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diff --git a/new/GLOSSARY b/new/GLOSSARY new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a965eb3 --- /dev/null +++ b/new/GLOSSARY @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +In the interest of making sure that everything in ui is consistent, here is a glossary of various conflicting terms and what they mean to the library. These are disjunct from the terminology used by each backend's native platform; context should be used to differentiate where appropriate. + +CONTAINER + a uiControl that hosts other controls, such as uiStack and uiGrid +PARENT + a non-uiControl that maintains a single uiControl; that uiControl can be a container, in which case the purpose of the parent is to collect the controls in that container for the purpose of the operating system as a holder +HOLDER + a non-uiControl that hosts an uiControl from the perspective of the operating system + this should always be a parent +CONTENT + the non-uiControl that acts as a parent and a holder; this is used by uiWindow and uiTab |