Need help understanding why these texture are not filling the background...

[Lodur]

I have a ZO_ScrollList template for a row that includes a backdrop. I do not understand why the backdrop is drawing the way that it is... The highlight backdrop is not even doing the same thing as the default backdrop...

I really want this looking like the default UI backpack inventroy except wider... I'm using the same background textures as the inventory based on what /zgoo showed me. I have been trying stuff to get it working but no luck so far...

Anyone know what I need to do? Thanks.


What it looks like:


Using ControlOutline addon ( with a slight mod ):


Here is my row template xml:

<GuiXml>
  <Controls>
    <Control name="MailLooterLootListRow" virtual="true">
      <Dimensions x="750" y="52" />

      <Controls>
        <Texture name="$(parent)_BG" textureFile="/esoui/art/miscellaneous/listitem_backdrop.dds" layer="BACKGROUND" alpha="1" pixelRoundingEnabled="true" >
          <AnchorFill />
        </Texture>

        <Texture name="$(parent)_Highlight" textureFile="/esoui/art/miscellaneous/listitem_highlight.dds" layer="BACKGROUND" alpha="1" hidden="true">
          <AnchorFill />
        </Texture>

        <Texture name="$(parent)_Type" alpha="0.7">
          <Dimensions x="40" y="40" />
          <Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="$(parent)" offsetX="10" offsetY="5" />
        </Texture>

        <Texture name="$(parent)_Icon">
          <Dimensions x="40" y="40" />
          <Anchor point="LEFT" relativePoint="RIGHT" relativeTo="$(parent)_Type" offsetX="42" offsetY="0" />
        </Texture>

        <Label name="$(parent)_Name" font="ZoFontGameBold" text="" wrapMode="ELLIPSIS">
          <Anchor point="LEFT" relativePoint="RIGHT" relativeTo="$(parent)_Icon" offsetX="27" offsetY="0" />
        </Label>

        <Label name="$(parent)_Value" font="ZoFontGameBold" text="">
          <Anchor point="RIGHT" relativePoint="RIGHT" relativeTo="$(parent)" offsetX="-10" offsetY="0" />
        </Label>
      </Controls>

    </Control>

  </Controls>
</GuiXml>

[votan]

I trapped into this, too.

        <Texture name="Highlight" textureFile="EsoUI/Art/Miscellaneous/listItem_highlight.dds" alpha="0" level="1" virtual="true">
            <AnchorFill />
            <TextureCoords left="0" right="1" top="0" bottom=".625" />
        </Texture>

You can take a look to LibAddonMenu-2.0.lua, too:
Search for:
ZO_ScrollList_EnableSelection(addonList, "ZO_ThinListHighlight", addonListRow_Select)

[Lodur]

Originally Posted by votan I trapped into this, too. <Texture name="Highlight" textureFile="EsoUI/Art/Miscellaneous/listItem_highlight.dds" alpha="0" level="1" virtual="true"> <AnchorFill /> <TextureCoords left="0" right="1" top="0" bottom=".625" /> </Texture>

Do you know what the TextureCoords numbers mean? Are they ranged 0 to 1?

[votan]

Originally Posted by Lodur Do you know what the TextureCoords numbers mean? Are they ranged 0 to 1?

No really. I think they are percentage from -1 to 1.

[Lodur]

Votan - That TextureCoords is working... I just have no idea why bottom=".625" helps????

[votan]

Originally Posted by Lodur Votan - That TextureCoords is working... I just have no idea why bottom=".625" helps????

I guess, AnchorFill aligns the control, but TextureCoords aligns the texture to 62.5% of "bottom" == height of control. But I just guess.

(thanks circonian, glad he can get a mod out by the time i only got the idea of how to do it )

[votan]

Originally Posted by Wandamey (thanks circonian, glad he can get a mod out by the time i only got the idea of how to do it )

Aaahhh, yes. Wandamey got it.

[circonian]

This may not be what you want, maybe you have other plans for the highlight, but instead of creating it in your row template you can just pass a highlight template to ZO_ScrollList_EnableSelection(...)
and pick a different highlight texture:

local selectTemplate = "ZO_ThinListHighlight"
ZO_ScrollList_EnableSelection(scrollList, selectTemplate, selectCallback)

ZO_ThinListHighlight (You probably wont see the black on the right hand side your rows aren't that wide)


If you don't need a callback & just want a highlight you can just leave the selectCallback nil & it will just highlight/unhighlight the rows for you when they are clicked.

[circonian]

Originally Posted by Lodur Using ControlOutline addon ( with a slight mod ):

I originally had it alternate colors from parent to child for the outlines, but when I tried it on the backpack it was to hard to tell which controls were children of which parent controls. It looks pretty nice on that layout though. Maybe I'll put it back in as an option.

[Garkin]

Originally Posted by votan I guess, AnchorFill aligns the control, but TextureCoords aligns the texture to 62.5% of "bottom" == height of control. But I just guess.

You're right, texture coordinates are numbers between 0 and 1 from the left to the right and from the top to the bottom.

It is used for example if you have set of icons on the same texture - something like this:


If your control should show just the green part of the texture, you will use coordinates:

<TextureCoords left="0" right="0.5" top="0" bottom="0.5" />

If you want to show yellow part, use:

<TextureCoords left="0.5" right="1" top="0.5" bottom="1" />

I just rechecked in my inventory to find out why there is 37.5% transparent on the highlight : the texture is centered vertically and looks thinner than the icon. (edit eeerff only because when the icon looks bigger when mouseovered...)

so if you want exactly the same look, just find a way to vertical-center it.(edit : don't mind me i'm just typing out loud) (like maybe just 18.75% toward the bottom,idk). but still it doesn't explain why they would leave this 37% transparent, there must be an easier way... (edit : i don't take that back)

now edit with the picture, what i said was totally stupid. i should have known, my coffee is still in the mug

rerere edit : something to do with this? SetAutoAdjustWrappedCoords()... no idea... but anyway the result of whatever the method is is that bottom coord of 0.625

[Lodur]

Thanks everyone.

Got it looking good now. Even got the icon scaling animation in. I stop using ZO_ScrollList for the highlighting and did it manually. This is the same way that the default inventory does in inventory.lua and inventoryslot.lua. I was able to then reuse the existing virtual animation templates.

[CaptainBlagbird]

How can I show the texture borders like Wandamey and circonian did? Is it a feature of TextureIt, another add-on or something else?

[votan]

Originally Posted by CaptainBlagbird How can I show the texture borders like Wandamey and circonian did? Is it a feature of TextureIt, another add-on or something else?

You mean this one: Control Outlines

[CaptainBlagbird]

Originally Posted by votan You mean this one: Control Outlines

Yes, thank you!