hello how can I have a look and feel like native osx app wit

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hello how can I have a look and feel like native osx app with jb compose i am a rookie in Frontend development

jw · Answer

That is not an option

jw · Answer

It s technically possible by replicating the look feel and behavior of every native Mac OS widget yourself but I don t think that meshes well with your statement of gt I am a rookie in Frontend development unfortunately as that is a herculean undertaking

Colton Idle · Answer

there are some folks working on components that you should be able to drag and drop that look a little less like android and more suited to desktop <https github com kirill grouchnikov aurora>

Kirill Grouchnikov · Answer

Might want to try <https github com Chozzle compose macos theme> and see how close it gets to the native look

adte · Answer

IMO you shouldn t want to replicate native exactly If you look at great cross platform apps like Google Chrome or IntelliJ they use some native elements like the window buttons and kinda blend with the platform in their design but then they also have their own design touch that looks familiar across platforms Also what if native controls don t have the UX you re looking for e g Windows has a super dated color picker control

adte · Answer

So yeah my design philosophy is to take the platform into account and make some adjustments to look good on each OS but also have my own style guide going on The two can go together

adte · Answer

Another example Google Chrome never used native context menus On Windows the modern context menus had some sluggish animation with them whereas Chrome context menus have a nice small animation and display the keyboard shortcuts greyed out on the side nicely Do I miss not having native context menus in Chrome Nope not ever They do use the native popup windows of the OS to draw them though

adte · Answer

Sorry that I m not answering the question btw

Chris Sinco [G] · Answer

If you re really looking for native look and feel on macOS and have used a reactive framework like Compose you might be better off with SwiftUI to be honest

jw · Answer

Plus you could still use Molecule to write your logic in Compose Emit a UI model that s common to both toolkits then do a relatively simple mapping to each one in their native language