Calling JW

[idkpmiller]

Hi JW,

How do I limit the number of buttons in the buttonlist that can be displayed before I scroll them?

Cheers

[McBainUK]

Isn't there a "rows" attribute for the button list in the skin file?

[idkpmiller]

Feeling way outside my comfort zone here :o... I too thought it was a skin attribute however Fatman_do advises me that its a code thing not a skin thing.

I can quite happily play with the number of rows in the skin for a WizUIList but not it would seem for a WizUIButtonlist.

My current placement line looks like this:

<Placement name="ButtonList" loc="5.12, 12.0" size="20.0,5.0" offset="5.0" />

I assume if there was a row attribute it would simply look like this?

<Placement name="ButtonList" loc="5.12, 12.0" size="20.0,5.0" offset="5.0" rows="5"/>

The row attribute made zero difference...

Can someone explain what I should be doing?

Thanks

From a totally lost soul :confused:

[JavaWiz]

Hi JW,

How do I limit the number of buttons in the buttonlist that can be displayed before I scroll them?

Cheers

:eek:
I don't believe I've built any logic in for this. I've never had more than a couple buttons to display, so I've never run up against this issue.

That said, I'm thinking I may be able to leverage the WizUiList code, or maybe inherit from the WizUiList.

Are you stuck on this right now, or do you have a work around? My time for coding has been somewhat limited due to more stuff going on at work lately, but if it is causing you heartburn, I'll put it on the top of my list of things to work on.

[pastro]

[SIZE=2]Here is an example. The code defines the captions that get used.

I don't think the number of buttons is defined in the skin. You just define the start position, the size of a button and the offset between buttons if I remember correctly.


WizUiButtonList cmdButtonList;
[/SIZE]
string[] captions = { "Main Menu", "Captions are On", "Cskip Options", "4:3 is ON", "SmsMode is OFF", "Preview is On" };
[SIZE=2]cmdButtonList = newWizUiButtonList(skinHelper, "ButtonList", captions);
ctlMgr.AddControl(cmdButtonList);


[/SIZE]

[JavaWiz]

[SIZE=2]Here is an example. The code defines the captions that get used.

I don't think the number of buttons is defined in the skin. You just define the start position, the size of a button and the offset between buttons if I remember correctly.


WizUiButtonList cmdButtonList;
[/SIZE]
string[] captions = { "Main Menu", "Captions are On", "Cskip Options", "4:3 is ON", "SmsMode is OFF", "Preview is On" };
[SIZE=2]cmdButtonList = newWizUiButtonList(skinHelper, "ButtonList", captions);
ctlMgr.AddControl(cmdButtonList);


[/SIZE]

Right, but I think he was hoping he could limit the number of buttons displayed, and have the list scroll, like a regular list object. The current implementation of the WizUiButtonList does not support this behavior.

[idkpmiller]

Thanks for the response JW.

I was indeed expecting that the buttonlist would only "grow" so long befow it would scroll like a UIList.

It will only affect GameZone2 users that have more than around 5 emulators enabled, I currently support around 18 I think (scratching head)

I suspect it will be a small number of people that will hit the issue, so its more of a when you have the time it would great if it got attention as opposed to its needed NOW....

Cheers

[JavaWiz]

Thanks for the response JW.

I was indeed expecting that the buttonlist would only "grow" so long befow it would scroll like a UIList.

It will only affect GameZone2 users that have more than around 5 emulators enabled, I currently support around 18 I think (scratching head)

I suspect it will be a small number of people that will hit the issue, so its more of a when you have the time it would great if it got attention as opposed to its needed NOW....

Cheers

I'm wondering if maybe a WizUiList could be used in the place of a WizUiButtonList? I will do a little experimenting when I get time and see what I can come up with.

[idkpmiller]

Thanks JW,

I will await your feedback

Cheers

[JavaWiz]

Thanks JW,

I will await your feedback

Cheers

I actually have given this some thought and I have a prototype working. There are still a few details to work out, but if I have time this weekend, I'll try to get a fully functional version going.

I may ask for you to beta-test this version before I release to everyone since I don't want to break anybody's plugin.