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Samuel Ives
Samuel Ives

Reputation: 355

Questions about C++ GUI project types and controls

I like C++, and I have used GUI many times in C#, but this time I would like to make a GUI in C++. I already know the basics of the Win32 API, such as creating a window, resource scripts, commands and processing of commands, and the basics of some controls.   But what I would like to know, is how to choose between pure Win32 API or MFC to make applications with sidebars that can be disconnected and connected from the window just by clicking and pulling, as the image below:

Sidebar in question

And the other type of control I'd like to know, is what kind of list is this in red in the image below? In the bottom circled, I know it's a mix of tree view with that kind of list. I thought it was a table control or similar, but it is not.

List I want to know what kind of control is

Anyway, I must continue studying pure Win32 API, or should I jump directly to MFC? I do not intend to use .NET or C#, only pure C++ with some libs.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 716

Answers (1)

Zlatomir
Zlatomir

Reputation: 7034

You can also take a look at more modern C++ gui frameworks, like Qt.

If you want to learn more about Windows, you can use either Winapi or MFC. //MFC is just a pretty thin (and oop) layer over Winapi.

QBittorrent is using Qt framework, so those are most likely a QListWidget/QListView and QTreeWidget/QTreeView.

Upvotes: 1

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