[Feature Request] External Overlay

[suffz]

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I was just wondering if its currently possible to overlay a imgui over a different process using this library

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[gucio321]

What do you mean by overlay on different prices? Write guy UI in another application or write a standalone transparent app

[suffz]

have the imgui render onto another application just like a overlay.

[gucio321]

Yes, this is possibly for cimgui go with ebiten apps and giu is on the right way to have this as well. Just a few changes with Context.

[suffz]

do you have any current examples for this in cimgui?

[gucio321]

Yes, here: https://github.com/AllenDang/cimgui-go/tree/main/examples%2Febiten-game

[suffz]

So I'll be able to overlay onto Notepad.exe following this code? We'll get a idea

[gucio321]

well, if you want to add cimgui overlay to the app you don't have source code access OR which is not writen in ebiten you cant use code I linked above.
In this case my suggestion would be checking out transparent example (but this may require glfw 3.4 for mouse passthrough #559) OR exploring imgui viewports https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/wiki/Multi-Viewports

[gucio321]

@suffz check out examples/transparent - it does whot you need imo.

Ping me here if you need further assistance.