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== In relation to Valve ==  
== In relation to Valve ==  


The [[Steam]] client on Windows and OS X uses a customized version of CEF to render web content.  
The [[Steam]] client on Windows and OS X uses a customized version of CEF to render web content, and as of June 15, 2023, the entire UI, replacing the old [[VGUI]] system.


The Source code for Valve's usage of the Chromium Embedded Framework (and Chromium) can be downloaded
The Source code for Valve's usage of the Chromium Embedded Framework (and Chromium) can be downloaded

Revision as of 00:32, 15 June 2023

Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) is an extension of the Chromium browser rendering engine, an open-source project which is a component of Google Chrome.

In relation to Valve

The Steam client on Windows and OS X uses a customized version of CEF to render web content, and as of June 15, 2023, the entire UI, replacing the old VGUI system.

The Source code for Valve's usage of the Chromium Embedded Framework (and Chromium) can be downloaded as a ZIP archive (783 MB, 24th April 2012). A patch for revision 465 of the CEF codebase is available on pastebin (280 KB) that will apply Valve's changes.