Input window appearance

Sylphia · Post by **Sylphia** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:31 pm

1) Is there a way to move an input list under the prompt text like this:

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2) Is there a way to make the TEXT box bigger like this:

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Azhrei · Post by **Azhrei** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:16 pm

Have you tried embedding the HTML   element into the string?

Sylphia · Post by **Sylphia** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:36 pm

I did this:

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[h:status=input("AP|Spend,Gain|Spend or Gain an Action Point on this token<br>|RADIO|ORIENT=H SELECT=0")]
[h:abort(status)]

and got this:

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plothos · Post by **plothos** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:40 pm

Have you tried:

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[h:status=input("AP|Spend,Gain|Spend or Gain an Action Point on this token"+<br>+"|RADIO|ORIENT=H SELECT=0")]
[h:abort(status)]

?
Or:

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[h:status=input("AP|"+<br>+"Spend,Gain|Spend or Gain an Action Point on this token|RADIO|ORIENT=H SELECT=0")]
[h:abort(status)]

?

Azhrei · Post by **Azhrei** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:59 pm

Nope, his first attempt was correct:

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[h:status=input("AP|Spend,Gain|Spend or Gain an Action Point on this token<br>|RADIO|ORIENT=H SELECT=0")]
[h:abort(status)]

But try adding the <html> tag at the beginning. It would look like:

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[h:status=input("AP|Spend,Gain|<html>Spend or Gain an Action Point on this token<br>|RADIO|ORIENT=H SELECT=0")]
[h:abort(status)]

Btw, plothos, the   is straight text and would always be inside quotes of some kind when used in a macro.

Sylphia · Post by **Sylphia** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:01 pm

plothos wrote:Have you tried:

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[h:status=input("AP|Spend,Gain|Spend or Gain an Action Point on this token"+<br>+"|RADIO|ORIENT=H SELECT=0")]
[h:abort(status)]

?
Or:

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[h:status=input("AP|"+<br>+"Spend,Gain|Spend or Gain an Action Point on this token|RADIO|ORIENT=H SELECT=0")]
[h:abort(status)]

?

Using

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[h:status=input("AP|Spend,Gain|Spend or Gain an Action Point on this token"+<br>+"|RADIO|ORIENT=H SELECT=0")]
[h:abort(status)]

makes the macro think the line is actually
[h:status=input("AP|Spend,Gain|Spend or Gain an Action Point on this token"

It reads the quote as the end of the input field instead of the quote that follows SELECT=0

I even tried

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[h:Test="Spend or Gain an Action Point on this token<br>"]
[h:status=input("AP|Spend,Gain|"+Test+"|RADIO|ORIENT=H SELECT=0")]
[h:abort(status)]

And I also tried wrapping it in a table. Nothing has worked. Hence I am hoping the demigods of MT know of a solution.

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:04 pm

Azhrei wrote:Nope, his first attempt was correct:
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[h:status=input("AP|Spend,Gain|Spend or Gain an Action Point on this token |RADIO|ORIENT=H SELECT=0")]
[h:abort(status)]
But try adding the <html> tag at the beginning. It would look like:
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[h:status=input("AP|Spend,Gain|<html>Spend or Gain an Action Point on this token |RADIO|ORIENT=H SELECT=0")]
[h:abort(status)]
Btw, plothos, the   is straight text and would always be inside quotes of some kind when used in a macro.

This would place a line break at the end of the label, but this won't push down the text input control.
The only way to get some flexibility about placing the input where you want it is to use a form in a [dialog(): ]. One problem though is carriage returns are not handled correctly in text areas yet...

Sylphia · Post by **Sylphia** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:08 pm

Azhrei wrote:Nope, his first attempt was correct:
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[h:status=input("AP|Spend,Gain|Spend or Gain an Action Point on this token |RADIO|ORIENT=H SELECT=0")]
[h:abort(status)]
But try adding the <html> tag at the beginning. It would look like:
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[h:status=input("AP|Spend,Gain|<html>Spend or Gain an Action Point on this token |RADIO|ORIENT=H SELECT=0")]
[h:abort(status)]
Btw, plothos, the   is straight text and would always be inside quotes of some kind when used in a macro.

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ROFL well it did change SOMETHING

The good thing is, this solves the problem I am having on one of my macros where the input prompt text is way too long, making the macro window HUGE. The bad thing is, it doesnt actually fix what I am trying to do here.

I even tried putting the and the <html> in the slot next to RADIO, and wound up with a very ticked off macro

(it didnt work)

Sylphia · Post by **Sylphia** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:27 pm

OK...since the radio button relocation project seems to be a no-go...how about the resized text window?

DeviantNull · Post by **DeviantNull** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:00 pm

Just roll your own input. Over in user creations I put my stuff if you want a deeper look at how I did it. But basically just use Dialog() and HTML.

Dialog() and Frame() accepts all the regular HTML input options such as radio, checkboxes, selection lists, and even textareas (though they're a bit broken). It submits all the values inside the macro.args property as a string with the props as the input names and the values as the input.

So real quickly you could have...

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[Dialog("ActionPoints"):{
<html>
    <head><meta name="input" content = "true"></head>
<body>
    <form name="Action Points" action="[r: macroLinkText('ActionPoints@Lib:Token', 'none', '', currentToken())]">
Spend or Gain an Action Point on this token<br>
<input type="radio" name="AP" value="1"></input>Spend <input type="radio" name="AP" value="-1"></input>Gain

<input type="submit" name="save" value="Ok"></input>
    </form>
</body>
</html>
}]

Then you'd have an ActionPoint macro on the Lib:Token (or on the same token and just change the macroLink). That looks something like this...

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[ActionPoints = ActionPoints + getStrProp(macro.args, "AP")]

For better formatting throw the stuff inside a table.

knizia.fan · Post by **knizia.fan** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:08 pm

Sylphia wrote:1) Is there a way to move an input list under the prompt text like this:

Use the SPAN=TRUE option to suppress the control's prompt text (see the input() documentation):

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[h: input(
    "dummyVariable|Spend or Gain an Action Point on this token:||LABEL|SPAN=TRUE", 
    "choice|Spend,Gain|Action point:|RADIO|ORIENT=H SPAN=TRUE"
)]

Since the radio button group's prompt is embedded in the border when you use SPAN=TRUE, you could possibly eliminate the LABEL entirely.

There isn't a way to make a multiline TEXT control in input().

lmarkus001 · Post by **lmarkus001** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:46 pm

Hummm... you can put a table into an input() to format your text... the Cancel in the image is just a table with borders.

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[H: bgImage = macro.args]

[ok = input(
   "variableName| " + bgImage + "|<html><head><style type='text/css'> table{ float:center; border-width: 1px; border-spacing: 1px; border-collapse: collapse; }</style></head><body>Press <table><tr><td>Cancel</tr></td></table> if you see a red ? image - - ></body></html> |LABEL|ICON=TRUE",
   "junk| (Press Ok if the image is rendered correctly.) | | LABEL | SPAN=TRUE",
   "junk| Note that this is a workaround for an image loading bug. | | LABEL | SPAN=TRUE"
)]

Azhrei · Post by **Azhrei** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:31 pm

Hey, k.fan! You're back!

Long time, no see! Or perhaps you've been back for a couple days and I just haven't noticed (I don't read every post).

In any case, welcome home!

Mr. Pokeylope · Post by **Mr. Pokeylope** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:44 pm

Wow, apparently I started a trend of developers suddenly reappearing after being gone for over half a year.

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