UI help - Without XML

Mitazaki · 04/02/14, 05:43 AM

I'm looking to add text to the ui without any backgrounds or anything, how do I add this without using xml.

Also I would like to know how to fire a set of code every time the reticle target changes.

I know there is tutorials about the events but they are a little unclear about where the code actually goes.

Thx in advanced.

zork · 04/02/14, 08:07 AM

Lua Code:

local wm = GetWindowManager()
  
  --frame
  local frame = wm:CreateTopLevelWindow()
  frame:SetDimensions(128,128)
  frame:SetAnchor(CENTER,GuiRoot,CENTER,0,0)
 
  --text
  local text = wm:CreateControl(nil, frame, CT_LABEL)
  text:SetAnchorFill(frame)
  text:SetText("Hello World")

Check out addons from Visur. They are Lua only atm and should include everything you need.
http://www.esoui.com/downloads/author-462.html

Mitazaki · 04/02/14, 08:30 AM

Exactly what I was after, much appreciated. I might have a look at those addons but I got the basics of events now.

**Seerah** · 04/02/14, 10:03 PM

I'm pretty sure you have to give a name to your frame and not just nil. No?

zork · 04/03/14, 01:50 AM

You do not have to give every control a global name, nil is just fine. No need to pollute the global namespace.

Halja · 04/03/14, 06:10 AM

Originally Posted by zork

You do not have to give every control a global name, nil is just fine. No need to pollute the global namespace.

If you don’t give the control a name, how do traverse/find the controls at runtime to make dynamic changes? I’m all for reducing global name space littering but I don’t want to make my coding more difficult.
--Halja

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It isn't just one of your holiday games; T.S. Eliot

Xrystal · 04/03/14, 01:23 PM

just store the value of the create function into a variable and you have access to that frame.

eg:

local tlw = WindowMgr:CreateTopLevelWindow(nil)
tlw.BackGround = WindowMgr:CreateControl(nil,tlw,CT_BACKDROP)
etc

**Seerah** · 04/03/14, 04:06 PM

I tested it again last night before I said something.

Lua Code:

znb.bg = wm:CreateControl(nil, znb, CT_TEXTURE)
znb.bg:SetTexture("ZAM_Notebook\\NotebookBG.dds")

Replacing my bg texture name with nil caused the background to no longer be displayed. Though it didn't throw any errors for references to znb.bg.

Mitazaki · 04/03/14, 08:07 PM

Originally Posted by zork

Lua Code:

local wm = GetWindowManager()
  
  --frame
  local frame = wm:CreateTopLevelWindow()
  frame:SetDimensions(128,128)
  frame:SetAnchor(CENTER,GuiRoot,CENTER,0,0)
 
  --text
  local text = wm:CreateControl(nil, frame, CT_LABEL)
  text:SetAnchorFill(frame)
  text:SetText("Hello World")

Check out addons from Visur. They are Lua only atm and should include everything you need.
http://www.esoui.com/downloads/author-462.html

Are you sure there isn't anything missing, I pasted this in a addon and it didnt display anything :S

Dio · 04/04/14, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by zork

You do not have to give every control a global name, nil is just fine. No need to pollute the global namespace.

Although I think this breaks my Clarity add-on, preventing users from having the choice to only show specified addons with a keybind if they don't want to see them all the time.