Roadmap

This is a summary for thenew fatures of the major releases and a collection of ideas.

This list indicates only the current intention and can be changed.

v8

Planned to September/October 2020

Create an lv_components repository for compley widgets
- It makes the core LVGL leaner
- In lv_components we can have a lot and specific widgets
- Good place for contribution
New scrolling:
- See feat/new-scroll branch and #1614) issue.
- Remove lv_page and support scrolling on lv_obj
- Support "elastic" scrolling when scrolled in
- Support scroll chaining among any objects types (not only lv_pagess)
- Remove lv_drag. Similar effect can be achieved by setting the position in LV_EVENT_PRESSING
- Add snapping
- Add snap stop to scroll max 1 snap point
- Already working
New layouts:
- See #1615 issue
- CSS Grid-like layout support
- CSS Flexbox-like layout support
- Remove lv_cont and support layouts on lv_obj
Simplified File system interface (feat/new_fs_api branch) to make porting easier
- Work in progress
Remove the align parameter from lv_canvas_draw_text
Make the copy parameter of create functions deprecated

Simplify groups. Discussion is here.
Consider direct binary font format support
Remove the copy paramter from create functions
Style selectors and style-based states See #1832
Optimize line and cirle drawing and masking
Reconsider color format management for run time color format setting, and custom color format usage. (Also RGB888)
9-patch support for lv_imgbtn.