1) the basic buttons that either pop-up a new window (host or join game), or go back to previous screen
2) the list box area, one chat window (listbox), one edit box (for entering text for the chat), and two other lists.
3) if either host or join game are pushed, a frame window is created and is placed over (1)
The problem is, if I create (3), I cannot do anything with (2) (which is uncovered).
I realized that I could not have 1 and 2 combined, and use 3, so I tried splitting them into 3 seperate windows. at any one time, I need to be able to use either 1 and 2, or 2 and 3.
Every time I enter a different screen, I set the GUI sheet to the window.
(example: if both 1 and 2 are in the same sheet)
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mEditorGuiSheet = CEGUI::WindowManager::getSingleton().getWindow((CEGUI::utf8*)"Server_Select");
mGUISystem->setGUISheet(mEditorGuiSheet);
mEditorGuiSheet->show();
I also tried making 1 and 2 as childs of a bare "Default Window" cause these windows do not overlap, I wanted the same result that was achieved in Demo 7.
In Demo 7, all windows are created as childs of a blank window. And everytime the mouse is over each window, the mouse changes (as in you can enter that window). There are no additional properties added, like checking for any events, yet when you move a mouse over a different frame, that window will be activated. When I try it, only the last window will be activated.
If I set one to always be ontop, or set both activated, or anything like that, only one I can use, while the other is null.
I even tried EventMouseEnters, moveToFront and so forth for each window..but again, the last window created will accept input, while the other is dead.
here is a simple diagram of what I am trying to do if my earlier explination is vague (or you dun understand it)
1 + 2 (original)
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| host | | join | <-- 1
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after you push a button in 1,
2 + 3
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| 2 |
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| 3 |
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hope that was clear.
Basically as you see, 3 will cover up 1 if you push either host or join but I still need to be able to have access to 2.
This was an example of how I tried to use for 1 and 2 each a sheet:
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mEditorGuiSheet = CEGUI::WindowManager::getSingleton().getWindow((CEGUI::utf8*)"Server_Select");
mEditorGuiSheet->addChildWindow((CEGUI::utf8*)"Server_Select/lists");
mEditorGuiSheet->addChildWindow((CEGUI::utf8*)"Server_Select/buttons");
mGUISystem->setGUISheet(mEditorGuiSheet);
from the xml file:
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<Window Type="DefaultWindow" Name="Server_Select">
</Window>
<Window Type="DefaultWindow" Name="Server_Select/buttons">
< my buttons are added here >
</Window>
<Window Type="DefaultWindow" Name="Server_Select/lists">
< my lists are created here >
</Window>
I realize I am doing something wrong, for what I want was done in Demo 7, but after trying to mimic it, I still could not get them both activated at the same time (even if one only becomes activated if the mouse is over it).