serumalt/Source/GUI/AGENT.md

gui module

Owned files

• Related editor implementation: ../PluginEditor.h, ../PluginEditor.cpp
• SerumLookAndFeel.h
• Knob.h, Knob.cpp
• Slider.h, Slider.cpp
• ToggleButton.h, ToggleButton.cpp
• Display.h, Display.cpp
• Panel.h, Panel.cpp
• WaveformDisplay.h, WaveformDisplay.cpp
• FilterDisplay.h, FilterDisplay.cpp
• EnvelopeDisplay.h, EnvelopeDisplay.cpp
• LFODisplay.h, LFODisplay.cpp

Rules

• Draw all controls through SerumLookAndFeel.
• Use theme:: colours from Resources.h instead of hardcoded colour values.
• Own GUI attachments with std::unique_ptr.
• Own component children by value or with std::unique_ptr; addAndMakeVisible only attaches and shows them, and does not manage their lifetime.
• Refresh visuals from a juce::Timer callback on the message thread, not from the audio thread.
• Keep layout constants in the layout namespace and derive every position from them.
• Use std::function formatters for value readouts.
• Reference ids:: for APVTS parameter IDs.

IF-THEN

• IF a control reads a DSP value THEN refresh it on the message thread from a thread-safe snapshot or atomic value. A timerCallback alone does not make a shared DSP read safe.
• IF a raw parameter pointer is dereferenced THEN null-guard it first.

Examples

// BAD: unchecked raw parameter dereference
const float v = processor.parameters.getRawParameterValue (ids::f1Cutoff)->load();

// GOOD: null guard with fallback
const float v = processor.parameters.getRawParameterValue (ids::f1Cutoff)
                    ? processor.parameters.getRawParameterValue (ids::f1Cutoff)->load()
                    : 0.0f;

This file overrides /AGENT.md where they conflict.