Layout cursor positioning
By "cursor" we mean the current output position.
The typical widget behavior is to output themselves at the current cursor position, then move the cursor one line down.
You can call SameLine() between widgets to undo the last carriage return and output at the right of the preceding widget.
YOU CAN DO 99% OF WHAT YOU NEED WITH ONLY GetCursorScreenPos() and GetContentRegionAvail().
Attention! We currently have inconsistencies between windowlocal and absolute positions we will aim to fix with future API:
Absolute coordinate: GetCursorScreenPos(), SetCursorScreenPos(), all ImDrawList:: functions. > this is the preferred way forward.
Windowlocal coordinates: SameLine(offset), GetCursorPos(), SetCursorPos(), GetCursorStartPos(), PushTextWrapPos()
Windowlocal coordinates: GetContentRegionMax(), GetWindowContentRegionMin(), GetWindowContentRegionMax() > all obsoleted. YOU DON'T NEED THEM.
GetCursorScreenPos() = GetCursorPos() + GetWindowPos(). GetWindowPos() is almost only ever useful to convert from windowlocal to absolute coordinates. Try not to use it.
Layout cursor positioning By "cursor" we mean the current output position. The typical widget behavior is to output themselves at the current cursor position, then move the cursor one line down. You can call SameLine() between widgets to undo the last carriage return and output at the right of the preceding widget. YOU CAN DO 99% OF WHAT YOU NEED WITH ONLY GetCursorScreenPos() and GetContentRegionAvail(). Attention! We currently have inconsistencies between windowlocal and absolute positions we will aim to fix with future API: Absolute coordinate: GetCursorScreenPos(), SetCursorScreenPos(), all ImDrawList:: functions. > this is the preferred way forward. Windowlocal coordinates: SameLine(offset), GetCursorPos(), SetCursorPos(), GetCursorStartPos(), PushTextWrapPos() Windowlocal coordinates: GetContentRegionMax(), GetWindowContentRegionMin(), GetWindowContentRegionMax() > all obsoleted. YOU DON'T NEED THEM. GetCursorScreenPos() = GetCursorPos() + GetWindowPos(). GetWindowPos() is almost only ever useful to convert from windowlocal to absolute coordinates. Try not to use it.