08. Variable Editor

Uniforms

The line: uniform float Angle; slider[45.00,0,360] in the GLSL editor will make a simple variable editor widget appear.

To create widgets for other types of uniforms

uniform type name widget[min,default,max] locktype logarithmic

The keyword uniform must always be present at the beginning of the line.
locktype can be one of locked notlocked notlockable alwayslocked defaults to notlocked
In the Menu/Edit/Preferences dialog you can select the behaviour of lock handling.
Locked uniforms can be interpreted as #define or as const in the final GLSL code that gets sent to the GPU.

type and widget can be one of these GLSL valid types and corresponding Fragmentarium widget.

-	Type	-	Widget
uniform	int	name	slider[min,default,max]
uniform	bool	name	checkbox[true,false]
uniform	float	name	slider[min,default,max]
uniform	vec2	name	slider[(min,min),(default,default),(max,max)]
uniform	vec3	name	slider[(min,min,min),(default,default,default),(max,max,max)]
uniform	vec4	name	slider[(min,min,min,min),(default,default,default,default),(max,max,max,max)]
uniform	vec3	name	color[R,G,B] color selector only
uniform	vec4	name	color[min,default,max,] slider with color selector
uniform	sampler2D	name	file[imageFileName] can be any supported format
uniform	samplerCube	name	file[cubemap.png]
uniform	double	name	slider[min,default,max]
uniform	dvec2	name	slider[(min,min),(default,default),(max,max)]
uniform	dvec3	name	slider[(min,min,min),(default,default,default),(max,max,max)]
uniform	dvec4	name	slider[(min,min,min,min),(default,default,default,default),(max,max,max,max)]
uniform	dvec3	name	color[R,G,B] color selector only
uniform	dvec4	name	color[min,default,max,] slider with color selector

Notes

If the keyword Logarithmic is at the end of the line the slider will respond with output on a logarithmic scale. (float, vec, double and dvec types only)

float type sliders have 9 decimal places while double types have 18.