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10-22-2002, 10:03 AM
anyone know if this exists, or can be done?



for instance, one tab for hitsmode, one tab for guild chat, one for raid... customizable perhaps? think i'm on to something? ;)



edited topic to reflect lenardo's post. heh


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Lenardo
10-22-2002, 12:47 PM
hmm ask ramsus.


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Fatal
10-22-2002, 01:44 PM
Hmm.



let me check something.. but Im thinkin no.. give me a few minutes.




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Fatal
10-22-2002, 01:54 PM
Ok. here's the deal.



There is one file that controls what a chat window looks like.

While I think I could make a tabbed box to put chat in, when you create a second window i don't see any place to tell it where to put the second window. It seems like it would just copy another tabbed window over. Now, don't get me wrong, This itself could be useful. For instance.. I have a chat window that I put a bunch of garbage in just because I dont want to see it.. then I hide it somewhere. If this was a tabbed box i could just tab it the second page that showed me use information, like an inventory screen etc.



This is all assuming that the chat window itself wasn't resistant to tabs. I just don;t recall off the top of my head if it was or not.





Now, if they gave us an xml file foir chat2, chat3, chat 4, and the chat box worked with tabs, this would be easily done.



Chat boxes themself are quite simple consisting of 2 parts basically. The input and output window. I have never played with a chat box much, besides the borders, so i dont know if they can be moved to another box. Hmm. which gives me another idea.. damn you.. let me go play a bit and see what I find out.






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Fatal
10-22-2002, 02:17 PM
it seems the elements from the chat window are placeable anywhere. this doesnt provide what you wanted unfortunately, but it does allow for some cool things.








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10-22-2002, 02:22 PM
"elements of the chat window" being text, etc?



If this is true, i'd think that'd put the tabbed chat in reach. I'm not looking for the CHAT window to be tabbed per se. For instance, can you take a different window (like help or /bug or /feedback a la map mod) and recreate it to output that text? Unfortunately, I cannot find a "UI for Dummies" thread anywhere, or I'd be doing the research myself. :(



So basically, I'm not coding savvy, I'm just a thinktank. :)



also, interested in "but it does allow for some cool things"...


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Fatal
10-22-2002, 02:33 PM
you have to have the chat window file. Required.

pretty sure it has to contain the input and output elements or fails.



You can copy the input element to another window, such as friends.



And if you can copy the Output box to another window, if will give you the ability to um.. have your basic chat window in another box.. BUT..



When you click to create another chat window the properties are taken from the chat.xml file.



I'm not sure if you are understanding what im saying.. let me try to say it like this..



If i edit my chat box and I put all my stats in abox with an area to display chat and input.. as soon as I create a second window its going to just duplicat that box. If the first chat box was in a tabbed window, im just going to have a second tabbed window. Not what you want.



Also, I haven;t moved other elements in to the chat box so i don't know if that is possible. I havent tabbed the chat box, so I dont know if that is possible either. And since you have no control over the window it clones or where it places it, its not really tabbable.






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