I did a brief browse before posting this, but since not finding anything that touched upon these 2 request I decided to post here.
I'd like to make a request for the following:
- Be allowed perhaps limited or commands in the Alert Proc
- Increase the number of selections greater than just 3 for Alert Proc, btw.. just being curious, is there a reason why it was limited to 3 selections in the first place???
LJR
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 Apr 16 2003, 7:53 am
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LordJR wrote:
I did a brief browse before posting this, but since not finding anything that touched upon these 2 request I decided to post here. This is way more difficult than it sounds. Don't expect that ever to be a feature; it makes more sense just to write your own HTML and pop it up in browse(). Although Dantom have had some good success using a semi-limited subset of HTML for text output, doing so in alert() would require quite a bit of custom drawing that just doesn't make any sense. And alert() is such a bad way to interface to begin with that dressing it up wouldn't ever be a priority. - Increase the number of selections greater than just 3 for Alert Proc, btw.. just being curious, is there a reason why it was limited to 3 selections in the first place??? Basically because it was intended to be a limited-use interface feature for very simple queries where a yes/no or a yes/no/maybe would make sense. Anything that requires more complexity also requires better presentation. For longer lists of choices, people usually just stick with input()--which has many of the same presentation flaws, but at least is more flexible. Lummox JR | |
You make some valid points there. I'll take a look into the browse() popup method. As well as give me a chance to fancy up the display a bit. Question in that regards, for a browser pop is there a way to refresh images in the popup, without the use of JaveScript?
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LordJR wrote:
You make some valid points there. I'll take a look into the browse() popup method. As well as give me a chance to fancy up the display a bit. Question in that regards, for a browser pop is there a way to refresh images in the popup, without the use of JaveScript? You can refresh a browse window at anytime. Look at the browse() documentation and read up on the options. | |
Yep... posted that before I ever got into Browse(). Now I'm using it in my current project and loving it. I'll never go back to Statpanels and List selection panels if I can help it!!! :)
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LordJR wrote:
Yep... posted that before I ever got into Browse(). Now I'm using it in my current project and loving it. I'll never go back to Statpanels and List selection panels if I can help it!!! :) BYOND's HTML handling, especially combined with a browse() window, is very powerful and probably very underused. People could easily do whole games in a browse window. Certainly, as it sounds like you might be doing, they could provide very useful equivalents of stat panels that are fully formatted and provide more functionality. People have often requested more functionality in statpanels, especially for formatting. But probably these days statpanels should be thought of as useful for utilities (gives a good place for commands), prototyping, and debugging. Actual game interface is usually better provided through HUDs or browse() windows. | |
http://www.byond.com/docs/ref/info.html#/proc/browse
http://www.byond.com/docs/ref/info.html#/client/proc/Topic
http://www.byond.com/docs/ref/info.html#/proc/input