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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added support for sending custom input events through the SDL2 backend.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved cleanup when shutting down and restarting the interface.
    • Improved callback lifecycle handling to prevent stale references and cleanup issues.
    • Numeric input fields now reject non-digit characters and safely handle empty input.
    • Improved widget event handling and rendering consistency.
  • Stability

    • Enhanced event and widget management for more reliable application behavior.

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The change adds SDL event submission, updates widget input validation and helper linkage, improves callback and widget cleanup, makes the renderer context parameter const-correct, and updates the vcpkg submodule reference.

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UI runtime updates

Layer / File(s) Summary
SDL event submission API
src/backends/sdl2_iodevice.h, src/backends/sdl2_iodevice.cpp
IODevice::sendEvent pushes an SDL event into the SDL event queue.
Widget lifecycle and input handling
src/tinyui.h, src/widgets.h, src/widgets.cpp, src/tinyui.cpp
Callback references and event functions are cleared during cleanup. UI release clears widgets and focus. Text input ignores null buffers and rejects non-digit characters for numeric fields.
Widget helpers and rendering
src/widgets.cpp, src/tinyui.cpp
Internal helpers use anonymous-namespace linkage. Widget declarations use simplified types and qualifiers. Button and tree-view rendering use separate constant colors.
Renderer const-correctness
src/backends/sdl2_renderer.h, src/backends/sdl2_renderer.cpp
Renderer::getSurfaceInfo now accepts a const context reference. The SDL2 surface implementation has a Doxygen description.

vcpkg reference update

Layer / File(s) Summary
vcpkg submodule reference
contrib/vcpkg
The submodule reference points to a newer commit.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 05563

The callback and widget-lifetime changes can clear shared callbacks too early and leave callback or widget references dangling, while event handling can silently lose failures and modify const data. These are concrete correctness and stability risks, so the current version is not ready to merge until they are addressed.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant IODevice
  participant SDLEventQueue
  Caller->>IODevice: sendEvent(SDL_Event)
  IODevice->>SDLEventQueue: SDL_PushEvent(event)
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Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning The PR also changes text input validation, adds SDL event sending, updates vcpkg, and modifies unrelated rendering and formatting code. Move unrelated changes into separate pull requests or document why each change is required for callback release.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: releasing all widgets and their callbacks, despite a spelling error.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes release widgets, clear callback entries, and decrement callback references to address the memory leak in issue [#47].
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Actionable comments posted: 6

🧹 Nitpick comments (1)
src/tinyui.h (1)

33-33: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Remove unconditional stdout logging from CallbackI::decRef().

decRef() runs during normal widget cleanup. The new std::cout call writes one line for every callback release in production builds. This pollutes the host application's output and bypasses the configured logging path. Remove the diagnostic, or guard it behind an explicit debug or trace mechanism.

Also applies to: 419-419

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In `@src/tinyui.h` at line 33, Remove the unconditional std::cout diagnostic from
CallbackI::decRef(), preserving the callback release logic and avoiding
production stdout output; if diagnostics are required, route them through the
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Inline comments:
In `@src/backends/sdl2_iodevice.cpp`:
- Around line 33-35: Update IODevice::sendEvent to copy the const SDL_Event into
a mutable local SDL_Event, then pass that copy to SDL_PushEvent instead of
casting away constness.

In `@src/backends/sdl2_iodevice.h`:
- Around line 42-44: Update Sdl2IoDevice::sendEvent to return the project result
type instead of void, propagate SDL_PushEvent’s outcome by mapping queued,
filtered, and error results to the corresponding project result codes, and
document the return value so callers can detect event loss.

In `@src/tinyui.cpp`:
- Line 179: Update TinyUi::release() to set ctx.mFocus to nullptr before calling
Widgets::clear(), ensuring eventDispatcher() cannot access the freed focused
widget after release or restart.
- Line 179: Update the shutdown cleanup around Widgets::clear() to clear
ctx.mFocus immediately after the widget tree is deleted, then call
Renderer::releaseScreen() before Renderer::releaseRenderer(). Preserve this
ordering so all SDL-dependent resources are released before releaseRenderer()
shuts down SDL.

In `@src/tinyui.h`:
- Line 389: Balance CallbackI ownership across all construction and attachment
paths: initialize the parameterized CallbackI(funcCallback, ...) constructor
with one owned reference, increment references whenever widgets retain
caller-supplied callbacks such as in Widgets::progressBar(), and remove the
now-redundant local increment in Widgets::treeView(). Ensure
Widgets::inputText() and recursiveClear() retain and release exactly one
matching reference.

In `@src/widgets.cpp`:
- Around line 736-737: Update both full-tree and item widget teardown paths to
unregister each update callback from Context::mUpdateCallbackList before calling
decRef() or deleting its widget. Use the callback’s mInstance and existing
registration/removal mechanism to remove the matching entry, ensuring
TinyUi::run() cannot access freed CallbackI pointers or deleted widgets.

---

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In `@src/tinyui.h`:
- Line 33: Remove the unconditional std::cout diagnostic from
CallbackI::decRef(), preserving the callback release logic and avoiding
production stdout output; if diagnostics are required, route them through the
existing explicit debug or trace mechanism.
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Comment thread src/tinyui.h
/// @brief The default class constructor.
CallbackI() : mfuncCallback{ nullptr } {
clear();
incRef();

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Balance callback ownership in every constructor and attachment path.

CallbackI() starts with one reference, but CallbackI(funcCallback, ...) leaves mNumRefs at zero. Widgets::inputText() creates the parameterized form and stores it in a widget without another increment. recursiveClear() then calls decRef() with zero, so the callback leaks.

Widgets::progressBar() also attaches a caller-supplied callback without incrementing it. Cleanup can therefore consume the caller's only reference. Initialize the constructor-owned reference consistently and increment each widget-owned reference. If the parameterized constructor starts at one, remove the extra increment for the locally created callback in Widgets::treeView().

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In `@src/tinyui.h` at line 389, Balance CallbackI ownership across all
construction and attachment paths: initialize the parameterized
CallbackI(funcCallback, ...) constructor with one owned reference, increment
references whenever widgets retain caller-supplied callbacks such as in
Widgets::progressBar(), and remove the now-redundant local increment in
Widgets::treeView(). Ensure Widgets::inputText() and recursiveClear() retain and
release exactly one matching reference.

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Actionable comments posted: 1

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src/widgets.cpp (1)

748-749: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Initialize the reference count for callbacks created by Widgets::inputText.

Widgets::inputText creates its parameterized CallbackI at Line 304 without calling incRef(). That constructor leaves mNumRefs at zero, so this decRef() call does not delete the callback. Each input widget leaks its callback during Widgets::clear() and Widgets::clearItem().

Add the widget-owned reference when Widgets::inputText creates the callback. Update the constructor and all attachment paths together if you choose a constructor-wide fix.

Suggested local fix
     widget->mCallback = new CallbackI(inputHandler, (void *)&ctx, Events::MouseButtonDownEvent);
+    widget->mCallback->incRef();
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In `@src/widgets.cpp` around lines 748 - 749, Update Widgets::inputText so every
newly created parameterized CallbackI receives a widget-owned reference via
incRef() before attachment; ensure all relevant callback attachment paths follow
the same ownership rule so decRef() during Widgets::clear() and clearItem()
releases and deletes the callback.
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src/widgets.cpp (1)

152-152: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Make read-only helper parameters const.

appendKeyToText only reads buffer, and handleInputField only reads eventPayload. Use const char * and const EventPayload * to prevent accidental mutation.

Suggested change
-void appendKeyToText(Context &ctx, char *buffer) {
+void appendKeyToText(Context &ctx, const char *buffer) {
...
-void handleInputField(Context &ctx, EventPayload *eventPayload) {
+void handleInputField(Context &ctx, const EventPayload *eventPayload) {

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In `@src/widgets.cpp` at line 152, Update the read-only parameters of
appendKeyToText and handleInputField to use const-qualified pointer types:
change buffer to const char* and eventPayload to const EventPayload*. Keep their
existing behavior unchanged and update any matching declarations or call sites
required by the signature changes.

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Inline comments:
In `@src/backends/sdl2_iodevice.cpp`:
- Around line 33-34: Update IODevice::sendEvent to capture SDL_PushEvent’s
return value and preserve its failure outcomes: return ResultOk only when the
value is 1, and map all other values to ErrorCode.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@src/widgets.cpp`:
- Around line 748-749: Update Widgets::inputText so every newly created
parameterized CallbackI receives a widget-owned reference via incRef() before
attachment; ensure all relevant callback attachment paths follow the same
ownership rule so decRef() during Widgets::clear() and clearItem() releases and
deletes the callback.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@src/widgets.cpp`:
- Line 152: Update the read-only parameters of appendKeyToText and
handleInputField to use const-qualified pointer types: change buffer to const
char* and eventPayload to const EventPayload*. Keep their existing behavior
unchanged and update any matching declarations or call sites required by the
signature changes.
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In `@src/widgets.h`:
- Around line 119-121: Move the mfuncCallback cleanup out of the widget
destructor and into CallbackI’s final-release path, after reference counting
determines no widgets remain. Preserve the existing cleanup loop and ensure
shared CallbackI instances retain their callbacks until the final decRef().
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