This is the system that will manage UI's for either specific object classes or generic

Table of attribute types: Type name <th

Attributes Framework about mars HOT 2 CLOSED

jameslkingsley commented on August 30, 2024

Attributes Framework

from mars.

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654wak654 commented on August 30, 2024

Table of attribute types:

Type name	Type of control	default value	details about return value
string	editbox	""	value inside the editbox (STR)
string_long	ml editbox	""	value inside the editbox (STR)
range	2 editboxes	[0, 0]	values in both editboxes (ARR)
position	3 editboxes	[0, 0, 0]	vector (x,y,z) (ARR)
color	4 editboxes	[0, 0, 0, 0]	color (r,g,b,a) (ARR)
date	3 comboboxes	epoch*	date (year, month, day) (ARR)
list	combobox	0	corresponding value to curSel (STR)
number	editbox	0	value number inside the editbox (NUM)
slider	slider	0	current pos of slider (NUM)
bool	checkbox	0 (false)	is checkbox selected (BOOL)
custom	good luck	nil	(ANY)

*epoch is January first of smallest year given

Example:

class GVARMAIN(attributes) {
    class CAManBase {
        class ADDON {
            class General {
                class Awesome {
                    displayName = "Is awesome";
                    tooltipText = "Select if this unit is awesome or not.";
                    type = "BOOL";
                    default = 1; // Optional, default is 0
                    exceptions[] = {"isAlive"};
                    expression = QUOTE(_x setVariable [QGVAR(isAwesome), _this]);
                };
                class CombatMode {
                    displayName = "Combat Mode";
                    tooltipText = "Select this unit's group's combat mode.";
                    type = "COMBO";
                    values[] = {"BLUE", "GREEN", "WHITE", "YELLOW", "RED"};
                    labels[] = {
                        "Never fire",
                        "Hold fire - defend only",
                        "Hold fire, engage at will",
                        "Fire at will",
                        "Fire at will, engage at will"
                    };
                    expression = "(group _x) setCombatMode _this";
                    condition = "_x == leader _x";
                };
            };
        };
    };
};