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Windows

Windows uses the native MSVC toolchain. The default backend targets Windows 10 and later; HUXERUI_WINDOWS_7_COMPAT=ON enables capability-based fallbacks for Windows 7 SP1 with Platform Update.

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The adapter owns Win32 window lifecycle, pointer/keyboard/IME conversion, UI-thread scheduling, accessibility, clipboard, files, HTTP, and rendering. HuxerUI geometry uses DIPs; screen, DPI, UTF-16, and IME coordinates are converted at the boundary.

Custom desktop chrome uses WindowChromeMode::Custom, WindowTitleBar, and UseWindow(). The framework renders caption controls while preserving native window commands and hit testing.

Register HWND-backed views with <huxerui/windows/platform_view.h>. Windows uses a single HuxerUI render surface with platform-view placement slices, so native HWND content cannot provide arbitrary rotation, path clipping, or transparent interleaving with HuxerUI paint. External texture sources in <huxerui/windows/external_texture.h> are the better fit for pixel-only integration.

The backend exposes the shared semantic tree through Windows UI Automation. Validate custom chrome, DPI transitions, IME placement, HWND slicing, and assistive technology on the Windows versions your application supports.