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AGS Support => Advanced Technical Forum => Topic started by: am on Sun 20/04/2003 21:34:13

Title: problem+suggestion - hidden buttons on GUI
Post by: am on Sun 20/04/2003 21:34:13
I got a GUI with 28 items (0-27) (buttons, txt boxes and slider), when ettempting to add another item, it sais that I got the max (30) items, that is because I put in a txt box and deleted the text from it, leaving it impossible to delete ....

Q: Is there a way delete the empty txt boxes?

Suggestion: Adding a "item select" up-down arrows like in the area part of the room edit, for fast selection of items based on their number.
Title: Re:problem+suggestion - hidden buttons on GUI
Post by: Pumaman on Sun 20/04/2003 21:52:53
hmm, why can't you delete it? Even if it's got no text, you should still be able to select it and delete it.
Title: Re:problem+suggestion - hidden buttons on GUI
Post by: am on Sun 20/04/2003 22:14:03
Found it (it was the same colour as BG), but can't select it ...
Title: Re:problem+suggestion - hidden buttons on GUI
Post by: BlackBaron on Sun 20/04/2003 22:31:50
He can't select it because he can't find it, probably after he deleted all text it turned to point located in the top left corner of where the original box was.

I know it's hard, but I think you're only chance is to click all around that place (the top left corner of where original box was) until you find it.
Title: Re:problem+suggestion - hidden buttons on GUI
Post by: am on Mon 21/04/2003 23:24:04
No luck finding the corner ... :-(
Is there a scripting command that will show me where the corner is?
also, I only found one of the two missing GUI items (a label) I know the number of the other one but I don't even know what it is, is there a way to find out?
Title: Re:problem+suggestion - hidden buttons on GUI
Post by: Pumaman on Tue 22/04/2003 20:52:58
It's possible that it is underneath another control, or possibly dragged off the bottom of the GUI (try enlarging the GUI temporarily to check).

I appreciate the GUI editor could be better, but since it's not a part of the editor that gets used on a daily basis, it hasn't been a priority to improve.
Title: Re:problem+suggestion - hidden buttons on GUI
Post by: BlackBaron on Wed 23/04/2003 15:54:01
I know it's not priority, but until you get the chance to improve it, it would be nice to at least have an option to cycle troughout the GUI objects, I don't know, something, like pressing the ">" key selects the next GUI object and pressing the "<" key selects the previews one.

Thanks a lot.