UIElements: How do I display a popup screen with scrolling text on it?

[Spartan]

Title says it all.

On my sports scores plugin, I want to be able to select a game to view more details about it. I am thinking that a popup window would be displayed, where the user could then scroll thru the text.

I am at a loss for how to tackle this one -- please advise! :confused:

[McBainUK]

Look in the example plugin for use of the TextBox element. If you want too see a real world example take a look at the Calendar plugin's source code (just uploaded it). I use a scrolling text box to show event details. Any qs post again :p

[Spartan]

Look in the example plugin for use of the TextBox element. If you want too see a real world example take a look at the Calendar plugin's source code (just uploaded it). I use a scrolling text box to show event details. Any qs post again :p

Sounds good -- I'll have a look at that.

Last night, after I posted the message, I wound up adding another foreground image with a rounded rectangle border. Then, I was able to add a list of elements to it, but they overflowed off the bottom of the popup foreground (make sense?) How does the list "know" what it's boundaries are?

I have not yet worked out the keyboard/remote handling yet.

[McBainUK]

Last night, after I posted the message, I wound up adding another foreground image with a rounded rectangle border. Then, I was able to add a list of elements to it, but they overflowed off the bottom of the popup foreground (make sense?) How does the list "know" what it's boundaries are?

Found its best to have a PopUp background and popup list as seperate specialelements in the skin.

[Spartan]

Found its best to have a PopUp background and popup list as seperate specialelements in the skin.

I figured that was the case. Is it possible to render multiple backgrounds? (I'm getting in way over my head here)

[McBainUK]

Is it possible to render multiple backgrounds?

Not sure what you mean? :confused:

[Spartan]

Not sure what you mean? :confused:

Part of the problem is that I don't know what I mean either. :o I guess what I am asking is if you:

-> Render a background -- this is the normal one.
-> Render a foreground -- this is the standard screen (underneath the popup)
-> Render a background for the popup (this is what I mean by multiple backgrounds)
-> Render a foreground for the popup -- the actual context and scroll list is in here.

Maybe I need to go look at your calendar plugin....

[McBainUK]

-> Render a background -- this is the normal one.
-> Render a foreground -- this is the standard screen (underneath the popup)
-> Render a background for the popup (this is what I mean by multiple backgrounds)
-> Render a foreground for the popup -- the actual context and scroll list is in here.

You've answered your own question. This is the order in which you would render the screen elements!

Over the weekend I will try and update the wiki to include the source code for all my plugins in the hope that it will prove useful for yourself and other potential plugin developers.