Horizontal list of buttons/images (tab functionality) (1 Viewer)

[GetWell]

Hio,

I am looking for a tab functionality, but can't find any way to do this.

There doesn't seem to be a tab control, so I tried to get the group (stacklayout) to work, but it can't add controls to it from codebehind?

xml:
<control>
<description></description>
<type>group</type>
<id>6</id>
<posX>298</posX>
<posY>50</posY>
<width>550</width>
<layout>StackLayout(2,Horizontal)</layout>
<visible>no</visible>
<animation effect="fade" time="1000">visiblechange</animation>
</control>

Codebehind:
[SkinControl(6)]
protected GUIGroup _Group;
GUIButtonControl btn = new GUIButtonControl(6);
btn.Label = "test";
_Group.AddControl(btn);

Do you have an idea of what I am doing wrong? Or do you have an idea for a better solution?

Thanks!

 

[GetWell]

Are there really noone knowing how to create a dynamic horizontal button list?

I have a list of buttons which I want to display in a horizontal list, but can't find a smart way to do this in MP?

 

[SilentException]

You don't define group in the code. You define buttons in the code then put them inside group in skin.

<control>
	<description>...</description>
	<type>group</type>
	<posX>...</posX>
	<posY>...</posY>
	<layout>StackLayout(2, Horizontal)</layout>
	<control>
		<description>...</description>
		<type>...</type>
		<id>...</id>
	</control>
	<control>
		...
	</control>
</control>

 

[GetWell]

thats what I'm trying, but I can't get the codebehind to work. Do you have an example?

 

[SilentException]

[SkinControlAttribute(6)]
protected GUIButtonControl btn1 = new null
[SkinControlAttribute(7)]
protected GUIButtonControl btn2 = new null
...
[SkinControlAttribute(N)]
protected GUIButtonControl btnN = new null

 

[GetWell]

maybe I am not explaining me correctly.

I don't know how many buttons I need to show from the start. It changes all the time because I will use it with the NotificationBar

 

[SilentException]

In that case, your first bit of skin/code looks OK. Not sure what could be wrong yet. It might be because you don't set visible = true on group?

 

[GetWell]

hmm I get a Object not set to an instance of an object error.

I have tried to search MP source code for an example, but it seems that noone tries to access it this way.

Can it be the [SkinControl] that does not instanciate correctly?

 

[SilentException]

Not sure, you can try to use SkinControlAttribute instead.

Other try is to loose SkinControl and group alltogether and make a property that will get group control directly from the skin:

protected GUIGroup _mainGroup = null
protected GUIGroup MainGroup
{
  get
  {
    if (_mainGroup == null)
      _mainGroup = GetControl(groupID) as GUIGroup;
    return _mainGroup;
  }
}
...
...

MainGroup.Add(button1)...

 

[GetWell]

still no luck :-(

this is really weird. I have tried to put in a dummy control and can see it in MP, but I can't reach it.

I have also tried without GetWindow()
Codebehind:

protected GUIGroup _Group;
        protected GUIGroup MainGroup
        {
            get
            {
                if (_Group == null)
                    _Group = GUIWindowManager.GetWindow(99207).GetControl(6) as GUIGroup;
                return _Group;
            }
        }

...
...

GUIButtonControl btn = new GUIButtonControl(6);
MainGroup.AddControl(btn);

XML

<control>
      <description></description>
      <type>group</type>
      <id>6</id>
      <posX>10</posX>
      <posY>10</posY>
      <width>550</width>
      <layout>StackLayout(2,Horizontal)</layout>
      <visible>yes</visible>
      <animation effect="fade" time="1000">visiblechange</animation>
      <control>
        <type>image</type>
        <texture>notificationbar/button_background_focus.png</texture>
        <id>101</id>
        <posX>10</posX>
        <posY>10</posY>
        <width>50</width>
        <height>40</height>
      </control>
    </control>