Dear ImGuizmo - Rust Bindings

High-level Rust bindings for ImGuizmo, built on the C API (cimguizmo) and integrated with dear-imgui-rs.

This project is a Rust wrapper around the C shim (cimguizmo), not a direct C++ binding.

Links

• Upstream: https://github.com/CedricGuillemet/ImGuizmo
• C API: https://github.com/cimgui/cimguizmo

Crate Layout

• dear-imguizmo (this crate): safe, idiomatic wrapper integrated with dear-imgui-rs.
• dear-imguizmo-sys: low-level FFI generated from the C API (cimguizmo). Prefer not using it directly unless you need raw bindings.

Compatibility

See also: docs/COMPATIBILITY.md for the full workspace matrix.

WASM (WebAssembly) support

This crate has experimental support for wasm32-unknown-unknown targets via the same import-style design used by the core ImGui bindings:

• dear-imguizmo + dear-imguizmo-sys expose a wasm feature which:
  • Enables import-style FFI that links against the shared imgui-sys-v0 provider module.
  • Avoids compiling C/C++ during the Rust build for wasm.
• The provider module (imgui-sys-v0) is built once using Emscripten and contains:
  • Dear ImGui + cimgui (from dear-imgui-sys)
  • ImGuizmo + cimguizmo (from dear-imguizmo-sys)

To try the web demo with ImGuizmo enabled:

# 1) Generate pregenerated wasm bindings (Dear ImGui core + ImGuizmo)

cargo run -p xtask -- wasm-bindgen imgui-sys-v0

cargo run -p xtask -- wasm-bindgen-imguizmo imgui-sys-v0


# 2) Build the main wasm + JS (includes an "ImGuizmo (Web)" window)

cargo run -p xtask -- web-demo imguizmo


# 3) Build the provider (Emscripten imgui-sys-v0 with ImGui + ImGuizmo)

cargo run -p xtask -- build-cimgui-provider


# 4) Serve and open in a browser

python -m http.server -d target/web-demo 8080

Notes:

• The dear-imgui-web-demo crate in examples-wasm can enable the imguizmo feature; when present, an “ImGuizmo (Web)” window is shown if bindings + provider are available.
• This is an early, experimental path; API and build steps may evolve in future releases. For production use, pin to a specific 0.6.x release and follow changes in docs/WASM.md.

Features

• glam (default): Use glam::Mat4 seamlessly in the high-level API.
• mint (optional): Use mint::ColumnMatrix4<f32> seamlessly.
• Without those features, you can always pass [f32; 16] (column-major) matrices.

All matrix arguments in the API are generic over a Mat4Like trait, implemented for [f32; 16], and when enabled, for glam::Mat4 and mint::ColumnMatrix4<f32>.

Quick Start

[dependencies]

dear-imgui-rs = "0.8"

dear-imguizmo = "0.8"

Minimal usage (dear-imgui-style API):

use dear_imgui_rs::Context;
use dear_imguizmo::{Operation, Mode, GuizmoExt};
use glam::Mat4;

let mut ctx = Context::create();
let ui = ctx.frame();

// Begin ImGuizmo for this frame via Ui extension
let giz = ui.guizmo();

// Set the drawing rectangle to the full viewport
let ds = ui.io().display_size();
giz.set_rect(0.0, 0.0, ds[0], ds[1]);

// Choose where to draw (window/background/foreground)
giz.set_drawlist_window();

// Matrices (column-major). With the default `glam` feature, use `glam::Mat4`.
let mut model = Mat4::IDENTITY;
let view = Mat4::IDENTITY;
let proj = Mat4::IDENTITY;

// Manipulate the model matrix
let used: bool = giz
    .manipulate_config(&view, &proj, &mut model)
    .operation(Operation::TRANSLATE)
    .mode(Mode::Local)
    //.snap([1.0, 1.0, 1.0])
    //.bounds([minx,miny,minz], [maxx,maxy,maxz])
    .build();

if used { /* object moved */ }

See examples/imguizmo_basic.rs for a full demo with camera controls, snapping, bounds and helpers.

Per-frame pattern

Typical usage order within a single frame:

let giz = ui.guizmo(); // call once per frame

// 1) Configure drawing area and destination
let ds = ui.io().display_size();
giz.set_rect(0.0, 0.0, ds[0], ds[1]);
giz.set_drawlist_window(); // or Background/Foreground

// 2) Manipulate
let used = giz
    .manipulate_config(&view, &proj, &mut model)
    .operation(Operation::UNIVERSAL)
    .mode(Mode::Local)
    .build();

Notes:

• Call ui.guizmo() exactly once per frame, then set set_rect(...) and a draw target before calling manipulate/draw_*.
• You can select draw target with giz.set_drawlist(DrawListTarget::Window|Background|Foreground).
• Use RAII ID helpers: let _id = giz.push_id(i);.
• Style access: let mut st = giz.style(); st.set_color(Color::Selection, [1.0,0.2,0.2,1.0]);. More fields: translation_line_arrow_size(), rotation_outer_line_thickness(), scale_line_circle_size(), hatched_axis_line_thickness(), etc.
• view_manipulate/view_manipulate_with_camera accept any Into<[f32;2]> for position/size; set_rect_pos_size is available as a convenience.
• Matrices are column-major; Mat4Like supports [f32;16], and (with features) glam::Mat4, mint::ColumnMatrix4<f32>.

Builder extras:

• .drawlist(DrawListTarget::...), .rect(x,y,w,h), .orthographic(bool), .gizmo_size_clip_space(f32)
• .axis_mask(AxisMask::X | AxisMask::Z)
• .translate_snap([f32;3]), .rotate_snap_deg(f32), .scale_snap([f32;3]) (also accepts (f32,f32,f32), glam::Vec3, mint::Vector3<f32>)

Extra helpers

Simple utility methods you may find handy:

// Hover test near a world-space position (in pixels)
// Call after you've established view/projection for the frame
// via manipulate/draw_grid/draw_cubes.
let hovered = giz.is_over_at([0.0, 0.0, 0.0], 8.0);

// Compute an ImGuizmo hashed ID from a pointer
let id_from_ptr = giz.get_id_ptr(&model as *const _);

Draw helpers

// Draw a grid aligned with a model transform (size in world units)
giz.draw_grid(&view, &proj, &model, 10.0);

// Draw multiple cubes from a list of model matrices
let matrices = vec![model, other_model];
giz.draw_cubes(&view, &proj, &matrices);

Notes

• This crate depends on dear-imguizmo-sys (C API + bindgen). Linking to the base ImGui static library is provided by dear-imgui-sys; you do not need to configure it here.

Graph Editor (pure Rust, optional)

We provide a minimal, pure-Rust graph editor aligned with dear-imgui style, under dear_imguizmo::graph. It aims to mirror ImGuizmo's GraphEditor UX without relying on the C++ API.

use dear_imguizmo::graph::{Graph, GraphView};
use dear_imguizmo::graph::GraphEditorExt; // Ui extension

let mut graph = Graph::new();
let mut view = GraphView::default();
// populate graph.nodes/links ...

ui.window("Graph")
  .size([600.0, 400.0], dear_imgui_rs::Condition::FirstUseEver)
  .build(|| {
      // Simple draw with defaults
      let _resp = ui.graph_editor().draw(&mut graph, &mut view);

      // Or configure style via builder
      let _resp = ui
          .graph_editor_config()
          .graph(&mut graph)
          .view(&mut view)
          .grid_visible(true)
          .grid_spacing(28.0)
          .link_thickness(2.0)
          .build();
  });

Current features:

• Grid (toggle visibility, custom spacing/color)
• Panning (MMB), node dragging (LMB)
• Selection (click, Ctrl multi-select, box select)
• Link creation (drag from output to input), link selection
• Link reconnection (drag near a link endpoint onto another pin)
• Deletion via Delete key or helper delete_selected(&mut Graph, &mut GraphView)
• Fit helpers: fit_all_nodes(...), fit_selected_nodes(...)

Notes:

• Pin hover, node/link hover outlines are shown using GraphStyle colors.
• Simple 2D interop: graph::Vec2Like supports (f32,f32), [f32;2], mint::Vector2<f32>, and (with glam) glam::Vec2.
• This module is pure Rust and independent of the C++ GraphEditor; improvements are welcome.