Window alignment relative to an element (or client?) in Developer Help

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Dec 18 2008, 6:19 pm
To elaborate on the topic title, I have a snippet of coding that aligns a transparent window to some coordinates. Only the problem is, is it's relative to the player's monitor resolution and not the client. So whenever a player moves DreamSeeker around on their screen, the transparent window stays put when I want it to move with the client.
#1 Dec 18 2008, 7:57 pm
First, you would need some code that picks up when a window is moved (like Nadrew's Window Manager). Then, you use this snippet:

client/proc/Reposition(id,xplus,yplus)
       var/pos = winget(src,"mainwindow","pos")
       var/splitter = findtext(pos,",")
       var/x = text2num(copytext(size,1,splitter))
       var/y = text2num(copytext(size,splitter+1,1))
       winset(src,id,"pos=[x+xplus],[y+yplus]")


This could generate a good amount of CPU in an online game, so I would only recommend using it in small projects. One single "move" of the screen can be tens, maybe even hundreds, so that's a lot of procs being called.