Zugg Software :: View topic

Wizard Joined: 03 Mar 2001 Posts: 1127 Location: London

The reason behind this is that I play a number of characters on one game and would like different buttons based on the different skills that each character has. Some characters will have a few common skills, others completely different. I keep all my settings in the same .mud file (and don't want to change that) and just turn classes on/off automatically depending on who logs and out.

As there wouldn't be enough real estate to have every button for every skill visible all the time (and I'd then have 90% useless buttons) then I'd like to be able to only activate the correct ones at the correct time. The problem I envisage is that the placement will be a bit messy if I try and have them all static and just turn them off and on as needed.

So... what I want to do is control the position and shape of them on the fly.

I made a button and exported the code:
#BUTTON 1 {ButtonTest1} {} {} {} {} {} {} {Size} {50} {25} {Pos} {1} {51} {} {} {} {} "Utils|buttonTest" {} {} {buttontest1} {2}

I then pasted the same text back onto the command line but changed the width to 100 from 50. Problem is this didn't adjust the existing button, it made a second one on top of the first.

So - how to resize and move existing buttons without just making duplicates.

Thanks in advance.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 3:53 pm

Find your button in the settings editor, (or right click it)
Click on the position/size tab
Uncheck the autosize and auto position checkboxes
fiddle with the numbers til its where you wwant it

Wizard Joined: 03 Mar 2001 Posts: 1127 Location: London

I can change them manually already, what I want to do though is adjust them from the command line, because I plan on having their positions change depending on which classes are on/off.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 4:18 pm

From the help file..

Button Position/Size

[Button States tab] [States tab] [Position/Size tab] [Advanced tab] [Gauge tab]
This Settings Editor dialog page allows you to edit the properties of a Button.
To set the button to the default width and height, select the Auto Size option. Otherwise you can turn this option off and select your own width and height for the button. The button on the MUD Window will be updated as you change the size or position if you have the "Show Changes" option selected.

If the button bar is along the top or bottom of the window, buttons are normally displayed to the right of the previous button. If the button bar is along the left or right edges of the window, buttons are normally displayed below the previous button. You can change this by turning off the "Auto Position" option and specifying the button position manually.
Selecting a Panel location of None turns off the display of that panel number in the MUD window. There are four independent button bars for each MUD window. The Panel value indicates which of these button bars the current button should be displayed on. You can then change the alignment of each panel from Top, Left, Bottom, or Right side of the MUD window. Definition of Panel positions can not be exported at this time, but exported buttons will hold thier panel number.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 4:20 pm

Suggestion... use an alias to turn any 'optional' buttons classes on and off as needed, at let all such optional buttons appear on the same panel

Enchanter Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 698

I haven't had much luck in messing with button sizes/positions on-the-fly. However, from the help file and if you insist on doing this,