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Currently the enums in UAK are defined as unscoped enums like this:

enum TextFieldStyle
	{
		TEXTFIELD_READONLY = 1,
		//TEXTFIELD_PASSWORD = 2,
		TEXTFIELD_TEXTCHANGEACTIONEVENT = 4,
		TEXTFIELD_LOSEFOCUSACTIONEVENT = 8,
		TEXTFIELD_ENTERKEYACTIONEVENT = 16,
		TEXTFIELD_DEFAULT = TEXTFIELD_LOSEFOCUSACTIONEVENT + TEXTFIELD_ENTERKEYACTIONEVENT,
		//TEXTFIELD_NUMBER = 8,
		//TEXTFIELD_INTEGER = 16,
		//TEXTFIELD_FILEPATH = 32,
		TEXTFIELD_PASSWORD = 64
	};

I suggest to follow the common c++ suggestions to use scoped enums instead:

enum class TextFieldStyle
{
		ReadOnly = 1,
		Password = 2,
		TextChangeActionEvent = 4,
		LoseFocusActionEvent = 8,
		EnterKeyActionEvent = 16,
		Default = LoseFocusActionEvent + EnterKeyActionEvent,
};

The scoped enums have much more possibilities:

1. You can have the same enum-value name across multiple enums (eg Default or Left) 

2. enums can have a different value type instead of just int

3. the code completion is much more intuitive in most IDEs.

4. the code is more readable (in my opinion)

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This is how Leadwerks did things, except it used const static members. I much prefer the uppercase-separated-by-underscore approach we are using now. (The enum name like "TextFieldStyle" is only used to ensure that wrong values cannot be inserted, like supplying WINDOW_HIDDEN to CreatePanel().)

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static const and scoped enums are 2 different things. the current enums look like a mix of enums names for constants. Normally only constants are uppercase. The thing is you don't need the uppercase-separated-by-underscore approach. You can keep the uppercase names of course:

CreateTextfield(0,0,250,20,ui->root, TextfieldStyle::DEFAULT); // you can now clearly say what enum is used.

with your approach you can't have something like this:

enum VerticalAlignment
{
  TOP,BOTTOM,CENTER
};

enum HorizontalAlignment
{
  LEFT,RIGHT,CENTER
};

which leads to the need of the underscore approach.

with scoped enums this is legal:

enum class VerticalAlignment
{
  TOP,BOTTOM,CENTER
};

enum class HorizontalAlignment
{
  LEFT,RIGHT,CENTER
};

as mentioned in the above post in my opinion it feels cleaner and is more collision safe with other libraries.

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