can check them out.
sibber
sibber•3mo ago
i recommend starting with wpf i dsay just start with the microsoft docs tim corey and singleton sean on youtube are good ihear also https://wpf-tutorial.com
Boubou🗿
Boubou🗿OP•3mo ago
ok thx yeah i know but i dont have a good design level but yes i know i have to do it to create a better app
leowest
leowest•3mo ago
there is no point in doing a design first... u need to understand how the controls and everything works in wpf first... then u can go into trying to convert a design its not exactly trivial and depending on how the design is layed it can add a lot of complexity. the site sibber posted above gives u an idea how the general controls work in wpf how they can be used show templating as well as data binding which are all important things to know with wpf
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