MoonGUI 1.1.2 Beta

MOONGUI 1.1.2

• VERSION: 1.1.2
• SNAPSHOT: BETA
• REQUIRED JDK: 21+

CHANGELOGS (1.1.2):

[NEW FEATURES]

• Automatic Layout System:

  • Added MoonGUI:VBox() (Vertical Layout)
  • Added MoonGUI:HBox() (Horizontal Layout)
  • New methods: :setSpacing(pixels) and :setAlignment(position) (e.g., "CENTER", "TOP_LEFT").
  • No longer requires manual X/Y calculation for complex UIs.

• Networking & Data:

  • Added MoonGUI:HTTP_Get(url, callback): Asynchronous HTTP requests to fetch data from the web.
  • Added MoonGUI:JSON_Parse(jsonString): Automatically converts JSON strings/arrays into Lua Tables.

• Navigation:

  • Added MoonGUI:MenuBar(): Native top-level menu support.
  • Support for nested menus and action callbacks.

• Input Handling:

  • Added :OnKeyPress(callback) to all components.
  • Allows capturing specific keys (e.g., detecting "ENTER" key on TextFields).

[IMPROVEMENTS]

• Window Management:

  • Added :setIcon(path): Allows setting a custom application icon (.png/.jpg).
  • Added :loadCSS(path): Support for loading external .css files for advanced styling.

• Core:

  • Integrated org.json library for robust JSON handling.
  • Improved thread safety for HTTP callbacks (UI updates automatically run on JavaFX thread).

[BUG FIXES]

• Fixed issue where JavaFX would close implicitly if no window was active immediately.
• Improved error handling for invalid CSS properties.

This version may be around 105 MB.

MoonGUI 1.0.0 Beta

MoonGUI 1.0.0 — First Official Release

This is the first stable release of MoonGUI, a lightweight and modern GUI framework for Lua powered by JavaFX.

🎉 Highlights

• Full Lua scripting support
• JavaFX backend for modern UI rendering
• Simple CLI (moongui) to run Lua applications
• Fast startup and minimal setup
• Works without needing Java installed (via the bundled executable)

⚠️ Note

This version is still considered BETA.

Some features may change or not work exactly as expected.

📦 Included

• MoonGUI CLI
• Lua runtime integration
• Base UI components

Here are example image of the application:

This version is around 103 MB.