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Comment on dealing with io.WantCaptureKeyboard (#703)

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e.g. when displaying a list of objects, using indices or pointers as ID will preserve the node open/closed state differently. experiment and see what makes more sense!
Q: How can I tell when ImGui wants my mouse/keyboard inputs and when I can pass them to my application?
A: You can read the 'io.WantCaptureXXX' flags in the ImGuiIO structure. Preferably read them after calling ImGui::NewFrame() to avoid those flags lagging by one frame.
A: You can read the 'io.WantCaptureXXX' flags in the ImGuiIO structure. Preferably read them after calling ImGui::NewFrame() to avoid those flags lagging by one frame, but either should be fine.
When 'io.WantCaptureMouse' or 'io.WantCaptureKeyboard' flags are set you may want to discard/hide the inputs from the rest of your application.
When 'io.WantInputsCharacters' is set to may want to notify your OS to popup an on-screen keyboard, if available.
ImGui is tracking dragging and widget activity that may occur outside the boundary of a window, so 'io.WantCaptureMouse' is a more accurate and complete than testing for ImGui::IsMouseHoveringAnyWindow().
(Advanced note: text input releases focus on Return 'KeyDown', so the following Return 'KeyUp' event that your application receive will typically have 'io.WantcaptureKeyboard=false'. Depending
on your application logic it may or not be inconvenient. You might want to track which key-downs were for ImGui (e.g. with an array of bool) and filter out the corresponding key-ups.
Q: How can I load a different font than the default? (default is an embedded version of ProggyClean.ttf, rendered at size 13)
A: Use the font atlas to load the TTF file you want: