diff --git a/backends/imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp b/backends/imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp
index 61e9ad2..f49c093 100644
--- a/backends/imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp
+++ b/backends/imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 //  [ ] Renderer: The renderer is suboptimal as we need to unindex our buffers and convert vertices manually.
 //  [ ] Platform: Missing gamepad support.
 
-// You can copy and use unmodified imgui_impl_* files in your project. See main.cpp for an example of using this.
+// You can copy and use unmodified backends (imgui_impl_* files) in your project.
+// See matching application in examples/ for an example of using this.
 // If you are new to dear imgui, read examples/README.txt and read the documentation at the top of imgui.cpp.
 // https://github.com/ocornut/imgui, Original Allegro 5 code by @birthggd
 
diff --git a/backends/imgui_impl_dx12.h b/backends/imgui_impl_dx12.h
index ec0b70a..0a0d8d9 100644
--- a/backends/imgui_impl_dx12.h
+++ b/backends/imgui_impl_dx12.h
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 // This is because we need ImTextureID to carry a 64-bit value and by default ImTextureID is defined as void*.
 // This define is done in the example .vcxproj file and need to be replicated in your app (by e.g. editing imconfig.h)
 
-// You can copy and use unmodified imgui_impl_* files in your project. See main.cpp for an example of using this.
+// You can copy and use unmodified backends (imgui_impl_* files) in your project.
+// See matching application in examples/ for an example of using this.
 // If you are new to dear imgui, read examples/README.txt and read the documentation at the top of imgui.cpp.
 // https://github.com/ocornut/imgui
 
diff --git a/examples/example_allegro5/README.md b/examples/example_allegro5/README.md
index 74ba4cc..0e27f5f 100644
--- a/examples/example_allegro5/README.md
+++ b/examples/example_allegro5/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ### On Ubuntu 14.04+ and macOS
 
 ```bash
-g++ -DIMGUI_USER_CONFIG=\"examples/example_allegro5/imconfig_allegro5.h\" -I .. -I ../.. main.cpp ../imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp ../../imgui*.cpp -lallegro -lallegro_main -lallegro_primitives -o allegro5_example
+g++ -DIMGUI_USER_CONFIG=\"examples/example_allegro5/imconfig_allegro5.h\" -I .. -I ../.. main.cpp ../../backends/imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp ../../imgui*.cpp -lallegro -lallegro_main -lallegro_primitives -o allegro5_example
 ```
 
 On macOS, install Allegro with homebrew: `brew install allegro`.
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@
 Build:
 ```
 set ALLEGRODIR=path_to_your_allegro5_folder
-cl /Zi /MD /I %ALLEGRODIR%\include /DIMGUI_USER_CONFIG=\"examples/example_allegro5/imconfig_allegro5.h\" /I .. /I ..\.. main.cpp ..\imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /link /LIBPATH:%ALLEGRODIR%\lib allegro-5.0.10-monolith-md.lib user32.lib
+cl /Zi /MD /I %ALLEGRODIR%\include /DIMGUI_USER_CONFIG=\"examples/example_allegro5/imconfig_allegro5.h\" /I .. /I ..\.. main.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /link /LIBPATH:%ALLEGRODIR%\lib allegro-5.0.10-monolith-md.lib user32.lib
 ```
diff --git a/examples/example_allegro5/example_allegro5.vcxproj b/examples/example_allegro5/example_allegro5.vcxproj
index f5fadc3..d50318a 100644
--- a/examples/example_allegro5/example_allegro5.vcxproj
+++ b/examples/example_allegro5/example_allegro5.vcxproj
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;$(SolutionDir)\libs\gl3w;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;$(SolutionDir)\libs\gl3w;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;$(SolutionDir)\libs\gl3w;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;$(SolutionDir)\libs\gl3w;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_demo.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_draw.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="imconfig_allegro5.h" />
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imconfig.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_allegro5.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_allegro5.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="..\..\misc\natvis\imgui.natvis" />
@@ -176,4 +176,4 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/examples/example_allegro5/example_allegro5.vcxproj.filters b/examples/example_allegro5/example_allegro5.vcxproj.filters
index 8019ebf..9abb67e 100644
--- a/examples/example_allegro5/example_allegro5.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/examples/example_allegro5/example_allegro5.vcxproj.filters
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp">
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_allegro5.cpp">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="imconfig_allegro5.h">
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_allegro5.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_allegro5.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/examples/example_apple_metal/example_apple_metal.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/examples/example_apple_metal/example_apple_metal.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index f1c1049..38c45cf 100644
--- a/examples/example_apple_metal/example_apple_metal.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/examples/example_apple_metal/example_apple_metal.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
 		8307E7E320E9F9C900473790 /* Base */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = file.storyboard; name = Base; path = Base.lproj/Main.storyboard; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		8307E7E520E9F9C900473790 /* Info-macOS.plist */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = text.plist.xml; path = "Info-macOS.plist"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		8307E7E620E9F9C900473790 /* main.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = main.m; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
-		836D2A2C20EE208D0098E909 /* imgui_impl_osx.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = imgui_impl_osx.h; path = ../../imgui_impl_osx.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
-		836D2A2D20EE208E0098E909 /* imgui_impl_osx.mm */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.objcpp; name = imgui_impl_osx.mm; path = ../../imgui_impl_osx.mm; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		836D2A2C20EE208D0098E909 /* imgui_impl_osx.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = imgui_impl_osx.h; path = ../../../backends/imgui_impl_osx.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		836D2A2D20EE208E0098E909 /* imgui_impl_osx.mm */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.objcpp; name = imgui_impl_osx.mm; path = ../../../backends/imgui_impl_osx.mm; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		836D2A2F20EE4A180098E909 /* Default-568h@2x.png */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = image.png; path = "Default-568h@2x.png"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		836D2A3120EE4A900098E909 /* Launch Screen.storyboard */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = file.storyboard; path = "Launch Screen.storyboard"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		83BBE9E420EB46B900295997 /* Metal.framework */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = wrapper.framework; name = Metal.framework; path = Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS11.4.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Metal.framework; sourceTree = DEVELOPER_DIR; };
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@
 		83BBE9EA20EB471700295997 /* MetalKit.framework */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = wrapper.framework; name = MetalKit.framework; path = System/Library/Frameworks/MetalKit.framework; sourceTree = SDKROOT; };
 		83BBE9EB20EB471700295997 /* Metal.framework */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = wrapper.framework; name = Metal.framework; path = System/Library/Frameworks/Metal.framework; sourceTree = SDKROOT; };
 		83BBE9EE20EB471C00295997 /* ModelIO.framework */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = wrapper.framework; name = ModelIO.framework; path = System/Library/Frameworks/ModelIO.framework; sourceTree = SDKROOT; };
-		83BBE9FC20EB54D800295997 /* imgui_impl_metal.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = imgui_impl_metal.h; path = ../../imgui_impl_metal.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
-		83BBE9FD20EB54D800295997 /* imgui_impl_metal.mm */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.objcpp; name = imgui_impl_metal.mm; path = ../../imgui_impl_metal.mm; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		83BBE9FC20EB54D800295997 /* imgui_impl_metal.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = imgui_impl_metal.h; path = ../../../backends/imgui_impl_metal.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		83BBE9FD20EB54D800295997 /* imgui_impl_metal.mm */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.objcpp; name = imgui_impl_metal.mm; path = ../../../backends/imgui_impl_metal.mm; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		83BBEA0020EB54E700295997 /* imgui.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = imgui.h; path = ../../imgui.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		83BBEA0120EB54E700295997 /* imgui_draw.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; name = imgui_draw.cpp; path = ../../imgui_draw.cpp; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		83BBEA0220EB54E700295997 /* imgui_demo.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; name = imgui_demo.cpp; path = ../../imgui_demo.cpp; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
diff --git a/examples/example_apple_opengl2/example_apple_opengl2.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/examples/example_apple_opengl2/example_apple_opengl2.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 5bdf74b..204b68a 100644
--- a/examples/example_apple_opengl2/example_apple_opengl2.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/examples/example_apple_opengl2/example_apple_opengl2.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
 		07A82EDA213941D00078D120 /* imgui_widgets.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; name = imgui_widgets.cpp; path = ../../imgui_widgets.cpp; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		4080A96B20B029B00036BA46 /* example_osx_opengl2 */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; explicitFileType = "compiled.mach-o.executable"; includeInIndex = 0; path = example_osx_opengl2; sourceTree = BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR; };
 		4080A98A20B02CD90036BA46 /* main.mm */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.objcpp; path = main.mm; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
-		4080A99E20B034280036BA46 /* imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; name = imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp; path = ../imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
-		4080A99F20B034280036BA46 /* imgui_impl_osx.mm */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.objcpp; name = imgui_impl_osx.mm; path = ../imgui_impl_osx.mm; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
-		4080A9A020B034280036BA46 /* imgui_impl_opengl2.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = imgui_impl_opengl2.h; path = ../imgui_impl_opengl2.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
-		4080A9A120B034280036BA46 /* imgui_impl_osx.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = imgui_impl_osx.h; path = ../imgui_impl_osx.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		4080A99E20B034280036BA46 /* imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; name = imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp; path = ../../backends/imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		4080A99F20B034280036BA46 /* imgui_impl_osx.mm */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.objcpp; name = imgui_impl_osx.mm; path = ../../backends/imgui_impl_osx.mm; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		4080A9A020B034280036BA46 /* imgui_impl_opengl2.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = imgui_impl_opengl2.h; path = ../../backends/imgui_impl_opengl2.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		4080A9A120B034280036BA46 /* imgui_impl_osx.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = imgui_impl_osx.h; path = ../../backends/imgui_impl_osx.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		4080A9A520B0343C0036BA46 /* imgui_internal.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; name = imgui_internal.h; path = ../../imgui_internal.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		4080A9A620B0343C0036BA46 /* imgui_demo.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; name = imgui_demo.cpp; path = ../../imgui_demo.cpp; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		4080A9A720B0343C0036BA46 /* imgui.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; name = imgui.cpp; path = ../../imgui.cpp; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
diff --git a/examples/example_apple_opengl2/main.mm b/examples/example_apple_opengl2/main.mm
index c7ccc4a..eaf55da 100644
--- a/examples/example_apple_opengl2/main.mm
+++ b/examples/example_apple_opengl2/main.mm
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // If you are new to dear imgui, see examples/README.txt and documentation at the top of imgui.cpp.
 
 #include "imgui.h"
-#include "../imgui_impl_osx.h"
-#include "../imgui_impl_opengl2.h"
+#include "../../backends/imgui_impl_osx.h"
+#include "../../backends/imgui_impl_opengl2.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
 #import <OpenGL/gl.h>
diff --git a/examples/example_emscripten/Makefile b/examples/example_emscripten/Makefile
index 9833270..967d61f 100644
--- a/examples/example_emscripten/Makefile
+++ b/examples/example_emscripten/Makefile
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@
 CC = emcc
 CXX = em++
 EXE = example_emscripten.html
+IMGUI_DIR = ../..
 SOURCES = main.cpp
-SOURCES += ../imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ../imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp
-SOURCES += ../../imgui.cpp ../../imgui_demo.cpp ../../imgui_draw.cpp ../../imgui_widgets.cpp
+SOURCES += $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_demo.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_draw.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_widgets.cpp
+SOURCES += $(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/imgui_impl_sdl.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp
 OBJS = $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(notdir $(SOURCES))))
 UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@
 ## FINAL BUILD FLAGS
 ##---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-CPPFLAGS += -I../ -I../../
+CPPFLAGS = -I$(IMGUI_DIR) -I$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends
 #CPPFLAGS += -g
 CPPFLAGS += -Wall -Wformat -Os
 CPPFLAGS += $(EMS)
@@ -65,10 +66,10 @@
 %.o:%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-%.o:../%.cpp
+%.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-%.o:../../%.cpp
+%.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 %.o:../libs/gl3w/GL/%.c
diff --git a/examples/example_glfw_metal/Makefile b/examples/example_glfw_metal/Makefile
index 35f1773..4b7599e 100644
--- a/examples/example_glfw_metal/Makefile
+++ b/examples/example_glfw_metal/Makefile
@@ -7,33 +7,34 @@
 #CXX = clang++
 
 EXE = example_glfw_metal
+IMGUI_DIR = ../..
 SOURCES = main.mm
-SOURCES += ../imgui_impl_glfw.cpp ../imgui_impl_metal.mm
-SOURCES += ../../imgui.cpp ../../imgui_widgets.cpp ../../imgui_demo.cpp ../../imgui_draw.cpp
+SOURCES += $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_demo.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_draw.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_widgets.cpp
+SOURCES += $(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/imgui_impl_glfw.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/imgui_impl_metal.mm
 OBJS = $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(notdir $(SOURCES))))
 
 LIBS = -framework Metal -framework MetalKit -framework Cocoa -framework IOKit -framework CoreVideo -framework QuartzCore
 LIBS += -L/usr/local/lib -lglfw
 
-CXXFLAGS = -I../ -I../../ -I/usr/local/include
+CXXFLAGS = -I$(IMGUI_DIR) -I$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends -I/usr/local/include
 CXXFLAGS += -Wall -Wformat
 CFLAGS = $(CXXFLAGS)
 
 %.o:%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-%.o:../%.cpp
+%.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-%.o:../../%.cpp
+%.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-%.o:../%.mm
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -ObjC++ -fobjc-weak -fobjc-arc -c -o $@ $<
-
 %.o:%.mm
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -ObjC++ -fobjc-weak -fobjc-arc -c -o $@ $<
 
+%.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/%.mm
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -ObjC++ -fobjc-weak -fobjc-arc -c -o $@ $<
+
 all: $(EXE)
 	@echo Build complete
 
diff --git a/examples/example_glfw_opengl2/Makefile b/examples/example_glfw_opengl2/Makefile
index 38f865b..6bcbca5 100644
--- a/examples/example_glfw_opengl2/Makefile
+++ b/examples/example_glfw_opengl2/Makefile
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@
 #CXX = clang++
 
 EXE = example_glfw_opengl2
+IMGUI_DIR = ../..
 SOURCES = main.cpp
-SOURCES += ../imgui_impl_glfw.cpp ../imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp
-SOURCES += ../../imgui.cpp ../../imgui_demo.cpp ../../imgui_draw.cpp ../../imgui_widgets.cpp
+SOURCES += $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_demo.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_draw.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_widgets.cpp
+SOURCES += $(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/imgui_impl_glfw.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp
 OBJS = $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(notdir $(SOURCES))))
 UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
 
-CXXFLAGS = -I../ -I../../
+CXXFLAGS = -I$(IMGUI_DIR) -I$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends
 CXXFLAGS += -g -Wall -Wformat
 LIBS =
 
@@ -63,10 +64,10 @@
 %.o:%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-%.o:../%.cpp
+%.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-%.o:../../%.cpp
+%.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 all: $(EXE)
diff --git a/examples/example_glfw_opengl2/build_win32.bat b/examples/example_glfw_opengl2/build_win32.bat
index 538d9a5..ce08445 100644
--- a/examples/example_glfw_opengl2/build_win32.bat
+++ b/examples/example_glfw_opengl2/build_win32.bat
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 @REM Build for Visual Studio compiler. Run your copy of vcvars32.bat or vcvarsall.bat to setup command-line compiler.
 mkdir Debug
-cl /nologo /Zi /MD /I .. /I ..\.. /I ..\libs\glfw\include *.cpp ..\imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp ..\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeDebug/example_glfw_opengl2.exe /FoDebug/ /link /LIBPATH:..\libs\glfw\lib-vc2010-32 glfw3.lib opengl32.lib gdi32.lib shell32.lib
+cl /nologo /Zi /MD /I .. /I ..\.. /I ..\libs\glfw\include *.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeDebug/example_glfw_opengl2.exe /FoDebug/ /link /LIBPATH:..\libs\glfw\lib-vc2010-32 glfw3.lib opengl32.lib gdi32.lib shell32.lib
diff --git a/examples/example_glfw_opengl2/example_glfw_opengl2.vcxproj b/examples/example_glfw_opengl2/example_glfw_opengl2.vcxproj
index b265fea..35ffdfd 100644
--- a/examples/example_glfw_opengl2/example_glfw_opengl2.vcxproj
+++ b/examples/example_glfw_opengl2/example_glfw_opengl2.vcxproj
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;..\libs\glfw\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;..\libs\glfw\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;..\libs\glfw\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;..\libs\glfw\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;..\libs\glfw\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;..\libs\glfw\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;..\libs\glfw\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;..\libs\glfw\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -159,16 +159,16 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_demo.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_draw.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imconfig.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_glfw.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_opengl2.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glfw.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl2.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="..\..\misc\natvis\imgui.natvis" />
@@ -177,4 +177,4 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/examples/example_glfw_opengl2/example_glfw_opengl2.vcxproj.filters b/examples/example_glfw_opengl2/example_glfw_opengl2.vcxproj.filters
index b7a37e6..4b4dd52 100644
--- a/examples/example_glfw_opengl2/example_glfw_opengl2.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/examples/example_glfw_opengl2/example_glfw_opengl2.vcxproj.filters
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_draw.cpp">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp">
-      <Filter>sources</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp">
-      <Filter>sources</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp">
+      <Filter>sources</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp">
+      <Filter>sources</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imconfig.h">
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_glfw.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glfw.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_opengl2.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl2.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/examples/example_glfw_opengl3/Makefile b/examples/example_glfw_opengl3/Makefile
index 0e7faa1..1524ac6 100644
--- a/examples/example_glfw_opengl3/Makefile
+++ b/examples/example_glfw_opengl3/Makefile
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@
 #CXX = clang++
 
 EXE = example_glfw_opengl3
+IMGUI_DIR = ../..
 SOURCES = main.cpp
-SOURCES += ../imgui_impl_glfw.cpp ../imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp
-SOURCES += ../../imgui.cpp ../../imgui_demo.cpp ../../imgui_draw.cpp ../../imgui_widgets.cpp
+SOURCES += $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_demo.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_draw.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_widgets.cpp
+SOURCES += $(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/imgui_impl_glfw.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp
 OBJS = $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(notdir $(SOURCES))))
 UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
 
-CXXFLAGS = -I../ -I../../
+CXXFLAGS = -I$(IMGUI_DIR) -I$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends
 CXXFLAGS += -g -Wall -Wformat
 LIBS =
 
@@ -93,10 +94,10 @@
 %.o:%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-%.o:../%.cpp
+%.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-%.o:../../%.cpp
+%.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 %.o:../libs/gl3w/GL/%.c
diff --git a/examples/example_glfw_opengl3/build_win32.bat b/examples/example_glfw_opengl3/build_win32.bat
index e5c15c5..eb755d6 100644
--- a/examples/example_glfw_opengl3/build_win32.bat
+++ b/examples/example_glfw_opengl3/build_win32.bat
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 @REM Build for Visual Studio compiler. Run your copy of vcvars32.bat or vcvarsall.bat to setup command-line compiler.
 mkdir Debug
-cl /nologo /Zi /MD /I .. /I ..\.. /I ..\libs\glfw\include /I ..\libs\gl3w *.cpp ..\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp ..\imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp ..\libs\gl3w\GL\gl3w.c /FeDebug/example_glfw_opengl3.exe /FoDebug/ /link /LIBPATH:..\libs\glfw\lib-vc2010-32 glfw3.lib opengl32.lib gdi32.lib shell32.lib
+cl /nologo /Zi /MD /I .. /I ..\.. /I ..\libs\glfw\include /I ..\libs\gl3w *.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp ..\libs\gl3w\GL\gl3w.c /FeDebug/example_glfw_opengl3.exe /FoDebug/ /link /LIBPATH:..\libs\glfw\lib-vc2010-32 glfw3.lib opengl32.lib gdi32.lib shell32.lib
diff --git a/examples/example_glfw_opengl3/example_glfw_opengl3.vcxproj b/examples/example_glfw_opengl3/example_glfw_opengl3.vcxproj
index 47d2538..9c82393 100644
--- a/examples/example_glfw_opengl3/example_glfw_opengl3.vcxproj
+++ b/examples/example_glfw_opengl3/example_glfw_opengl3.vcxproj
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;..\libs\glfw\include;..\libs\gl3w;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;..\libs\glfw\include;..\libs\gl3w;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;..\libs\glfw\include;..\libs\gl3w;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;..\libs\glfw\include;..\libs\gl3w;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;..\libs\glfw\include;..\libs\gl3w;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;..\libs\glfw\include;..\libs\gl3w;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;..\libs\glfw\include;..\libs\gl3w;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;..\libs\glfw\include;..\libs\gl3w;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_demo.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_draw.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\libs\gl3w\GL\gl3w.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imconfig.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_glfw.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_opengl3.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glfw.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl3.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\libs\gl3w\GL\gl3w.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\libs\gl3w\GL\glcorearb.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -180,4 +180,4 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/examples/example_glfw_opengl3/example_glfw_opengl3.vcxproj.filters b/examples/example_glfw_opengl3/example_glfw_opengl3.vcxproj.filters
index efb570c..000e8d2 100644
--- a/examples/example_glfw_opengl3/example_glfw_opengl3.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/examples/example_glfw_opengl3/example_glfw_opengl3.vcxproj.filters
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_draw.cpp">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp">
-      <Filter>sources</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp">
-      <Filter>sources</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp">
+      <Filter>sources</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp">
+      <Filter>sources</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imconfig.h">
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_glfw.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glfw.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_opengl3.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl3.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -67,4 +67,4 @@
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/examples/example_glfw_vulkan/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/example_glfw_vulkan/CMakeLists.txt
index 023d791..22e17a2 100644
--- a/examples/example_glfw_vulkan/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/example_glfw_vulkan/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@
 
 file(GLOB sources *.cpp)
 
-add_executable(example_glfw_vulkan ${sources} ${IMGUI_DIR}/examples/imgui_impl_glfw.cpp ${IMGUI_DIR}/examples/imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp ${IMGUI_DIR}/imgui.cpp ${IMGUI_DIR}/imgui_draw.cpp ${IMGUI_DIR}/imgui_demo.cpp ${IMGUI_DIR}/imgui_widgets.cpp)
+add_executable(example_glfw_vulkan ${sources} ${IMGUI_DIR}/backends/imgui_impl_glfw.cpp ${IMGUI_DIR}/backends/imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp ${IMGUI_DIR}/imgui.cpp ${IMGUI_DIR}/imgui_draw.cpp ${IMGUI_DIR}/imgui_demo.cpp ${IMGUI_DIR}/imgui_widgets.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(example_glfw_vulkan ${LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/examples/example_glfw_vulkan/build_win32.bat b/examples/example_glfw_vulkan/build_win32.bat
index 0d991b9..ad53cb0 100644
--- a/examples/example_glfw_vulkan/build_win32.bat
+++ b/examples/example_glfw_vulkan/build_win32.bat
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @REM Build for Visual Studio compiler. Run your copy of vcvars32.bat or vcvarsall.bat to setup command-line compiler.
 
 mkdir Debug
-cl /nologo /Zi /MD /I .. /I ..\.. /I ..\libs\glfw\include /I %VULKAN_SDK%\include *.cpp ..\imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp ..\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeDebug/example_glfw_vulkan.exe /FoDebug/ /link /LIBPATH:..\libs\glfw\lib-vc2010-32 /libpath:%VULKAN_SDK%\lib32 glfw3.lib opengl32.lib gdi32.lib shell32.lib vulkan-1.lib
+cl /nologo /Zi /MD /I .. /I ..\.. /I ..\libs\glfw\include /I %VULKAN_SDK%\include *.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeDebug/example_glfw_vulkan.exe /FoDebug/ /link /LIBPATH:..\libs\glfw\lib-vc2010-32 /libpath:%VULKAN_SDK%\lib32 glfw3.lib opengl32.lib gdi32.lib shell32.lib vulkan-1.lib
 
 mkdir Release
-cl /nologo /Zi /MD /Ox /Oi /I .. /I ..\.. /I ..\libs\glfw\include /I %VULKAN_SDK%\include *.cpp ..\imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp ..\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeRelease/example_glfw_vulkan.exe /FoRelease/ /link /LIBPATH:..\libs\glfw\lib-vc2010-32 /libpath:%VULKAN_SDK%\lib32 glfw3.lib opengl32.lib gdi32.lib shell32.lib vulkan-1.lib
+cl /nologo /Zi /MD /Ox /Oi /I .. /I ..\.. /I ..\libs\glfw\include /I %VULKAN_SDK%\include *.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeRelease/example_glfw_vulkan.exe /FoRelease/ /link /LIBPATH:..\libs\glfw\lib-vc2010-32 /libpath:%VULKAN_SDK%\lib32 glfw3.lib opengl32.lib gdi32.lib shell32.lib vulkan-1.lib
diff --git a/examples/example_glfw_vulkan/build_win64.bat b/examples/example_glfw_vulkan/build_win64.bat
index ddedf59..d6b24b5 100644
--- a/examples/example_glfw_vulkan/build_win64.bat
+++ b/examples/example_glfw_vulkan/build_win64.bat
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @REM Build for Visual Studio compiler. Run your copy of amd64/vcvars32.bat to setup 64-bit command-line compiler.
 
 mkdir Debug
-cl /nologo /Zi /MD /I .. /I ..\.. /I ..\libs\glfw\include /I %VULKAN_SDK%\include *.cpp ..\imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp ..\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeDebug/example_glfw_vulkan.exe /FoDebug/ /link /LIBPATH:..\libs\glfw\lib-vc2010-64 /libpath:%VULKAN_SDK%\lib glfw3.lib opengl32.lib gdi32.lib shell32.lib vulkan-1.lib
+cl /nologo /Zi /MD /I .. /I ..\.. /I ..\libs\glfw\include /I %VULKAN_SDK%\include *.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeDebug/example_glfw_vulkan.exe /FoDebug/ /link /LIBPATH:..\libs\glfw\lib-vc2010-64 /libpath:%VULKAN_SDK%\lib glfw3.lib opengl32.lib gdi32.lib shell32.lib vulkan-1.lib
 
 mkdir Release
-cl /nologo /Zi /MD /Ox /Oi /I .. /I ..\.. /I ..\libs\glfw\include /I %VULKAN_SDK%\include *.cpp ..\imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp ..\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeRelease/example_glfw_vulkan.exe /FoRelease/ /link /LIBPATH:..\libs\glfw\lib-vc2010-64 /libpath:%VULKAN_SDK%\lib glfw3.lib opengl32.lib gdi32.lib shell32.lib vulkan-1.lib
+cl /nologo /Zi /MD /Ox /Oi /I .. /I ..\.. /I ..\libs\glfw\include /I %VULKAN_SDK%\include *.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeRelease/example_glfw_vulkan.exe /FoRelease/ /link /LIBPATH:..\libs\glfw\lib-vc2010-64 /libpath:%VULKAN_SDK%\lib glfw3.lib opengl32.lib gdi32.lib shell32.lib vulkan-1.lib
diff --git a/examples/example_glfw_vulkan/example_glfw_vulkan.vcxproj b/examples/example_glfw_vulkan/example_glfw_vulkan.vcxproj
index 9e2c9b3..d941857 100644
--- a/examples/example_glfw_vulkan/example_glfw_vulkan.vcxproj
+++ b/examples/example_glfw_vulkan/example_glfw_vulkan.vcxproj
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%VULKAN_SDK%\include;..\libs\glfw\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%VULKAN_SDK%\include;..\libs\glfw\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%VULKAN_SDK%\include;..\libs\glfw\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%VULKAN_SDK%\include;..\libs\glfw\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%VULKAN_SDK%\include;..\libs\glfw\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%VULKAN_SDK%\include;..\libs\glfw\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%VULKAN_SDK%\include;..\libs\glfw\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%VULKAN_SDK%\include;..\libs\glfw\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -159,16 +159,16 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_demo.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_draw.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imconfig.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_glfw.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_vulkan.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glfw.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_vulkan.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="..\..\misc\natvis\imgui.natvis" />
@@ -177,4 +177,4 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/examples/example_glfw_vulkan/example_glfw_vulkan.vcxproj.filters b/examples/example_glfw_vulkan/example_glfw_vulkan.vcxproj.filters
index 98a445d..43f5f5b 100644
--- a/examples/example_glfw_vulkan/example_glfw_vulkan.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/examples/example_glfw_vulkan/example_glfw_vulkan.vcxproj.filters
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
     </Filter>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <ClCompile Include="main.cpp">
+      <Filter>sources</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui.cpp">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -19,18 +22,15 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_draw.cpp">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="main.cpp">
-      <Filter>sources</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp">
-      <Filter>sources</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp">
-      <Filter>sources</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glfw.cpp">
+      <Filter>sources</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp">
+      <Filter>sources</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imconfig.h">
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_glfw.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glfw.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_vulkan.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_vulkan.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/examples/example_glut_opengl2/Makefile b/examples/example_glut_opengl2/Makefile
index 70576b8..21984ce 100644
--- a/examples/example_glut_opengl2/Makefile
+++ b/examples/example_glut_opengl2/Makefile
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@
 #CXX = clang++
 
 EXE = example_glut_opengl2
+IMGUI_DIR = ../..
 SOURCES = main.cpp
-SOURCES += ../imgui_impl_glut.cpp ../imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp
-SOURCES += ../../imgui.cpp ../../imgui_demo.cpp ../../imgui_draw.cpp ../../imgui_widgets.cpp
+SOURCES += $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_demo.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_draw.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_widgets.cpp
+SOURCES += $(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/imgui_impl_glut.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp
 OBJS = $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(notdir $(SOURCES))))
 UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
 
-CXXFLAGS = -I../ -I../../
+CXXFLAGS = -I$(IMGUI_DIR) -I$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends
 CXXFLAGS += -g -Wall -Wformat
 LIBS =
 
@@ -58,10 +59,10 @@
 %.o:%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-%.o:../%.cpp
+%.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-%.o:../../%.cpp
+%.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 all: $(EXE)
diff --git a/examples/example_glut_opengl2/example_glut_opengl2.vcxproj b/examples/example_glut_opengl2/example_glut_opengl2.vcxproj
index 9a23951..736e6e7 100644
--- a/examples/example_glut_opengl2/example_glut_opengl2.vcxproj
+++ b/examples/example_glut_opengl2/example_glut_opengl2.vcxproj
@@ -159,16 +159,16 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_demo.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_draw.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_glut.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glut.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imconfig.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_glut.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_opengl2.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glut.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl2.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="..\..\misc\natvis\imgui.natvis" />
@@ -177,4 +177,4 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/examples/example_glut_opengl2/example_glut_opengl2.vcxproj.filters b/examples/example_glut_opengl2/example_glut_opengl2.vcxproj.filters
index 290d43d..8f8fd95 100644
--- a/examples/example_glut_opengl2/example_glut_opengl2.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/examples/example_glut_opengl2/example_glut_opengl2.vcxproj.filters
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_draw.cpp">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_glut.cpp">
-      <Filter>sources</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp">
-      <Filter>sources</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glut.cpp">
+      <Filter>sources</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp">
+      <Filter>sources</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imconfig.h">
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_glut.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_glut.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_opengl2.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl2.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/examples/example_marmalade/marmalade_example.mkb b/examples/example_marmalade/marmalade_example.mkb
index 4c94cc0..bf5d1b8 100644
--- a/examples/example_marmalade/marmalade_example.mkb
+++ b/examples/example_marmalade/marmalade_example.mkb
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 
 includepaths
 {
-    ..
     ../..
+    ../../backends
 }
 
 subprojects
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
     ../../imgui.h
     ../../imgui_internal.h
 
-    ["imgui", "Marmalade backend"]
-    ../imgui_impl_marmalade.h
-    ../imgui_impl_marmalade.cpp
+    ["imgui","Marmalade backend"]
+    ../../backends/imgui_impl_marmalade.h
+    ../../backends/imgui_impl_marmalade.cpp
     main.cpp
 
 }
diff --git a/examples/example_null/Makefile b/examples/example_null/Makefile
index d6a702a..25cecd8 100644
--- a/examples/example_null/Makefile
+++ b/examples/example_null/Makefile
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@
 WITH_FREETYPE ?= 0
 
 EXE = example_null
+IMGUI_DIR = ../..
 SOURCES = main.cpp
-SOURCES += ../../imgui.cpp ../../imgui_demo.cpp ../../imgui_draw.cpp ../../imgui_widgets.cpp
+SOURCES += $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_demo.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_draw.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_widgets.cpp
 OBJS = $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(notdir $(SOURCES))))
 UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
 
-CXXFLAGS += -I../ -I../../
+CXXFLAGS += -I$(IMGUI_DIR)
 CXXFLAGS += -g -Wall -Wformat
 LIBS =
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
 # We use the WITH_FREETYPE flag on our CI setup to test compiling misc/freetype/imgui_freetype.cpp
 # (only supported on Linux, and note that the imgui_freetype code currently won't be executed)
 ifeq ($(WITH_FREETYPE), 1)
-	SOURCES += ../../misc/freetype/imgui_freetype.cpp
+	SOURCES += $(IMGUI_DIR)/misc/freetype/imgui_freetype.cpp
 	CXXFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --cflags freetype2)
 	LIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs freetype2)
 endif
@@ -71,13 +72,13 @@
 %.o:%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-%.o:../%.cpp
+%.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-%.o:../../%.cpp
+%.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-%.o:../../misc/freetype/%.cpp
+%.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/misc/freetype/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 all: $(EXE)
diff --git a/examples/example_sdl_directx11/build_win32.bat b/examples/example_sdl_directx11/build_win32.bat
index 8fc702b..b0b4d88 100644
--- a/examples/example_sdl_directx11/build_win32.bat
+++ b/examples/example_sdl_directx11/build_win32.bat
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set OUT_DIR=Debug
 set OUT_EXE=example_sdl_directx11
 set INCLUDES=/I.. /I..\.. /I%SDL2_DIR%\include /I "%WindowsSdkDir%Include\um" /I "%WindowsSdkDir%Include\shared" /I "%DXSDK_DIR%Include"
-set SOURCES=main.cpp ..\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ..\imgui_impl_dx11.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp
+set SOURCES=main.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx11.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp
 set LIBS=/libpath:%SDL2_DIR%\lib\x86 SDL2.lib SDL2main.lib /LIBPATH:"%DXSDK_DIR%/Lib/x86" d3d11.lib d3dcompiler.lib
 mkdir %OUT_DIR%
 cl /nologo /Zi /MD %INCLUDES% %SOURCES% /Fe%OUT_DIR%/%OUT_EXE%.exe /Fo%OUT_DIR%/ /link %LIBS% /subsystem:console
diff --git a/examples/example_sdl_directx11/example_sdl_directx11.vcxproj b/examples/example_sdl_directx11/example_sdl_directx11.vcxproj
index 804bd50..690c660 100644
--- a/examples/example_sdl_directx11/example_sdl_directx11.vcxproj
+++ b/examples/example_sdl_directx11/example_sdl_directx11.vcxproj
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -160,16 +160,16 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_demo.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_draw.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_dx11.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx11.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imconfig.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_dx11.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_sdl.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx11.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="..\..\misc\natvis\imgui.natvis" />
@@ -178,4 +178,4 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/examples/example_sdl_directx11/example_sdl_directx11.vcxproj.filters b/examples/example_sdl_directx11/example_sdl_directx11.vcxproj.filters
index 879f0db..d1f0876 100644
--- a/examples/example_sdl_directx11/example_sdl_directx11.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/examples/example_sdl_directx11/example_sdl_directx11.vcxproj.filters
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_dx11.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx11.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_sdl.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_draw.cpp">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_dx11.cpp">
-      <Filter>sources</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp">
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx11.cpp">
+      <Filter>sources</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/examples/example_sdl_metal/Makefile b/examples/example_sdl_metal/Makefile
index 9d0d5e0..53c8aab 100644
--- a/examples/example_sdl_metal/Makefile
+++ b/examples/example_sdl_metal/Makefile
@@ -7,16 +7,17 @@
 #CXX = clang++
 
 EXE = example_sdl_metal
+IMGUI_DIR = ../..
 SOURCES = main.mm
-SOURCES += ../imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ../imgui_impl_metal.mm
-SOURCES += ../../imgui.cpp ../../imgui_widgets.cpp ../../imgui_demo.cpp ../../imgui_draw.cpp
+SOURCES += $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_demo.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_draw.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_widgets.cpp
+SOURCES += $(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/imgui_impl_sdl.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/imgui_impl_metal.mm
 OBJS = $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(notdir $(SOURCES))))
 
 LIBS = -framework Metal -framework MetalKit -framework Cocoa -framework IOKit -framework CoreVideo -framework QuartzCore
 LIBS += `sdl2-config --libs`
 LIBS += -L/usr/local/lib
 
-CXXFLAGS = -I../ -I../../ -I/usr/local/include
+CXXFLAGS = -I$(IMGUI_DIR) -I$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends -I/usr/local/include
 CXXFLAGS += `sdl2-config --cflags`
 CXXFLAGS += -Wall -Wformat
 CFLAGS = $(CXXFLAGS)
@@ -24,18 +25,18 @@
 %.o:%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-%.o:../%.cpp
+%.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-%.o:../../%.cpp
+%.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-%.o:../%.mm
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -ObjC++ -fobjc-weak -fobjc-arc -c -o $@ $<
-
 %.o:%.mm
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -ObjC++ -fobjc-weak -fobjc-arc -c -o $@ $<
 
+%.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/%.mm
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -ObjC++ -fobjc-weak -fobjc-arc -c -o $@ $<
+
 all: $(EXE)
 	@echo Build complete
 
diff --git a/examples/example_sdl_opengl2/Makefile b/examples/example_sdl_opengl2/Makefile
index 9c57337..2da745d 100644
--- a/examples/example_sdl_opengl2/Makefile
+++ b/examples/example_sdl_opengl2/Makefile
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@
 #CXX = clang++
 
 EXE = example_sdl_opengl2
+IMGUI_DIR = ../..
 SOURCES = main.cpp
-SOURCES += ../imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ../imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp
-SOURCES += ../../imgui.cpp ../../imgui_demo.cpp ../../imgui_draw.cpp ../../imgui_widgets.cpp
+SOURCES += $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_demo.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_draw.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_widgets.cpp
+SOURCES += $(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/imgui_impl_sdl.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp
 OBJS = $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(notdir $(SOURCES))))
 UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
 
-CXXFLAGS = -I../ -I../../
+CXXFLAGS = -I$(IMGUI_DIR) -I$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends
 CXXFLAGS += -g -Wall -Wformat
 LIBS =
 
@@ -62,10 +63,10 @@
 %.o:%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-%.o:../%.cpp
+%.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-%.o:../../%.cpp
+%.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 all: $(EXE)
diff --git a/examples/example_sdl_opengl2/README.md b/examples/example_sdl_opengl2/README.md
index 60a5e37..0090063 100644
--- a/examples/example_sdl_opengl2/README.md
+++ b/examples/example_sdl_opengl2/README.md
@@ -5,21 +5,21 @@
 
 ```
 set SDL2_DIR=path_to_your_sdl2_folder
-cl /Zi /MD /I.. /I..\.. /I%SDL2_DIR%\include main.cpp ..\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ..\imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeDebug/example_sdl_opengl2.exe /FoDebug/ /link /libpath:%SDL2_DIR%\lib\x86 SDL2.lib SDL2main.lib opengl32.lib /subsystem:console
+cl /Zi /MD /I.. /I..\.. /I%SDL2_DIR%\include main.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeDebug/example_sdl_opengl2.exe /FoDebug/ /link /libpath:%SDL2_DIR%\lib\x86 SDL2.lib SDL2main.lib opengl32.lib /subsystem:console
 #          ^^ include paths                  ^^ source files                                                           ^^ output exe                    ^^ output dir   ^^ libraries
 # or for 64-bit:
-cl /Zi /MD /I.. /I..\.. /I%SDL2_DIR%\include main.cpp ..\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ..\imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeDebug/example_sdl_opengl2.exe /FoDebug/ /link /libpath:%SDL2_DIR%\lib\x64 SDL2.lib SDL2main.lib opengl32.lib /subsystem:console
+cl /Zi /MD /I.. /I..\.. /I%SDL2_DIR%\include main.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeDebug/example_sdl_opengl2.exe /FoDebug/ /link /libpath:%SDL2_DIR%\lib\x64 SDL2.lib SDL2main.lib opengl32.lib /subsystem:console
 ```
 
 - On Linux and similar Unixes
 
 ```
-c++ `sdl2-config --cflags` -I .. -I ../.. main.cpp ../imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ../imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp ../../imgui*.cpp `sdl2-config --libs` -lGL
+c++ `sdl2-config --cflags` -I .. -I ../.. main.cpp ../../backends/imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ../../backends/imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp ../../imgui*.cpp `sdl2-config --libs` -lGL
 ```
 
 - On Mac OS X
 
 ```
 brew install sdl2
-c++ `sdl2-config --cflags` -I .. -I ../.. main.cpp ../imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ../imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp ../../imgui*.cpp `sdl2-config --libs` -framework OpenGl
+c++ `sdl2-config --cflags` -I .. -I ../.. main.cpp ../../backends/imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ../../backends/imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp ../../imgui*.cpp `sdl2-config --libs` -framework OpenGl
 ```
diff --git a/examples/example_sdl_opengl2/build_win32.bat b/examples/example_sdl_opengl2/build_win32.bat
index d209b2a..71157f5 100644
--- a/examples/example_sdl_opengl2/build_win32.bat
+++ b/examples/example_sdl_opengl2/build_win32.bat
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set OUT_DIR=Debug
 set OUT_EXE=example_sdl_opengl2
 set INCLUDES=/I.. /I..\.. /I%SDL2_DIR%\include
-set SOURCES=main.cpp ..\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ..\imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp
+set SOURCES=main.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp
 set LIBS=/libpath:%SDL2_DIR%\lib\x86 SDL2.lib SDL2main.lib opengl32.lib
 mkdir %OUT_DIR%
 cl /nologo /Zi /MD %INCLUDES% %SOURCES% /Fe%OUT_DIR%/%OUT_EXE%.exe /Fo%OUT_DIR%/ /link %LIBS% /subsystem:console
diff --git a/examples/example_sdl_opengl2/example_sdl_opengl2.vcxproj b/examples/example_sdl_opengl2/example_sdl_opengl2.vcxproj
index 83a6a8a..b8eb921 100644
--- a/examples/example_sdl_opengl2/example_sdl_opengl2.vcxproj
+++ b/examples/example_sdl_opengl2/example_sdl_opengl2.vcxproj
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -159,16 +159,16 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_demo.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_draw.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imconfig.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_opengl2.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_sdl.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl2.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="..\..\misc\natvis\imgui.natvis" />
@@ -177,4 +177,4 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/examples/example_sdl_opengl2/example_sdl_opengl2.vcxproj.filters b/examples/example_sdl_opengl2/example_sdl_opengl2.vcxproj.filters
index e0c1bf2..65acfe4 100644
--- a/examples/example_sdl_opengl2/example_sdl_opengl2.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/examples/example_sdl_opengl2/example_sdl_opengl2.vcxproj.filters
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp">
-      <Filter>sources</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp">
-      <Filter>sources</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp">
+      <Filter>sources</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl2.cpp">
+      <Filter>sources</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imconfig.h">
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_opengl2.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl2.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_sdl.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/examples/example_sdl_opengl3/Makefile b/examples/example_sdl_opengl3/Makefile
index e8009a4..b408ce3 100644
--- a/examples/example_sdl_opengl3/Makefile
+++ b/examples/example_sdl_opengl3/Makefile
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@
 #CXX = clang++
 
 EXE = example_sdl_opengl3
+IMGUI_DIR = ../..
 SOURCES = main.cpp
-SOURCES += ../imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ../imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp
-SOURCES += ../../imgui.cpp ../../imgui_demo.cpp ../../imgui_draw.cpp ../../imgui_widgets.cpp
+SOURCES += $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_demo.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_draw.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/imgui_widgets.cpp
+SOURCES += $(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/imgui_impl_sdl.cpp $(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp
 OBJS = $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(notdir $(SOURCES))))
 UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
 
-CXXFLAGS = -I../ -I../../
+CXXFLAGS = -I$(IMGUI_DIR) -I$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends
 CXXFLAGS += -g -Wall -Wformat
 LIBS =
 
@@ -92,10 +93,10 @@
 %.o:%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-%.o:../%.cpp
+%.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-%.o:../../%.cpp
+%.o:$(IMGUI_DIR)/backends/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 %.o:../libs/gl3w/GL/%.c
diff --git a/examples/example_sdl_opengl3/README.md b/examples/example_sdl_opengl3/README.md
index ec21fb7..edeafec 100644
--- a/examples/example_sdl_opengl3/README.md
+++ b/examples/example_sdl_opengl3/README.md
@@ -5,21 +5,21 @@
 
 ```
 set SDL2_DIR=path_to_your_sdl2_folder
-cl /Zi /MD /I.. /I..\.. /I%SDL2_DIR%\include /I..\libs\gl3w main.cpp ..\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ..\imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp ..\libs\gl3w\GL\gl3w.c /FeDebug/example_sdl_opengl3.exe /FoDebug/ /link /libpath:%SDL2_DIR%\lib\x86 SDL2.lib SDL2main.lib opengl32.lib /subsystem:console
+cl /Zi /MD /I.. /I..\.. /I%SDL2_DIR%\include /I..\libs\gl3w main.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp ..\libs\gl3w\GL\gl3w.c /FeDebug/example_sdl_opengl3.exe /FoDebug/ /link /libpath:%SDL2_DIR%\lib\x86 SDL2.lib SDL2main.lib opengl32.lib /subsystem:console
 #          ^^ include paths                                 ^^ source files                                                                                  ^^ output exe                    ^^ output dir   ^^ libraries
 # or for 64-bit:
-cl /Zi /MD /I.. /I..\.. /I%SDL2_DIR%\include /I..\libs\gl3w main.cpp ..\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ..\imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp ..\libs\gl3w\GL\gl3w.c /FeDebug/example_sdl_opengl3.exe /FoDebug/ /link /libpath:%SDL2_DIR%\lib\x64 SDL2.lib SDL2main.lib opengl32.lib /subsystem:console
+cl /Zi /MD /I.. /I..\.. /I%SDL2_DIR%\include /I..\libs\gl3w main.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp ..\libs\gl3w\GL\gl3w.c /FeDebug/example_sdl_opengl3.exe /FoDebug/ /link /libpath:%SDL2_DIR%\lib\x64 SDL2.lib SDL2main.lib opengl32.lib /subsystem:console
 ```
 
 - On Linux and similar Unixes
 
 ```
-c++ `sdl2-config --cflags` -I .. -I ../.. -I ../libs/gl3w main.cpp ../imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ../imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp ../../imgui*.cpp ../libs/gl3w/GL/gl3w.c `sdl2-config --libs` -lGL -ldl
+c++ `sdl2-config --cflags` -I .. -I ../.. -I ../libs/gl3w main.cpp ../../backends/imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ../../backends/imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp ../../imgui*.cpp ../libs/gl3w/GL/gl3w.c `sdl2-config --libs` -lGL -ldl
 ```
 
 - On Mac OS X
 
 ```
 brew install sdl2
-c++ `sdl2-config --cflags` -I .. -I ../.. -I ../libs/gl3w main.cpp ../imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ../imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp ../../imgui*.cpp ../libs/gl3w/GL/gl3w.c `sdl2-config --libs` -framework OpenGl -framework CoreFoundation
+c++ `sdl2-config --cflags` -I .. -I ../.. -I ../libs/gl3w main.cpp ../../backends/imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ../../backends/imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp ../../imgui*.cpp ../libs/gl3w/GL/gl3w.c `sdl2-config --libs` -framework OpenGl -framework CoreFoundation
 ```
diff --git a/examples/example_sdl_opengl3/build_win32.bat b/examples/example_sdl_opengl3/build_win32.bat
index ce10560..d13cc94 100644
--- a/examples/example_sdl_opengl3/build_win32.bat
+++ b/examples/example_sdl_opengl3/build_win32.bat
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set OUT_DIR=Debug
 set OUT_EXE=example_sdl_opengl3
 set INCLUDES=/I.. /I..\.. /I%SDL2_DIR%\include /I..\libs\gl3w
-set SOURCES=main.cpp ..\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ..\imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp ..\libs\gl3w\GL\gl3w.c
+set SOURCES=main.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp ..\libs\gl3w\GL\gl3w.c
 set LIBS=/libpath:%SDL2_DIR%\lib\x86 SDL2.lib SDL2main.lib opengl32.lib
 mkdir %OUT_DIR%
 cl /nologo /Zi /MD %INCLUDES% %SOURCES% /Fe%OUT_DIR%/%OUT_EXE%.exe /Fo%OUT_DIR%/ /link %LIBS% /subsystem:console
diff --git a/examples/example_sdl_opengl3/example_sdl_opengl3.vcxproj b/examples/example_sdl_opengl3/example_sdl_opengl3.vcxproj
index 54aaa79..c8d67f9 100644
--- a/examples/example_sdl_opengl3/example_sdl_opengl3.vcxproj
+++ b/examples/example_sdl_opengl3/example_sdl_opengl3.vcxproj
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%SDL2_DIR%\include;..\libs\gl3w;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%SDL2_DIR%\include;..\libs\gl3w;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%SDL2_DIR%\include;..\libs\gl3w;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%SDL2_DIR%\include;..\libs\gl3w;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%SDL2_DIR%\include;..\libs\gl3w;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%SDL2_DIR%\include;..\libs\gl3w;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%SDL2_DIR%\include;..\libs\gl3w;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%SDL2_DIR%\include;..\libs\gl3w;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_demo.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_draw.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\libs\gl3w\GL\gl3w.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imconfig.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_opengl3.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_sdl.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl3.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\libs\gl3w\GL\gl3w.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\libs\gl3w\GL\glcorearb.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/examples/example_sdl_opengl3/example_sdl_opengl3.vcxproj.filters b/examples/example_sdl_opengl3/example_sdl_opengl3.vcxproj.filters
index fbef18a..ade2c96 100644
--- a/examples/example_sdl_opengl3/example_sdl_opengl3.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/examples/example_sdl_opengl3/example_sdl_opengl3.vcxproj.filters
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\libs\gl3w\GL\gl3w.c">
       <Filter>gl3w</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp">
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp">
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp">
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\libs\gl3w\GL\glcorearb.h">
       <Filter>gl3w</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_opengl3.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_opengl3.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_sdl.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -67,4 +67,4 @@
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/examples/example_sdl_vulkan/example_sdl_vulkan.vcxproj b/examples/example_sdl_vulkan/example_sdl_vulkan.vcxproj
index ac701a2..84cc94b 100644
--- a/examples/example_sdl_vulkan/example_sdl_vulkan.vcxproj
+++ b/examples/example_sdl_vulkan/example_sdl_vulkan.vcxproj
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%VULKAN_SDK%\include;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%VULKAN_SDK%\include;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%VULKAN_SDK%\include;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%VULKAN_SDK%\include;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%VULKAN_SDK%\include;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%VULKAN_SDK%\include;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%VULKAN_SDK%\include;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%VULKAN_SDK%\include;%SDL2_DIR%\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -159,16 +159,16 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_demo.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_draw.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imconfig.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_sdl.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_vulkan.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_vulkan.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="..\..\misc\natvis\imgui.natvis" />
diff --git a/examples/example_sdl_vulkan/example_sdl_vulkan.vcxproj.filters b/examples/example_sdl_vulkan/example_sdl_vulkan.vcxproj.filters
index 6f08252..8a6b48e 100644
--- a/examples/example_sdl_vulkan/example_sdl_vulkan.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/examples/example_sdl_vulkan/example_sdl_vulkan.vcxproj.filters
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_draw.cpp">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp">
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.cpp">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp">
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp">
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_sdl.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_sdl.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_vulkan.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_vulkan.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/examples/example_win32_directx10/build_win32.bat b/examples/example_win32_directx10/build_win32.bat
index d79cb8f..75cb837 100644
--- a/examples/example_win32_directx10/build_win32.bat
+++ b/examples/example_win32_directx10/build_win32.bat
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 @REM Build for Visual Studio compiler. Run your copy of vcvars32.bat or vcvarsall.bat to setup command-line compiler.
 mkdir Debug
-cl /nologo /Zi /MD /I .. /I ..\.. /I "%WindowsSdkDir%Include\um" /I "%WindowsSdkDir%Include\shared" /I "%DXSDK_DIR%Include" /D UNICODE /D _UNICODE *.cpp ..\imgui_impl_win32.cpp ..\imgui_impl_dx10.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeDebug/example_win32_directx10.exe /FoDebug/ /link /LIBPATH:"%DXSDK_DIR%/Lib/x86" d3d10.lib d3dcompiler.lib
+cl /nologo /Zi /MD /I .. /I ..\.. /I "%WindowsSdkDir%Include\um" /I "%WindowsSdkDir%Include\shared" /I "%DXSDK_DIR%Include" /D UNICODE /D _UNICODE *.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_win32.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx10.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeDebug/example_win32_directx10.exe /FoDebug/ /link /LIBPATH:"%DXSDK_DIR%/Lib/x86" d3d10.lib d3dcompiler.lib
 
diff --git a/examples/example_win32_directx10/example_win32_directx10.vcxproj b/examples/example_win32_directx10/example_win32_directx10.vcxproj
index 5c3aa69..4a24dc1 100644
--- a/examples/example_win32_directx10/example_win32_directx10.vcxproj
+++ b/examples/example_win32_directx10/example_win32_directx10.vcxproj
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -148,16 +148,16 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imconfig.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_dx10.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_win32.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx10.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_win32.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_demo.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_draw.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_dx10.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_win32.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx10.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_win32.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/examples/example_win32_directx10/example_win32_directx10.vcxproj.filters b/examples/example_win32_directx10/example_win32_directx10.vcxproj.filters
index 9762002..16107c9 100644
--- a/examples/example_win32_directx10/example_win32_directx10.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/examples/example_win32_directx10/example_win32_directx10.vcxproj.filters
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_dx10.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx10.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_win32.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_win32.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_draw.cpp">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_dx10.cpp">
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx10.cpp">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_win32.cpp">
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_win32.cpp">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp">
diff --git a/examples/example_win32_directx11/build_win32.bat b/examples/example_win32_directx11/build_win32.bat
index 05e6a6f..cbe96b0 100644
--- a/examples/example_win32_directx11/build_win32.bat
+++ b/examples/example_win32_directx11/build_win32.bat
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 @REM Build for Visual Studio compiler. Run your copy of vcvars32.bat or vcvarsall.bat to setup command-line compiler.
 mkdir Debug
-cl /nologo /Zi /MD /I .. /I ..\.. /I "%WindowsSdkDir%Include\um" /I "%WindowsSdkDir%Include\shared" /I "%DXSDK_DIR%Include" /D UNICODE /D _UNICODE *.cpp ..\imgui_impl_dx11.cpp ..\imgui_impl_win32.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeDebug/example_win32_directx11.exe /FoDebug/ /link /LIBPATH:"%DXSDK_DIR%/Lib/x86" d3d11.lib d3dcompiler.lib
+cl /nologo /Zi /MD /I .. /I ..\.. /I "%WindowsSdkDir%Include\um" /I "%WindowsSdkDir%Include\shared" /I "%DXSDK_DIR%Include" /D UNICODE /D _UNICODE *.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx11.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_win32.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeDebug/example_win32_directx11.exe /FoDebug/ /link /LIBPATH:"%DXSDK_DIR%/Lib/x86" d3d11.lib d3dcompiler.lib
 
diff --git a/examples/example_win32_directx11/example_win32_directx11.vcxproj b/examples/example_win32_directx11/example_win32_directx11.vcxproj
index bcb71bc..e9945db 100644
--- a/examples/example_win32_directx11/example_win32_directx11.vcxproj
+++ b/examples/example_win32_directx11/example_win32_directx11.vcxproj
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
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       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
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       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
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       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -147,16 +147,16 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imconfig.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_dx11.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_win32.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx11.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_win32.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_demo.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_draw.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_dx11.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_win32.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx11.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_win32.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -166,4 +166,4 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/examples/example_win32_directx11/example_win32_directx11.vcxproj.filters b/examples/example_win32_directx11/example_win32_directx11.vcxproj.filters
index 1df6a0c..6956b58 100644
--- a/examples/example_win32_directx11/example_win32_directx11.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/examples/example_win32_directx11/example_win32_directx11.vcxproj.filters
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_win32.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_win32.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_dx11.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx11.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -38,15 +38,15 @@
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     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_win32.cpp">
-      <Filter>sources</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_dx11.cpp">
-      <Filter>sources</Filter>
-    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp">
       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_win32.cpp">
+      <Filter>sources</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx11.cpp">
+      <Filter>sources</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="..\README.txt" />
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/examples/example_win32_directx12/build_win32.bat b/examples/example_win32_directx12/build_win32.bat
index 097295a..5556dfe 100644
--- a/examples/example_win32_directx12/build_win32.bat
+++ b/examples/example_win32_directx12/build_win32.bat
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 @REM Build for Visual Studio compiler. Run your copy of vcvars32.bat or vcvarsall.bat to setup command-line compiler.
 @REM Important: to build on 32-bit systems, the DX12 backends needs '#define ImTextureID ImU64', so we pass it here.
 mkdir Debug
-cl /nologo /Zi /MD /I .. /I ..\.. /I "%WindowsSdkDir%Include\um" /I "%WindowsSdkDir%Include\shared" /D ImTextureID=ImU64 /D UNICODE /D _UNICODE *.cpp ..\imgui_impl_dx12.cpp ..\imgui_impl_win32.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeDebug/example_win32_directx12.exe /FoDebug/ /link d3d12.lib d3dcompiler.lib dxgi.lib
+cl /nologo /Zi /MD /I .. /I ..\.. /I "%WindowsSdkDir%Include\um" /I "%WindowsSdkDir%Include\shared" /D ImTextureID=ImU64 /D UNICODE /D _UNICODE *.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx12.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_win32.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeDebug/example_win32_directx12.exe /FoDebug/ /link d3d12.lib d3dcompiler.lib dxgi.lib
 
diff --git a/examples/example_win32_directx12/example_win32_directx12.vcxproj b/examples/example_win32_directx12/example_win32_directx12.vcxproj
index f03bf76..452328c 100644
--- a/examples/example_win32_directx12/example_win32_directx12.vcxproj
+++ b/examples/example_win32_directx12/example_win32_directx12.vcxproj
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>ImTextureID=ImU64;_UNICODE;UNICODE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>ImTextureID=ImU64;_UNICODE;UNICODE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
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       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>ImTextureID=ImU64;_UNICODE;UNICODE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
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@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
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       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>ImTextureID=ImU64;_UNICODE;UNICODE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -150,16 +150,16 @@
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     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_dx12.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_win32.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx12.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_win32.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_demo.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_draw.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_dx12.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_win32.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx12.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_win32.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
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   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/examples/example_win32_directx12/example_win32_directx12.vcxproj.filters b/examples/example_win32_directx12/example_win32_directx12.vcxproj.filters
index 28a2557..754c295 100644
--- a/examples/example_win32_directx12/example_win32_directx12.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/examples/example_win32_directx12/example_win32_directx12.vcxproj.filters
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
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       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_dx12.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx12.h">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_win32.h">
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_win32.h">
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@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@
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       <Filter>imgui</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_dx12.cpp">
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx12.cpp">
       <Filter>sources</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_win32.cpp">
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_win32.cpp">
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     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp">
diff --git a/examples/example_win32_directx9/build_win32.bat b/examples/example_win32_directx9/build_win32.bat
index 4db2765..1378103 100644
--- a/examples/example_win32_directx9/build_win32.bat
+++ b/examples/example_win32_directx9/build_win32.bat
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 @REM Build for Visual Studio compiler. Run your copy of vcvars32.bat or vcvarsall.bat to setup command-line compiler.
 mkdir Debug
-cl /nologo /Zi /MD /I .. /I ..\.. /I "%DXSDK_DIR%/Include" /D UNICODE /D _UNICODE *.cpp ..\imgui_impl_dx9.cpp ..\imgui_impl_win32.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeDebug/example_win32_directx9.exe /FoDebug/ /link /LIBPATH:"%DXSDK_DIR%/Lib/x86" d3d9.lib
+cl /nologo /Zi /MD /I .. /I ..\.. /I "%DXSDK_DIR%/Include" /D UNICODE /D _UNICODE *.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx9.cpp ..\..\backends\imgui_impl_win32.cpp ..\..\imgui*.cpp /FeDebug/example_win32_directx9.exe /FoDebug/ /link /LIBPATH:"%DXSDK_DIR%/Lib/x86" d3d9.lib
diff --git a/examples/example_win32_directx9/example_win32_directx9.vcxproj b/examples/example_win32_directx9/example_win32_directx9.vcxproj
index 25bdd85..a33833b 100644
--- a/examples/example_win32_directx9/example_win32_directx9.vcxproj
+++ b/examples/example_win32_directx9/example_win32_directx9.vcxproj
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
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       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);$(DXSDK_DIR)Include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);$(DXSDK_DIR)Include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
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-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);$(DXSDK_DIR)Include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..\..\backends;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);$(DXSDK_DIR)Include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
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-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..;..;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories);$(DXSDK_DIR)Include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
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     <ClCompile Include="..\..\imgui_widgets.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_dx9.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_win32.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx9.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_win32.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="main.cpp" />
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     <ClInclude Include="..\..\imgui_internal.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_dx9.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\imgui_impl_win32.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_dx9.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\backends\imgui_impl_win32.h" />
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diff --git a/examples/example_win32_directx9/example_win32_directx9.vcxproj.filters b/examples/example_win32_directx9/example_win32_directx9.vcxproj.filters
index 914cd26..2a68455 100644
--- a/examples/example_win32_directx9/example_win32_directx9.vcxproj.filters
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@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
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-    <ClCompile Include="..\imgui_impl_dx9.cpp">
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