GUI on top

[gc8 970]

Hey

does anyone know how you create GUI that goes on top of other GUIs without making the previous GUI disappear? I'm using createDisplay to create the topmost messagebox like GUI but this makes rest of the GUI disappear until I call closeDisplay.

 

thanks!

[pierremgi 4737]

It's a question of layers. So depending on how the other GUI are written.

You can also order these layers in your own display, using and ordering controls[] = {yourctrl1,yourctrl2,...yourlastctrl }; from yourctrl1 the farther, to yourlastctrl the closer.

 

[gc8 970]

@pierremgi thanks but I think I was not clear about what I'm doing.

 

I'm using the createDialog to first create one dialog. Then I'm using createDisplay to create my messagebox like dialog on top of that. What happens is that the dialog created by createDialog disappears until I close the dialog created by createDisplay.

I wish the dialog created by createDialog would stay on background.

[pierremgi 4737]

I can't tell you how to fix that. On my mind, it's a normal behavior when you stack createDialog and createDisplay like this. Not sure, however.

[HazJ 1288]

If it is just a message like a hintSilent but custom then you can just use cutRsc command.  Read the note from KK:

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/createDialog

if you can share your code then we may be able to help you better.

[gc8 970]

@HazJ here's my code.

 

 

// Dialog classes

class TradeAmountDlg
{
 idd = 123556;

 movingEnable = false;

 class controlsBackground 
 {
 
	class Background: IGUIBack
    {
	idc = 3700;
	
	x = 8 * GUI_GRID_W + GUI_GRID_X;
	y = 10 * GUI_GRID_H + GUI_GRID_Y;
	w = 20 * GUI_GRID_W;
	h = 15 * GUI_GRID_H;
	
	moving = false;
	
	colorBackground[] = {0,1,0,1};
	
    };
 };
	
 class objects 
 {
 };
	
	
class controls 
{

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// GUI EDITOR OUTPUT START (by GC, v1.063, #Loriby)
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

class RscSlider_1900: RscSlider
{
	onSliderPosChanged = "_this call tradeAmountChange";

	idc = 1900;
	x = 9 * GUI_GRID_W + GUI_GRID_X;
	y = 11 * GUI_GRID_H + GUI_GRID_Y;
	w = 19 * GUI_GRID_W;
	h = 2 * GUI_GRID_H;
};
class RscButton_1600: RscButton
{
	action = "call acceptTrade";

	idc = 1600;
	text = "Ok"; //--- ToDo: Localize;
	x = 13 * GUI_GRID_W + GUI_GRID_X;
	y = 15 * GUI_GRID_H + GUI_GRID_Y;
	w = 5 * GUI_GRID_W;
	h = 2 * GUI_GRID_H;
};
class RscButton_1601: RscButton
{
	action = "call cancelTrade";

	idc = 1601;
	text = "Cancel"; //--- ToDo: Localize;
	x = 19 * GUI_GRID_W + GUI_GRID_X;
	y = 15 * GUI_GRID_H + GUI_GRID_Y;
	w = 5 * GUI_GRID_W;
	h = 2 * GUI_GRID_H;
};
class RscText_1000: RscText
{
	style = ST_CENTER;

	idc = 1000;
	text = "Amount"; //--- ToDo: Localize;
	x = 16 * GUI_GRID_W + GUI_GRID_X;
	y = 13 * GUI_GRID_H + GUI_GRID_Y;
	w = 5.5 * GUI_GRID_W;
	h = 1.5 * GUI_GRID_H;
};
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// GUI EDITOR OUTPUT END
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

};
};



class NPCTradeDialog
{
 idd = 123555;

 movingEnable = false;

 class controlsBackground 
 {
 /*
	class Background: IGUIBack
    {
	idc = 3700;
	x = 0 * safezoneW + safezoneX;
	y = 0 * safezoneH + safezoneY;
	w = 1 * safezoneW;
	h = 1 * safezoneH;
	moving = false;
	
	colorBackground[] = {0,1,0,1};
	
    };
	*/
 };
	
 class objects 
 {
 };
	
	
class controls 
{

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// GUI EDITOR OUTPUT START (by GC, v1.063, #Fifemy)
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

class PlayerItems: RscControlsGroup
{
	idc = 2300;
	x = 0 * GUI_GRID_W + GUI_GRID_X;
	y = 3 * GUI_GRID_H + GUI_GRID_Y;
	w = 19 * GUI_GRID_W;
	h = 19 * GUI_GRID_H;
	class Controls
	{
	};
};
class NPCItems: RscControlsGroup
{
	idc = 2301;
	x = 21 * GUI_GRID_W + GUI_GRID_X;
	y = 3 * GUI_GRID_H + GUI_GRID_Y;
	w = 19 * GUI_GRID_W;
	h = 19 * GUI_GRID_H;
	class Controls
	{
	};
};
class RscButton_1600: RscButton
{
	action = "call endTrade";

	idc = 1600;
	text = "Close"; //--- ToDo: Localize;
	x = 8.18 * GUI_GRID_W + GUI_GRID_X;
	y = 26.05 * GUI_GRID_H + GUI_GRID_Y;
	w = 5 * GUI_GRID_W;
	h = 2 * GUI_GRID_H;
};
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// GUI EDITOR OUTPUT END
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

};

};

 

In init.sqf I have this:

 

createDialog "NPCTradeDialog";

 

Then when user clicks a button this code is called:

 

 _display = findDisplay NPCTRADEDLG;
 _display createDisplay "TradeAmountDlg";

which results in "NPCTradeDialog" becoming hidded while "TradeAmountDlg" is visible.

[code34 248]

hi

 

If you are FR, i wrote a full explanation of how works GUI & layers on arma at this place :)

http://nestheat.eu/2018/01/24/scripting-tutorials-gui-part-2/

[gc8 970]

@code34 not French, thanks!

[sabot10.5mm 47]

1 hour ago, gc8 said:

@code34 not French, thanks!

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Farma409626711.wordpress.com%2F2018%2F01%2F24%2Fscripting-tutorials-gui-part-2%2F

[gc8 970]

I read code34's article but it did not answer my question.

[Larrow 2794]

Make your second dialog into a ctrlsGroup in your first instead, then use ctrlShow or ctrlSetPosition to hide/show when needed.

[gc8 970]

1 minute ago, Larrow said:

Make your second dialog into a ctrlsGroup of your first instead, then use ctrlShow or ctrlSetPosition to hide/show when needed.

 

That's a nice idea but then the user is able to click the buttons of the first dialog and that would be bad...

[Larrow 2794]

1 minute ago, gc8 said:

 

That's a nice idea but then the user is able to click the buttons of the first dialog and that would be bad...

 

Also create a full screen rscPicture, maybe with a slight faded effect (#(rgb,8,8,3)color(1,1,1,0.2)) like what you get in the editor when bringing up an objects attributes window. This will stop the user being able to interact with the controls below it, but still able to see them.

[gc8 970]

17 minutes ago, Larrow said:

 

Also create a full screen rscPicture, maybe with a slight faded effect (#(rgb,8,8,3)color(1,1,1,0.2)) like what you get in the editor when bringing up an objects attributes window. This will stop the user being able to interact with the controls below it, but still able to see them.

 

That's really nice idea but the clicks seem to through the RscPicture control I put there. And when click hits one of the controls the control becomes top most.

[pierremgi 4737]

1 hour ago, gc8 said:

 

That's a nice idea but then the user is able to click the buttons of the first dialog and that would be bad...

You can do what you want, adding a variable to enable or not the buttons on the first display. You should have all your display/ctrl in rscTitles then each depending controls (background, buttons, texts and tips,..) in a same display. Perhaps a view of what you really want to do could help.

[gc8 970]

Thanks for the replies everyone, I think I got it working now... I had to use ctrlSetFocus on the background control so that the clicks wont go through. Thanks Larrow for the solution!