Disable key from standard ESO keystrip?

**Baertram** · 08/14/14, 12:41 PM

Is it possible to disable a key from the standard ESO gui's keystrip, so nothing happens if a user presses the key?

I'd like to react on something and after this disable the following keybindings:
UI_SHORTCUT_PRIMARY -- Primary action/Accept
UI_SHORTCUT_SECONDARY -- Secondary Action
UI_SHORTCUT_TERTIARY -- Tertiary Action

I've searched a while now and all I found is how you are able to change the texture, make them invisible, not mouse clickable (but they still work then, if someone presses the shortcut on his keybord/controller).

With zgoo I found methods like SetKeybind() and SetKeybindEnabled() for controls. But they only seem to set the keybind to the control. I wasn't able to disable them with it.

I also found a function you could use, if you stay out of combat:
UnbindKeyFromAction protected (luaindex layerIndex, luaindex categoryIndex, luaindex actionIndex, luaindex bindingIndex)
But I did not manage to get all needed parameters to unbind something. Maybe it's the wrong function too.
And I would have to rebind the unbound keys afterwards again.

Thanks for any help.

Fyrakin · 08/14/14, 03:40 PM

Did you try making a toplevel control and enable keyboard on it?

**Seerah** · 08/14/14, 04:05 PM

I have not had any luck with this.

sirinsidiator · 08/14/14, 04:48 PM

Haven't tested this myself, but you could try something like this:

init:

Code:

local keybindButtonDescriptor = KEYBIND_STRIP.keybinds["UI_SHORTCUT_PRIMARY"]
local oldEnabled = keybindButtonDescriptor.enabled

disable:

Code:

keybindButtonDescriptor.enabled = false -- can also be a function that returns a boolean
KEYBIND_STRIP:UpdateKeybindButton(keybindButtonDescriptor)

enable:

Code:

keybindButtonDescriptor.enabled = oldEnabled
KEYBIND_STRIP:UpdateKeybindButton(keybindButtonDescriptor)

if this does not work, you could also replace keybindButtonDescriptor.callback with an empty function

**Baertram** · 08/15/14, 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by sirinsidiator

Haven't tested this myself, but you could try something like this:

init:

Code:

local keybindButtonDescriptor = KEYBIND_STRIP.keybinds["UI_SHORTCUT_PRIMARY"]
local oldEnabled = keybindButtonDescriptor.enabled

disable:

Code:

keybindButtonDescriptor.enabled = false -- can also be a function that returns a boolean
KEYBIND_STRIP:UpdateKeybindButton(keybindButtonDescriptor)

enable:

Code:

keybindButtonDescriptor.enabled = oldEnabled
KEYBIND_STRIP:UpdateKeybindButton(keybindButtonDescriptor)

if this does not work, you could also replace keybindButtonDescriptor.callback with an empty function

I've tested it but it will only remove the text next to the keybind button and deactivate the onclick method (which leads to an error if you press the button).
So you'll see the buttons on the keybind strip at the bottom, for example [E] and [R]. But No text next to it anymore.
If you click them or press the key on your keayboard a lua error occurs:

Code:

EsoUI/Libraries/ZO_KeybindStrip/ZO_KeybindStrip.lua:20: attempt to index a boolean value
stack traceback:
	EsoUI/Libraries/ZO_KeybindStrip/ZO_KeybindStrip.lua:20: in function 'OnButtonClicked'
	EsoUI/Libraries/ZO_KeybindStrip/ZO_KeybindStrip.lua:234: in function 'ZO_KeybindStrip:TryHandlingKeybindDown'
	(tail call): ?
	(tail call): ?

But it's a good attempt. Maybe one can remove the controls from the keybind strip bar at the bottom (or make them invisible) and overwrite the onclick handler somehowe to let it do nothing.

I'll try to play around with
ZO_KeybindStrip_HandleKeybindDown
ZO_KeybindStrip_HandleKeybindUp

sirinsidiator · 08/15/14, 11:57 AM

After some experimenting I got a working example:

Code:

	local button = nil
	TRADING_HOUSE_SCENE:RegisterCallback("StateChange", function()
		d("state change")
		zo_callLater(function()
			if(button) then return end
			button = KEYBIND_STRIP.keybinds["UI_SHORTCUT_TERTIARY"]
			local keybindButtonDescriptor = button.keybindButtonDescriptor
			local oldEnabled = keybindButtonDescriptor.enabled
			local oldCallback = keybindButtonDescriptor.callback

			d("disable")
			keybindButtonDescriptor.enabled = false
			keybindButtonDescriptor.callback = function() end
			KEYBIND_STRIP:UpdateKeybindButton(keybindButtonDescriptor)

			zo_callLater(function()
				d("enable")
				keybindButtonDescriptor.enabled = oldEnabled
				keybindButtonDescriptor.callback = oldCallback
				KEYBIND_STRIP:UpdateKeybindButton(keybindButtonDescriptor)
			end, 5000)
		end, 200)
	end)

It disables the guild switch keybind strip in the guild store for 5 seconds and then enables it again.

Fyrakin · 08/15/14, 12:02 PM

I'm not sure if that would help you but I would do the following

Code:

ZO_PreHook(KEYBIND_STRIP, "TryHandlingKeybindDown", function(keybind) 
-- code which decides where you need to do something about keybind and return truwe which tells that you handled it and original function doesn't have to be called or return false or nil so it acts as normal
 end)

remosito · 04/18/22, 02:25 AM

more necro bounties :-)

might be useful to somebody else:

I wanted to get rid of the "Sell all Junk" button in the store window...

surprisingly just changing visibility was enough. Hitting the associated keybind "x" does nothing anymore....

Code:

	local storekeybindstrip = STORE_WINDOW.keybindStripDescriptor
	for k,v in pairs(storekeybindstrip) do
		if type(v) == "table" and v["keybind"] == "UI_SHORTCUT_NEGATIVE" then 
			STORE_WINDOW.keybindStripDescriptor[k]["visible"] = function() return false end
		end
	end

thanks circonian for pointing me the way of the STORE_WINDOW.keybindStripDescriptor!

Now to hunt down the inventory window keybindstrip to get rid of the "Destroy all junk" keybind

if that one behaves differently I'll come back to update my post..

remosito · 05/01/22, 09:11 AM

Originally Posted by remosito

Now to hunt down the inventory window keybindstrip to get rid of the "Destroy all junk" keybind

if that one behaves differently I'll come back to update my post..

That was fruitless... :-/

When following down data structures always ended up at some strange UserData values...

google made me think this is where it all goes over into C coded functionality...

But found a workaround, ESO calls a predefined Dialog upon pressing that button from ingame/globals/ingamedialogs.lua

So I just overwrote that one in my code:

Code:

	ESO_Dialogs["DESTROY_ALL_JUNK"] = {
		title =	{ text = SI_PROMPT_TITLE_DESTROY_ITEMS, },
		mainText = { text = "Functionality disabled by Addon",},
		buttons = {	[1] = {	text =       SI_DIALOG_DECLINE,	},},
	}

Not as nice, but works....