Console Widget

[fooguru]

Hi

I want a quake3-like console in my game. I can’t find such a widget so I’m planning to write it. I appreciate any tips/ ideas on writing your own widget.

I was thinking of combining a Editbox with a Listbox or MultiLineEditbox. I liked to know if these are easy to customize graphically to something like the below (without making your own skin).



Are you using a console-like solution?

[Rackle]

You could have a look at Game Chat Box which uses a listbox and an editbox. By using a frame window you can easily hide everything (hide the frame window), resize the display (if you need to see something to the left, right, top, bottom), move the entire window, etc.