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{{Short description|Framework or toolkit a program uses to display the graphical user interface}} A '''widget toolkit''', '''widget library''', '''GUI toolkit''', or '''UX library''' is a [[library (computing)|library]] or a collection of libraries containing a set of [[graphical control element]]s (called ''widgets'') used to construct the [[graphical user interface]] (GUI) of programs. Most widget toolkits additionally include their own [[Rendering (computer graphics)|rendering engine]]. This engine can be specific to a certain [[operating system]] or [[windowing system]] or contain back-ends to interface with multiple ones and also with rendering APIs such as [[OpenGL]], [[OpenVG]], or [[EGL (API)|EGL]]. The [[look and feel]] of the graphical control elements can be hard-coded or decoupled, allowing the graphical control elements to be [[Theme (computing)|themed]]/[[Skin (computing)|skinned]].
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