Widgetsets support platform-sensitive development with the

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IDE system. They act as adapter

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that provide an

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between a platform-independent sourcecode written in

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and platform-specific

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functions. Thus they allow for development of platform-native software without requiring to provide specific source code for different target platforms. Widgetsets act as basis for the Lazarus Component Library (LCL).

Available widgetsets

Currently (June 2020), the development status of widget toolkit interfaces is roughly as follows:
Widgetset reference at the Free Pascal wiki
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Available widgetsets

References

Further reading