How to attach eventhandlers to a dialog?

[alleycat 28]

I would like to attach eventhandlers to a dialog, not a display.

For displays I use:

(findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["MouseButtonDown", "_this execVM script.sqf'"];	

which fires a script when the left mouse is pressed. But how to do that for a dialog?

https://resources.bisimulations.com/w/index.php?title=ctrlAddEventHandler

This looks useful but I do not know how to reference the control it should point to.

How would I fix that?

[SilentSpike 84]

You can't add a MouseButtonDown EH to a display, only a control. Little confused because a dialog is a display.

[alleycat 28]

Not sure what you mean.

(findDisplay 46) displayAddEventHandler ["MouseButtonDown", "_this execVM script.sqf'"];

This will fire the script whenever the player presses the mouse in regular first person (which is display 46). However I would like to have that functionality in a dialog (mouse moving around on screen + buttons to click are present).

disableSerialization;
CreateDialog "cat_ui_corpse"; 
ctrlSetText [1001, "text"];
;

This will display a dialog with mouse control and some buttons. However how to place an evenhandler for mouse clicks into this?

(_display displayCtrl 5000) ctrlSetEventHandler ["MouseButtonDown", "_this execVM script.sqf'];

Does not work

Edited September 1, 2014 by alleycat

[SilentSpike 84]

Huh, must be new in A3 or something Apparently the Biki page on ctrlEventHandlers is just showing information from Armed Assault. Well since it looks like you're using a custom display, just put:

onMouseButtonDown = "_this execVM 'script.sqf'";

into the display class.

You can also do things like use onLoad to add EH's or save the display into a variable for later use. However findDisplay should work fine if using createDialog, so long as your display has a hardcoded idd.

Edited September 1, 2014 by SilentSpike