Drop the al* UI widget framework (Photo Studio UI moves to standard widgets) #443

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opened 2026-10-05 18:56:08 +00:00 by sky_line · 1 comment

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Part of #442, re-scoped 2026-10-06.

Decision: the Lightbox photo/grading feature itself stays and evolves into our own Photo Studio (#444). Its post-processing work is kept with credit (Alchemy's author is fine with it being in Slipstream). What we drop is the al* UI widget framework the Lightbox is built on. Photo Studio's UI is rebuilt on standard LL widgets (plus any small widgets of our own we need), as part of the #444 redesign.

Remove (when #444's new UI no longer needs them):

llui widgets: alcolorpicker, aldeferredrebuild, aldockpanel, alemptystate, alhistorylist, aloffsetpad, alpanefolds, alpopover, alquickopen, alscopebar, alsettingrow, alstudiofloater, alviewtype.h, plus llcommon/alparamtype.
The hooks they added to LL files: llview.h, llui.h, llrender2dutils helpers, llaccordionctrltab, lltabcontainer, lleditmenuhandler, llsliderctrl, llcolorswatch; restore those to the base versions.
Their XUI registrations / widget XML.

No longer in scope (previous version of this ticket): deleting the Lightbox floater, Scopes, Looks, LUTs or the translated post shaders. Those are redesigned or renamed under #444 instead.

Done when: no al* widget files or hooks remain, and Photo Studio works on standard widgets.

Part of #442, re-scoped 2026-10-06. **Decision:** the Lightbox photo/grading feature itself **stays** and evolves into our own Photo Studio (#444). Its post-processing work is kept with credit (Alchemy's author is fine with it being in Slipstream). What we drop is the **`al*` UI widget framework** the Lightbox is built on. Photo Studio's UI is rebuilt on standard LL widgets (plus any small widgets of our own we need), as part of the #444 redesign. **Remove (when #444's new UI no longer needs them):** - **llui widgets:** alcolorpicker, aldeferredrebuild, aldockpanel, alemptystate, alhistorylist, aloffsetpad, alpanefolds, alpopover, alquickopen, alscopebar, alsettingrow, alstudiofloater, alviewtype.h, plus `llcommon/alparamtype`. - **The hooks they added to LL files:** llview.h, llui.h, llrender2dutils helpers, llaccordionctrltab, lltabcontainer, lleditmenuhandler, llsliderctrl, llcolorswatch; restore those to the base versions. - **Their XUI registrations / widget XML.** **No longer in scope** (previous version of this ticket): deleting the Lightbox floater, Scopes, Looks, LUTs or the translated post shaders. Those are redesigned or renamed under #444 instead. **Done when:** no `al*` widget files or hooks remain, and Photo Studio works on standard widgets.

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Photo Studio: evolve the Lightbox into our own 4-panel design (absorbs #488) #444

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sky_line changed title from ~~Provenance: remove the Lightbox photo/grading studio, Scopes and al* UI widgets (unreleased Alchemy)~~ to Drop the al* UI widget framework (Photo Studio UI moves to standard widgets)

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#126: rename our al* sources to sl*, AL* classes to SL*

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Photo Studio (#444) 4/5: drop the al* UI widget framework (#443)

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