Game chat box
From CEGUI Wiki - Crazy Eddie's GUI System (Open Source)
Editbox for chat input at bottom. Listbox for chat history at top.
Both contained in frame window.
This code is used after the system initialisation is done.
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>
#define
#define BIND_CEGUI_EVENT(window, event, method) window->subscribeEvent (event, CEGUI::Event::Subscriber(&method, this));
Initialise()
mMainWindow = CEGUI::WindowManager::getSingleton().loadWindowLayout("chat.layout"); if (mMainWindow) getMainSheet()->addChildWindow(mMainWindow); CEGUI::Window* pEditBoxWnd = CEGUI::WindowManager::getSingleton().getWindow((CEGUI::utf8*) "/Chat/Wnd/Edit"); BIND_CEGUI_EVENT(pEditBoxWnd, CEGUI::Editbox::EventTextAccepted, ChatWidget::EditTextAccepted) mEditBox = static_cast<CEGUI::Editbox*> (CEGUI::WindowManager::getSingleton() .getWindow("/Chat/Wnd/Edit")); mListBox = static_cast<CEGUI::Listbox*> (CEGUI::WindowManager::getSingleton() .getWindow("/Chat/Wnd/List"));
getMainSheet() in this case returns the main default gui sheet (root) window
EditTextAccepted()
bool ChatWidget::EditTextAccepted(const CEGUI::EventArgs& args) { //add text to list CEGUI::ListboxTextItem* item = new CEGUI::ListboxTextItem(mEditBox->getText()); mListBox->addItem ( item ); mListBox->ensureItemIsVisible(mListBox->getItemCount()); //remove old text mEditBox->setText(""); return true; }