None button in input? (Warning: Image)

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Oct 21 2006, 8:29 pm (Edited on Oct 21 2006, 8:37 pm)
Alright, something's up. Since when has there been a "none" button?

Oct 21 2006, 8:46 pm
I think that happens any time there is a "null" possibility.
Oct 21 2006, 8:48 pm
I don't think you need to have an image warning when it's only a few kilobytes. =)

I love the names in that list box!
Oct 21 2006, 8:49 pm
In response to Crispy
Yeah, it's Incursion. :O

[EDIT]

This should probably be moved to Developer How-To, because I have an additional question: How the bloody heck do you get a None button into the input box? I'm trying this right now:

mob
    Login()
        ..()
        var/i = input( "HEH" ) as null|anything in list("HAH","YES", null, "")
Oct 22 2006, 4:12 am
In response to Danial.Beta
Danial.Beta wrote:
I think that happens any time there is a "null" possibility.

A "null" option would be "cancel", I think.

O-matic
Oct 22 2006, 4:32 am
In response to O-matic
Yes, and I just realized that hitting the "None" button brings up another list, so it appears as if something is splitting the list in two. I didn't know this behavior existed. I must know how to do it! :O
Oct 23 2006, 2:52 pm (Edited on Oct 23 2006, 8:45 pm)
In response to Audeuro
Perhaps Lummy browsed a custom windox that just looks remarkably like the input window?

That must be from our game the other night; I love "Buda's Inpase".
Oct 24 2006, 7:29 am (Edited on Oct 24 2006, 11:02 am)
In response to IainPeregrine
 

mob
    verb
        ManualMove(mob/M,dir as null|anything in list(1,2,4,5,6,8,9,10,16,32))
            if(!dir)return
            else step(M,dir)


Oct 24 2006, 8:40 am
In response to Audeuro
Audeuro wrote:
This should probably be moved to Developer How-To, because I have an additional question: How the bloody heck do you get a None button into the input box?

var/i = input("Heh") as null|anything in list("HAH","YES")

No need to put the null options into the list of values. If the null keyword appears in the mask of values to accept, then a None button will appear.

'i' will be null if the user clicks the None button. You will need to specifically check for that yourself if you want it to act as a cancel:

var/i = input("Heh") as null|anything in list("HAH","YES")
if(!i)
  //cancelled
Oct 24 2006, 11:14 am
In response to Jtgibson
That'll just add a cancel button. In the screenshot, there's a 'Cancel' AND a 'None.' The none button functions by showing the next set of values in the list. Might this just be a custom input box?
Oct 24 2006, 11:17 am
In response to Audeuro
Audeuro wrote:
That'll just add a cancel button. In the screenshot, there's a 'Cancel' AND a 'None.' The none button functions by showing the next set of values in the list. Might this just be a custom input box?

Certainly not.
client/verb/Test(choice as null|anything in list("hied","r","1337"))
    if(choice)
        src << "You chose [choice]"
    else
        src << "You chose None"


Hiead
Oct 24 2006, 11:23 am (Edited on Oct 24 2006, 11:31 am)
In response to Hiead
Ah, then my apologies to you, Jtgibson. I should've tested it. I find this odd, though. What does the Cancel button serve as, then? It stops the verb entirely when chosen!

[EDIT]

Excuse me, this just sounds wrong. I don't see the point in the cancel button, when the user could just handle it himself. In my opinion, the cancel button should have it's own return entirely in this situation. What if the user wants to react differently to it?
Oct 24 2006, 12:06 pm
In response to Audeuro
 
mob
    verb
        ManualMove(mob/M,dir as null|anything in list(1,2,4,5,6,8,9,10,16,32))
            if(!dir)usr<<"You clicked the none button"
            else step(M,dir)


If you click a number you move that direction, if you click none you get the "You clicked the none button" message and if you click cancel nothing happens.
Oct 24 2006, 12:07 pm
In response to Xx Dark Wizard xX
Yes, but I see no reason behind the 'Cancel' button. It'd be nice if we could at least get a CANCEL option that we could supply there to add it.
Oct 24 2006, 12:08 pm
In response to Audeuro
It would be nice if we could make our own inputs, and specify things like colors and whatnot, all while being able to create any buttons and lists we want.
Oct 24 2006, 12:10 pm
In response to Android Data
use sd_alert.
Oct 24 2006, 12:13 pm
In response to Xx Dark Wizard xX
Xx Dark Wizard xX wrote:
use sd_alert.

Without having to rely on a browser and possibly even IE bugs to exploit to do my bidding.