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Newbie Joined: 10 Jan 2002 Posts: 8

I've set up a small trigger to open a new window when I receive a tell. However, when this new window opens up the main one loses focus. Is there someway to open a new window and maintain focus on the main one? Also, when the new window opens is there a way I can make it so that anything I type in the new window will be sent to the mud as if I used the main window?

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

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I've set up a small trigger to open a new window when I receive a tell. However, when this new window opens up the main one loses focus. Is there someway to open a new window and maintain focus on the main one? Also, when the new window opens is there a way I can make it so that anything I type in the new window will be sent to the mud as if I used the main window?

For the first part of your question, you can use the focus character (the colon by default). Here's an explanation of what happens:

:(window name): -- this is what you want. The leading colon tells ZMud to keep focus in the current window while dumping the output of whatever follows the trailing colon into (window name).

(window name): -- sends control to (window name).

For part two, you need to ensure that your main game window is named. Once it is named (if you do need to name it, you can use the #RENAME command), you simply use the solution given in part 1.

li'l shmoe of Dragon's Gate MUD

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

Another solution...
Lets say your tell trigger goes something like this:
#TR {^%w tells you %*$} {#WINDOW Tell %trigger}

That gives you a nice Tell window on the first tell and just displays them there for the rest. You first option is resize and position that window where you want or if you have it docked and tabbed skip ahead. Then under the Layout menu select Save Layout... and voila the Tell window is automatically opened with your character and your main window will not lose focus assuming you do not have the Bring Window With Activity to Front checked in preferences.

You next option is to set focus on your New tell window and give it some settings...
#TRIGGER "Refocus" {%*} {#MENU {Windows|1};#T- Refocus}
#ONINPUT {(*)} {:%item(%names,1):%1}
Just type those into your Tell window. Then save, make sure the file name is tell.mud and it is in the directory for your chaaracter.

Adept Joined: 10 Jan 2002 Posts: 264 Location: USA

nice place to open capture windows in in your logon triggers in Autolog Class...

i add :Chat: %time to ^What is your name?