Too many buttons in plugin

[whurlston]

Is there a way to limit the number of buttons displayed in a plugin's menu? If not, is there a way to refresh the call to getButtonList()? I've got too many menu buttons and they get rendered off the screen. I think I have a method of resolving this but I wanted to make sure I wasn't overcomplicating it.

[sub]

Unfortunately no, there is nothing built in to handle this.

[whurlston]

No problem, as I said, I think I found a workaround. Thanks for the reply.

[whurlston]

One more quick question, is there a way to get the selected button? I though I saw a method for this but I can't find it now.

[sub]

Again, unfortunately no. The BaseButtonListUiTask plugins arent aware of which is highlighted until the use clicks it, at which time handleCommand() method is executed.

[whurlston]

No problem, I'll figure something out.

[whurlston]

I figured it out. To wrap up this thread and in case anyone else wants to do this, there may be an easier way but this worked for me:

Add the following global variables to your plugin:

Code:

List<UiButton> DisplayedButtons = new List<UiButton>(); List<System.Drawing.RectangleF> ButtonPositions = new List<System.Drawing.RectangleF>(); private int maxButtons = 10; // The number of buttons you want to display; private int lastActiveButton = 0;

Then for your getRenderList():

Code:

public override ArrayList GetRenderList() { ArrayList rList = base.GetRenderList(); ArrayList newRenderList = new ArrayList(); ArrayList bList = buttonList; bool activeButtonFound = false; for (int x = 0; x < buttonList.Count; x++) { UiButton button = (UiButton)buttonList[x]; if (button.isActive() || button.buttonState == UiButton.State.Activating) { if (!DisplayedButtons.Contains(button)) { DisplayedButtons = new List<UiButton>(); if (x == 0 || lastActiveButton == 0 || lastActiveButton < x) { if (x > maxButtons - 1) { for (int y = x - (maxButtons - 1); y < (x + 1); y++) DisplayedButtons.Add((UiButton)buttonList[y]); } else for (int y = 0; y < maxButtons; y++) DisplayedButtons.Add((UiButton)buttonList[y]); } else { if (x == buttonList.Count - 1) { for (int y = buttonList.Count - (maxButtons + 1); y < buttonList.Count; y++) DisplayedButtons.Add((UiButton)buttonList[y]); } else for (int y = x; y < x + maxButtons; y++) DisplayedButtons.Add((UiButton)buttonList[y]); } } activeButtonFound = true; lastActiveButton = x; break; } } if (!activeButtonFound && DisplayedButtons.Count == 0) for (int x = 0; x < maxButtons; x++) DisplayedButtons.Add((UiButton)buttonList[x]); foreach (GBPVRUiElement elem in rList) { if (!elem.name.StartsWith("button-")) { newRenderList.Add(elem); } else { ButtonPositions.Add(elem.rect); for (int x = 0; x < DisplayedButtons.Count; x++) { if (elem.name.StartsWith(string.Format("button-{0}", DisplayedButtons[x].name))) { elem.SetRect(ButtonPositions[x]); newRenderList.Add(elem); break; } } } } return newRenderList; }

[whurlston]

Just a warning. The above code only works for keyboard and remote commands. Mouse clicking a button could result in an undisplayed button being activated.