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Roadmap

SharpConsoleUI is actively maintained and driven by real-world usage in production apps (ServerHub, LazyNuGet, LazyDotIDE).

Recently Shipped

  • MVVM data binding — INotifyPropertyChanged on all controls, Bind() / BindTwoWay() API
  • CanvasControl — retained and immediate mode drawing with full graphics API
  • ImageControl — load and display PNG/JPEG/BMP/GIF/WebP/TIFF files in the terminal
  • TableControl DataGrid — virtual data source, sorting, filtering, inline editing, compound filter expressions
  • Gradient text and backgrounds with animation framework
  • Project templates — dotnet new tui-app, tui-dashboard, tui-multiwindow
  • .NET 8.0 + 9.0 multi-targeting
  • SourceLink and symbol packages for debugging
  • Compositor effects — PreBufferPaint/PostBufferPaint hooks for custom rendering
  • DatePicker — locale-aware date selection with segmented editing and calendar popup
  • TimePicker — locale-aware time selection with 12h/24h modes, optional seconds, AM/PM
  • HorizontalSplitterControl — drag-to-resize horizontal bar between vertically stacked controls, mouse and keyboard support, auto-hide on invisible neighbors
  • StatusBarControl — per-window status bar with left/center/right zones, clickable shortcut+label items, markup support, optional above line, theme integration
  • LineGraphControl — multi-series line graphs with braille (2×4 pixel grid) and ASCII rendering modes, color gradients, Y-axis labels, live data updates
  • SliderControl / RangeSliderControl — horizontal and vertical value sliders with keyboard, mouse drag, step/large-step, min/max labels, and dual-thumb range selection with MinRange enforcement
  • VideoControl — terminal video playback via FFmpeg with half-block, ASCII and braille render modes, overlay status bar, dynamic resize, looping

Next

  • Instant input response — replace polling-based input loop with event-driven wake for zero-latency keypress handling
  • Consolidate focus tracking — unify visual focus (control.HasFocus) and coordinator routing (FocusCoord._focusPath) into a single source of truth; currently two independent writes that can drift and cause key routing to target the wrong control

Later

  • ListControl data virtualization — virtual data source for 100K+ item lists
  • RadioButtonGroup — exclusive selection from a set
  • NumericSpinner — increment/decrement with arrow keys
  • ColorPicker — color selection dialog
  • Accordion / CollapsiblePanel
  • Custom control authoring SDK — ControlBase abstract class and guide for third-party control development

Future

  • Web terminal backend — run your TUI in a browser via WebSocket
  • SSH remote session driver — dedicated driver for remote sessions
  • Plugin ecosystem — community-contributed controls and themes

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