GUI Guider Documentation

• User Guide
  • Welcome
    • About the document
      • How this guide is organized
    • Intended audience
    • What is GUI Guider
    • Key features
    • Supported widgets, targets, and displays
      • Supported widgets
      • Supported NXP devices and related panels
    • Next steps
  • Getting Started
    • System requirements
      • Host OS
      • Target compiler
      • Hardware requirements for LVGL applications
    • Installation
      • Windows 11
      • Ubuntu 24.04
      • macOS
    • First launch and environment setup
      • IDE environment and preferences
      • Toolchain environment
    • Offline templates
  • Quick Start Guide
    • Create a new project
    • Import an existing project
    • Design a simple UI
    • Generate code
    • Build and run on simulator or target
      • Simulator
      • Target
  • IDE Overview
    • Home page
      • Create project
      • Board templates
      • Application templates
      • IDE setting
      • Message center
    • Workspace page
      • Menu
      • Toolbar
      • LVGL setting
      • Project setting
      • Widgets usage
      • Layers
      • Widget tree
      • UI editor
      • Code editor
      • Resource manager
      • Preview center
      • Events
      • Global variables
      • Log
      • Serial port
      • Project info
      • Properties
      • Styles
    • Shortcut keys
  • Advanced Usage
    • Figma to GUI Guider
      • Installing the plugin
      • Plugin UI walkthrough
      • Configure and convert
      • Exporting the converted project
      • Importing the zip file into GUI Guider
      • Troubleshooting and tips
    • JSON-based UI editing
    • Custom code integration
      • Custom code in a screen
      • Custom code in an event
      • Sharing code via the custom directory
  • Development Guide
    • Debug
      • MCUXpresso for VS Code
      • MCUXpresso IDE
      • IAR
      • Keil MDK
    • OS integration
      • RTOS
      • Linux
    • Storage and file system
      • SD card
      • QSPI flash
    • Industrial HMI with Real-time Edge
      • Industrial HMI application setup
      • Yocto build with Real-time Edge
    • Peripheral and data integration
  • Performance Optimization
    • Hardware acceleration
      • MCU
      • MPU
      • Further reading
    • Performance tuning best practices
      • Tips to improve the performance
      • Performance tuning for i.MX RT boards
  • Tutorials
    • How to use symbols
      • Use GUI Guider built-in symbols
      • Use custom symbols
    • Rotate screen and widgets
    • Multi-language application
      • 1. Authoring translation files
      • 2. Extracting source strings and compiling the language pack
      • 3. Implementing the language manager
      • 4. Translating widget text and applying per-language fonts
      • 5. Observing language changes and refreshing the UI
      • 6. Wiring up the language manager in GUI Guider
      • 7. Verifying the build and iterating on translations
      • Notes on resources and layout
    • Migration from GUI Guider v1
      • Why projects cannot be upgraded in place
      • What you can reuse
      • Recommended migration workflow
  • Demos
    • Why use the demos
    • How to run a demo
    • Demo quick reference
    • Available demos
      • Agriculture control
      • Air conditioner
      • Button counter
      • Camera viewer (FreeRTOS)
      • Camera viewer (Linux)
      • Digital cluster
      • EBike
      • EV charger
      • Game2048
      • Heterogeneous multicore
      • Music player
      • Printer
      • SD card storage
      • Smart appliance
      • Smart building
      • Smart clock
      • Smart watch
      • Widgets
  • Reference
    • FAQs
      • What should I do if a configured property or style is not rendered correctly in the UI editor?
      • How can I prevent the simulator from running target specific code?
      • How can I reuse an application on a different board?
      • What should I do if I create a project at an unsupported resolution from a template?
      • What should I check if touch or display does not work?
      • How can I customize lv_conf macros without losing the changes after regeneration?
    • Resources and links
      • GUI Guider product
      • LVGL
      • NXP toolchains and SDKs
      • Zephyr and Linux
      • Tools and utilities
      • Related GUI Guider user guide chapters
    • Glossary
  • Revision history

• Release Notes
  • Overview
  • V2.0.0 GA (Released on 30 June 2026)
    • New features
  • V1.10.1 GA (Released on 15 December 2025)
    • New features
  • Revision history

• About
  • LICENSE
    • LA_OPT_NXP_Software_License v63 May 2025