Windows properties

[zeppelin1]

Hi All,
Is it possible to access (view) and set window properties in game? What my goal is to make macros that can move my various hud windows around depending on what I am doing. Any ideas appreciated.

Thanks,
z

[mother9987]

Sort of. Not pretty or elegantly.

Really, the only interaction that a macro can have with the UI is via /show_window and /hide_window commands.

So, if you wanted to move the clock window to 400,400 on your screen, for example - you could add an element to the clock window called "Moveto400400" or whatever and set its visibility to false.

Then you could have your ingame macro issue a "/show_window MainHUD.Clock.Moveto400400" command.

You set the OnShow of your "Moveto400400" to

parent.Location=400,400
Visible=false

Then you could from a macro move your clock. But you'd have to have elements for each position you want to move that window to.

In general, I would say that you'd not get the kind or results you want without way too much effort. But it is technically possible.

[zeppelin1]

Thank you for the explaination. Also, is there a way to view a parameter in game? I know you mention you cant move the window directly, but can you type something like: /window_property mainhud.clock.location

Can it be done in OhShow event code? You could do something interesting like dock another window next to the one your opening.

Thanks,
z

[Zonx]

Tricks I've found handy for this sort of stuff...

1) An ingame window can be made with text input boxes for "object path", "Property name" and "Value". A button on this window can then execute a script to set the value of any property of any UI object. This will in fact move windows, change colors, etc.

2) A similar window can be created that displays the value of any input path and property.

That being said, I think the easiest method for swapping window arangements is to arange everything for 1 layout. Camp, dupe and rename your settings file. Repeate for each setup. This should give you seperate settings files for each layout. Now you can load those settings files as needed.

[mother9987]

Yeah, Zonx, thinking on it, I was just about to suggest to the OP that he look into the /load_uisettings command as it would likely do what he wanted a lot easier. But you beat me to it.