Game chat box

The following .layout defines a FrameWindow containing two widgets; a Listbox in the upper region for chat history and an Editbox at the lower region for text input.

chat.layout

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<GUILayout>
<Window Type="TaharezLook/FrameWindow" Name="/Chat">
	<Property Name="Position" Value="x:0.0 y:0.0" />
	<Property Name="Size" Value="w:0.25 h:0.25" />
	<Property Name="Alpha" Value="0.8" />
	<Window Type="DefaultWindow" Name="/Chat/Wnd"> 
		<Property Name="Alpha" Value="0.8" />
		<Property Name="Position" Value="x:0.0 y:0.00" />
		<Property Name="Size" Value="w:1 h:1" />
		<Window Type="TaharezLook/Listbox" Name="/Chat/Wnd/List">
			<Property Name="Position" Value="x:0.0 y:0.1" />
			<Property Name="Size" Value="w:1 h:0.77" />
		</Window>
	 	<Window Type="TaharezLook/Editbox" Name="/Chat/Wnd/Edit" >
			<Property Name="Position" Value="x:0.01 y:0.87" />
			<Property Name="Size" Value="w:0.98 h:0.12" />
  		</Window>
	</Window>
</Window>
</GUILayout>

InitialiseChatBox() <cpp/> // A helper variable CEGUI::WindowManager& winMgr = CEGUI::WindowManager::getSingleton();

// Load the chat layout and add it to the GUI sheet mMainWindow = winMgr.loadWindowLayout("chat.layout"); if (mMainWindow)

   CEGUI::System::getSingleton().getGUISheet()->addChildWindow(mMainWindow);

// The only event we're interested is when the <ENTER> key is pressed // This will call upon the EditTextAccepted() function to add the text to the Listbox CEGUI::Window* editBox = winMgr.getWindow("/Chat/Wnd/Edit"); editBox->subscribeEvent(CEGUI::Editbox::EventTextAccepted, CEGUI::Event::Subscriber(&ChatWidget::EditTextAccepted, this));

EditTextAccepted() <cpp/> bool ChatWidget::EditTextAccepted(const CEGUI::EventArgs& args) { // Variables for the Listbox and the Editbox mEditBox = static_cast<CEGUI::Editbox*> (winMgr.getWindow("/Chat/Wnd/Edit")); mListBox = static_cast<CEGUI::Listbox*> (winMgr.getWindow("/Chat/Wnd/List"));

// Add the Editbox text to the Listbox CEGUI::ListboxTextItem* item = new CEGUI::ListboxTextItem(mEditBox->getText()); mListBox->addItem ( item );

// Scroll the Listbox entries such that the new text is visible mListBox->ensureItemIsVisible(mListBox->getItemCount());

// Clear the text in the Editbox mEditBox->setText("");

return true; }

TODO: Create a new version that handles different fonts, both font names (such as Arial, Times New Roman) and font sizes (such as 8, 10, 12). This will be done by adding a new widget within a looknfeel (such as TaharezLook.looknfeel). The main feature will be that the Editbox's height will rely on the LineSpacing value of the font.