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Lucky Man
Lucky Man

Reputation: 1518

Widgets in game programming

friends! I am novice in game programming. I work with PopCap Framework v1.3. I read some tutorials about it and all the time I see word "widget". What does word "widget" mean within PopCap Framework? Does word "widget" mean the same within entire game-development?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 247

Answers (2)

Darren Burgess
Darren Burgess

Reputation: 4312

Dictionary.com defines widget as;

widg·et/ˈwijit/ Noun: 

A small gadget or mechanical device.
An application, or a component of an interface, 
that enables a user to perform a function or access a service.

In programming these tend to be things like buttons and combo boxes, things which can add to the Aesthetics.

Upvotes: 1

boto
boto

Reputation: 455

Widgets are graphical elements such as Buttons, Frames, Dialog Boxes, etc. Widgets have some particular behaviour/logic, e.g. a Button widget reacts on clicking, a dialog box widget can be moved around etc. Widgets can be combined together to build more complex widgets, e.g. a dialog box widget consists of a frame, text and button widgets.

Upvotes: 0

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