BalazsJako/ImGuiColorTextEdit

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A syntax-highlighting text editor widget for the ImGui immediate-mode GUI library, written in C++. It supports undo/redo, UTF-8, multiple languages, error markers, tooltips, and color palettes while maintaining internal state across frames.

Use cases

• embed a code editor in an ImGui application
• add syntax highlighting to an in-app text editor
• build a shader or script editor inside a game tool
• show inline error markers with tooltips in an editor widget
• edit large source files in a C++ GUI tool

When to choose

• you are building a desktop tool with ImGui and need an embedded code editor
• you need lightweight syntax highlighting for C/C++, Lua, SQL, GLSL, or HLSL
• you want undo/redo and UTF-8 support without pulling in a full editor framework

When to avoid

• you need a full standalone editor or IDE
• you need fast syntax highlighting for languages other than C/C++ (regex-based highlighting is slow)
• your project does not use ImGui

Facets

library · maturity active

ui-components editor developer-tools text-editors frontend cpp cross-platform imgui syntax-highlighting text-editor undo-redo utf-8 immediate-mode-gui

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