Window settings!
 

Is there a way to change a window's settings with a button AND save it. So when you log in again it is still the same?

As far as there are /commands to do it the changes will save, but any property which you change via direct manipulation of the XML will only save after the user manipulates that window in whichever way (of course only insofar as said property is one that will be stored at all in the uisettings.xml).

Come again sir?? Do you mean to say if there was a /command to change the window size etc it would save. Though at the moment there is no way to do it?

Basically yes, but of course there's a way to do it, I'd have thought you'd see it after I told you what I did! :D

Pure XML settings manipulations don't save because they do not set the changed flag of the window and thus the window settings do not get dumped to the uisettings file. However, there are at least two ways to set the changed flag. The "normal" one is user manipulation. However, since we know that properties changed via /commands are saved we conclude that those /commands also set the changed flag. After the changed flag is set the entire window settings are dumped to the uisettings.

Thus it follows that if you want to manipulate the window size you'd simply change the size attribute and then you'd toggle some window property via a /command, e.g. close/reopen or lock/unlock it.

Well as you know! I have plenty of experience opening and closing windows!! I will try that if it does not work prepared to be bugged again!

Functions I tested that worked included /window_close and /window_property lock|unlock.

PS: Yours will probably be the first mod ever to implement this trick I think, I don't think anyone is using it, and tbh I never thought of doing it this way either until a couple of months ago.

Edit I Am Dumb

Alright I give up, I get the window to close via!

window_close MainHUD DetrimentalEffects

It closes the window. Then I camp out, I come back in and it is still closed hopeful! I then show the window and the size is no different....

The code I am using. If I can get this to work! So many options open up for what I want to do!

Logged out(for a while cooked dinner etc) came back deleted my button retyped it. No difference from what I can tell but seems to be working now!!! Thanks a ton sir!

Not sure /hide_window will reliably force a save. You may have better luck using script to press the default close button.

Locking and unlocking the window is what I eventually ended up doing here is a snip it of my code.

That was some time ago though! Have you been on vacation? :P