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+--[[
+    This file is part of darktable,
+    copyright (c) 2016 Tobias Ellinghaus
+
+    darktable is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    darktable is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with darktable.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+]]
+--[[
+
+USAGE
+* require this script from your main lua file
+  To do this add this line to the file .config/darktable/luarc: 
+require "moduleExample"
+
+* it creates a new example lighttable module
+
+More informations about building user interface elements:
+https://www.darktable.org/usermanual/ch09.html.php#lua_gui_example
+And about new_widget here:
+https://www.darktable.org/lua-api/index.html.php#darktable_new_widget
+]]
+
+local dt = require "darktable"
+
+dt.configuration.check_version(...,{3,0,0})
+
+-- add a new lib
+local check_button = dt.new_widget("check_button"){label = "MyCheck_button", value = true}
+local combobox = dt.new_widget("combobox"){label = "MyCombobox", value = 2, "8", "16", "32"}
+local entry = dt.new_widget("entry"){text = "test", placeholder = "placeholder"}
+local file_chooser_button = dt.new_widget("file_chooser_button"){title = "MyFile_chooser_button"}
+local label = dt.new_widget("label")
+label.label = "MyLabel"
+
+local separator = dt.new_widget("separator"){}
+local slider = dt.new_widget("slider")
+{
+  label = "MySlider", 
+  soft_min = 10,      -- The soft minimum value for the slider, the slider can't go beyond this point
+  soft_max = 100,     -- The soft maximum value for the slider, the slider can't go beyond this point
+  hard_min = 0,       -- The hard minimum value for the slider, the user can't manually enter a value beyond this point
+  hard_max = 1000,    -- The hard maximum value for the slider, the user can't manually enter a value beyond this point
+  value = 52          -- The current value of the slider
+}
+
+dt.register_lib(
+  "exampleModule",     -- Module name
+  "exampleModule",     -- name
+  true,                -- expandable
+  false,               -- resetable
+  {[dt.gui.views.lighttable] = {"DT_UI_CONTAINER_PANEL_RIGHT_CENTER", 100}},   -- containers
+  dt.new_widget("box") -- widget
+  {
+    orientation = "vertical",
+    dt.new_widget("button")
+    {
+      label = "MyButton",
+      clicked_callback = function (_)
+        dt.print("Button clicked")
+      end
+    },
+    check_button,
+    combobox,   
+    entry,
+    file_chooser_button,
+    label,
+    separator,
+    slider
+  },
+  nil,-- view_enter
+  nil -- view_leave
+)
+
+-- vim: shiftwidth=2 expandtab tabstop=2 cindent syntax=lua
+-- kate: hl Lua;