Mural

@pragmatic-tech-ai/mural — the UI and rendering framework: a retained-mode visual tree with a WPF-style property system, a declarative markup language (.mu), controls, theming, and a diagram subsystem. Built on TODL and todl-runtime.

Getting started

• Basics — the core controls (Border, TextBlock, panels, ContentControl, ItemsControl) and how they compose.

Rendering core

The visual tree, the layout/render lifecycle, and the drawing primitives.

• Visual Engine — Design
• Visual Tree
• Layout & Render Lifecycle
• Drawing
• Text Measurement
• Property System
• Presentation Targets

Markup & authoring

The .mu language and the mechanisms that turn markup into a visual tree.

• Mural Language — Design
• Dynamic markup ingestion — runtime template compilation
• Control Templating
• Styles
• Resources
• Attached Properties — Design

Controls & shell

Higher-level controls, interaction, and the application shell.

• Commands and command surfaces
• Items, Data-Binding, Virtualization, Scrolling
• Grid
• Adorners
• Behaviors
• Marquee selection
• Shell Architecture

Theming

Themes, schemes, fonts, and color expressions.

• Theme architecture
• Theme authoring
• Font System
• Inline color routines

Diagram subsystem

The diagram control, its API, connectors, and design tokens.

• Diagram Subsystem — API Guide
• Diagram control
• Diagram connectors
• Diagram Design Tokens — catalog
• Diagrammer — User Manual

Services & build

• Services & Dependency Injection
• Setting-backed dependency properties — subscription lifetime
• Build Targets