engine/editor/ui.lua

local ui = {}

ui.theme = {
    bg          = {0.13, 0.13, 0.14},
    panel       = {0.17, 0.17, 0.19},
    border      = {0.28, 0.28, 0.30}, -- also known as outline
    borderwidth = 3,
    text        = {0.90, 0.90, 0.90},
    text_dim    = {0.50, 0.50, 0.55}, -- low-key forgot
    accent      = {0.27, 0.52, 0.90}, -- low-key also forgot
    hover       = {0.22, 0.22, 0.25},
    active      = {0.20, 0.40, 0.75}, -- i low-key forgot again
}

ui.events = {}
ui._wasDown = false
ui._focused = nil



function ui.emit(event)
    ui.events[event] = true -- should change to a custom ID soon to prevent conflicts.
end

function ui.on(event)
    return ui.events[event] == true
end

function ui.flush()
    ui._wasDown = love.mouse.isDown(1)
    ui.events = {}
end

function ui.panel(x, y, w, h) -- this thingy magic panel creator makes a ui with outline. (x pos, y pos, width, height)
    love.graphics.setColor(ui.theme.panel)
    love.graphics.rectangle("fill", x, y, w, h)
    love.graphics.setColor(ui.theme.border)
    love.graphics.setLineWidth(ui.theme.borderwidth)
    love.graphics.rectangle("line", x, y, w, h)
end

function ui.button(x, y, w, h, text)
    local mousex, mousey = love.mouse.getPosition()
    local hovered = mousex > x and mousex < x + w and mousey > y and mousey < y + h -- calculaters if its touching the box
    if hovered then
        -- makes dimed panel then text ontop
        love.graphics.setColor(ui.theme.hover) 
        love.graphics.rectangle("fill", x, y, w, h)
        love.graphics.setColor(ui.theme.border)
        love.graphics.setLineWidth(ui.theme.borderwidth)
        love.graphics.rectangle("line", x, y, w, h)
        ui.text(x, y, w, h, text)
    else
        ui.text(x, y, w, h, text) -- just normal text
    end

    if hovered and love.mouse.isDown(1) and not ui._wasDown then
        ui.emit(text)
    end

    return hovered -- returns hovered
end

function ui.text(x, y, w, h, text) -- expand on this, havent fully read the text documentation so i dont know if i should have more    
    ui.panel(x,y,w,h)
    love.graphics.setColor(ui.theme.text)
    love.graphics.printf(text, x, y + h/2-7, w, "center")
end

return ui