topic Re: How to put Input over Image in User Interface GDL in Libraries & objects

How to put Input over Image in User Interface GDL

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 19:53:11 GMT

Hello, I have an image in the user interface and I want to put some Inputs over the image.

I managed to position them where I want, only that it doesn't work, only those that are out of the picture work.

Is there any possibility to order them on the Z axis, for example Z +1, the image to be down and the inputs to be over to work?

I have
UI_PICT 'arch.png', 0, 0, 370, 320
UI_INFIELD "l_fund", 100,100, 60, 20

Re: How to put Input over Image in User Interface GDL

runxel — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 21:55:43 GMT

You're on the right track: Things that come later in the script are getting drawn above the items which came before.
But – and I admit this is really silly and inexplicable – to be able to write into that infield, you have to put it there twice: once before and once after the ui_pict.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I.e.:

UI_INFIELD "l_fund", 100,100, 60, 20
UI_PICT 'arch.png', 0, 0, 370, 320
UI_INFIELD "l_fund", 100,100, 60, 20

Re: How to put Input over Image in User Interface GDL

Lingwisyer — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 01:42:14 GMT

Is that not what DRAWINDEX is for? I have never used it, but by the reference guide that is what is does.

Re: How to put Input over Image in User Interface GDL

Barry Kelly — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 01:45:49 GMT

Yes this can be a bit of a problem but runxel has given you the solution.

The UI_INFIELD scripted before the UI_PICT is the active one that the user can alter.
But the problem is that the UI_PICT covers it and the user can't see it.
So you add a second UI_INFIELD after the UI_PICT that the user can see (but isn't really the one they are altering).

For some reason that I can't understand, just having the UI_INFIELD after the UI_PICT as you have done, while visible to the user, it is not editable.

I haven't tried with images that have a transparent alpha channel, so I am no sure if that makes any difference.

Barry.

Re: How to put Input over Image in User Interface GDL

Barry Kelly — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 01:51:51 GMT

Lingwisyer wrote:
Is that not what DRAWINDEX is for? I have never used it, but by the reference guide that is what is does.

No that is for layering the 2D images displayed by the object.
This problem is in the user interface.

Barry.

Re: How to put Input over Image in User Interface GDL

Lingwisyer — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 03:19:25 GMT

Ah. I had figured that I would work with the UI Script as well as it is essentially 2D as well.

Re: How to put Input over Image in User Interface GDL

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 11:33:22 GMT

Thank you very much! Good luck with the forum, there are no video tutorials.