Current control ID (1 Viewer)

[Rob Hexenmeister]

I would like to put a label control in my xml to tell me which control currently has focus (for debugging purposes/movement around the screen), but I can't find a skin variable. Is there something like #skin.control.focusedID by any other name?

Thank you

 

[catavolt]

Easy. Give it an ID like 12345, then ask for visibility with <visible>control.isvisible(12345)</visible>.
Asking for focus in case of any button: control.hasfocus(12345).

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[Rob Hexenmeister]

Thank you catavolt I think you may have misunderstood. I am trying to report the ID number of whichever control is active and display it in a label.

Something along the lines of:

<control>
<id>1</id>
<description>whatisactive</description>
<type>label</type>
<Xpos>50</Xpos>
<Ypos>50</Ypos>
<font>font9</font>
<value>.....whatever control ID is active elsewhere on the screen....</value>

etc

</control>

 

[123vak123]

Perhaps, catavolt, meant to do so.
1. Set an ID for each item you want to control, eg :

    <control>
        <description>Refresh Button</description>
        <type>button</type>
        <id>5</id>
        <label></label>
    </control>

2. Make a hint for each specific item, eg :

    <control>
            <description>Refresh label</description>
            <type>label</type>
            <id>0</id>
            <label>ID = 5</label>
            <visible>control.HasFocus(5)</visible>
    </control>

3. Tips will need to be done for all controlled items.

 

[ajs]

I wanted to add such a property, but a group of designers said that it was not needed, but there are such options:

We have already the property #highlightedbutton

#highlightedbutton return Label of button,

You are correct that #highlightedbutton only returns the label but catavolt is correct when he says you can report the current control id to a setting which is what i do in Ares.

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If you want the ID of a control, make it like this:
<onfocus>#(skin.setstring('#focusedcontrol',ID_of_That_Control))</onfocus>

 

[Rob Hexenmeister]

That's really clever AJS, so if I am right, what you are doing here is telling each control to set a skin setting called #focusedcontrol to the control ID when it gets focus. My label in the top left hand corner can report the current value of #focusedcontrol.

I need to put #focusedcontrol somewhere in the defines don't I.

R.

 

[ajs]

This is not currently implemented. and this idea is closed. Those will not be implemented.

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[Rob Hexenmeister]

Catavolt's solution seems to be a good idea though using onfocus and a skin setting. If only I knew where to put the define for #focusedcontrol, in skin settings or in the xml I am editing.

 

[ajs]

Try simply add onfocus event to button

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[Rob Hexenmeister]

Will do, I understand that. I don't understand if I need to define #focusedcontrol in a skin settings xml as well