LuaRT 1.8.0

LuaRT v1.8.0 (May 15 2024)

⚠️ May 21 Update : Binaries have been updated to fix dark theme bugs that prevent LuaRT installation on Windows 10 prior 17763

Highlights

• ❗ Warning : Windows versions older than 8.1 are no more supported
• This release focuses on the ui module, bringing modern Desktop Windows functionnalities :
  • Windows dark and light themes (requires Windows 10+)
  • Theme switching depends on Windows system setting, and can be changed programmatically during runtime
  • Seamless HighDPI support
  • Widgets are now double buffered better user experience
  • Parent widgets/windows can now list all their childs widgets
  • Monitors enumeration

LuaRT interpreter

• Updated: The Runtime error window when an error occurs with wluart.exe now uses the current Windows theme

LuaRT Studio

• New: Theme selection is now available in the new Edit\Preferences\Theme menu
• New: DarkDefault and LightDefault themes
• Fixed: Themes now applies to the left pane too (Projects/Symbols)
• Fixed: Better dark mode autodetection for Windows 10/11

rtc

• Updated: wrtc has been updated to support HighDPI
• Updated: When requiring for an embedded Lua or binary modules, rtc now uses package.path and package.cpath to conform to Lua search path
• Fixed: Changing executable icon with -i option updates immediately in Windows explorer

RTBuilder

• New: Option to switch to dark/light theme

LuaRT C API

• New: lua_uigetinfo() to get current dpi and theme
• New: luaL_checkDirname() to get the fullpath of a Directory object on the stack
• New: lua_regparentwidget() and lua_regparentwidgetmt() to register parent widgets

LuaRT documentation

• Fixed: ui.rtl documentation is now available
• Updated: now the documentation contains all new LuaRT 1.8.0 changes

sys module

• Fixed: sys.cmd() now returns false if the command fails (fixes #187)

string module

• New: string.split() function to split a string in substrings using a separator

canvas module

• New: Canvas widget updated to support double buffering and HighDPI

webview module

• New: New event Webview.onFullScreenChange() when the current HTML page ask for fullscreen switch
• New: Webview can now access "file:///" resources from embedded content if available

ui module

• New: Window and other widgets now supports HighDPI (runtime change of DPI not yet supported)
• New: Widgets now uses double buffering
• New ui.dpi property that returns current dpi scale
• New ui.theme and ui.systheme properties for dark/light Windows themes management
• New ui.monitors property to retrieve the list of current connected displays
• New ui.windows property to get a list of all created Windows
• New Window.transparency property to get/set Window's degree of transparency
• New Window.monitor property to get the monitor on which the Window is located
• New Window.parent to retrieve the parent Window
• New Window.childs, Groupbox.childs, TabItem.childs and Panel.childs properties to get a list of childs widgets
• New Edit.border, List.border and Tree.border properties to show/hide the widget's border
• New Edit.scroll() method to scroll the Edit content vertically
• New: Tree.readonly property to prevent any TreeItem editing by the user
• Updated: Resizing Picture widget now uses cubic interpolation for better image quality
• Updated : Widgets position and size properties now take count of the current DPI scale
• Fixed: Combobox.tooltip property now shows its tooltip as expected (Fixes #179)
• Fixed: Picture:load() now uses correct parameter for the height argument (Fixes #185)
• Fixed: Edit.selection.visible now shows/hides selection as expected

📋 VirusTotal detection for LuaRT-v1.8.0-x64.zip
📋 VirusTotal detection for LuaRT-v1.8.0-x86.zip

🔒 Minisign public key RWQePKEZPWae5LOhoGMWSH8l3tbnk1lG9Lxufdu6wSk3oxyiPzYdvylF

If you ❤️ LuaRT, don't forget to put a ⭐ on the GitHub repository !