Mouse Interaction with Interface Elements.

ID:92237
 
Feb 28 2010, 6:22 am (Edited on Feb 28 2010, 7:14 am)
Applies to:Dream Seeker
Status: Open
Issue hasn't been assigned a status value.
Duplicates:id:65494
I would like to see at least some minimal amount of mouse interaction with skin elements, besides just buttons. Possibly having the ability to click on bars or Mouse_Entered functionality so that you can make buttons highlight whenever your mouse is over them.

For example, in one of my games I have an experience bar. I would like to be able to show the player what percent it is at when the mouse over, but then hide the label again when they take their mouse off.
Mar 26 2010, 7:35 pm
*BUMP* MouseEntered/Exited for interface controls plox
Jun 17 2010, 11:32 am
*DOUBLE BUMP* Ditto...
Jun 17 2010, 6:33 pm (Edited on Jun 17 2010, 7:10 pm)
Thirded. Java has nice features for windows and mouse events. Maybe we could have something similar?
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
public class twindow extends JFrame {
    private JLabel Jnew;
    public twindow(){
        super("Titlebar!");
        Jnew = new JLabel("Testing");
        add(Jnew);
        Jnew.setToolTipText("Hello!");//Yay for Tool Tips
    }
}
Mar 12 2011, 10:18 pm
Bumping this again, and throwing a vote on it
Mar 13 2011, 8:25 am
YES.
Jan 21 2014, 1:04 am
I know this is old, but I'd like to bump this. Click()/DblClick() and MouseEntered()/MouseExited()/MouseMove() functionality would be really useful for interacting with interfaces.
Jan 21 2014, 9:46 am
This can be done pretty well through Javascript/Browsers. Check out ForumAccount's demo regarding Javascript interfaces.
Jan 21 2014, 10:26 am
Alright, I'll take a look. I still think interfaces should have support for those functions though- If at all feasible. Thanks, Ter.
Jan 21 2014, 10:44 am
In response to Lavitiz
Lavitiz wrote:
Alright, I'll take a look. I still think interfaces should have support for those functions though- If at all feasible. Thanks, Ter.

Yeah, I agree. I really wish there were a way we could get an embedded HTML renderer that actually rendered our interface elements in the same graphics context as the map, though, because I really dislike having to use square elements without transparency, or make the choice to abandon hardware mode.
Jan 21 2014, 10:48 am
In response to Ter13
Yes, I know exactly how you feel! I bumped another post not too long ago for interface transparency support with images.

If we had both of those features, interfaces would essentially be a more effective and possibly easier solution to HUD Objects.

I'm not quite sure how these additions would work or if they're even possible with how the engine is built, but I feel like these should have been added long ago if possible.

I'd like to hear some feed-back from Tom/Lummox JR on both this post and weather or not image transparency could be added for interface elements. This is really important to me, and I'd like to push for it's addition.
Jun 19 2015, 8:26 am
I know this is old, but bumping this!
Sep 11 2016, 12:44 pm
I know this is super old, but bump. Trying to create a radial menu via right-clicking an object inside a grid, on an interface, is proving impossible when trying to gain an idea on the position of the object translated into screen_loc.
Mar 11 2018, 7:31 pm
bump again