EQInterface Forums - Selector Window buttons to another window

11-12-2008, 06:53 AM	#1
Corean A Wooly Rhino Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 75	Selector Window buttons to another window Has anybody been able to copy any of the buttons from Selector Window to another window, such as Potion Belt Window? Storyline and Mercenary buttons are the ones I use the most. I tried placing them on Potion Belt Window but they becamse non functional. I suppose this is another case of being hard-coded to specific window?

11-12-2008, 07:08 AM	#2
myxiplx A Weathered Clockwork Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 313	You can definitely move buttons like the mercenary one, but you have to use the "openwnd" EQtype. The standard code for the selector window will be hardcoded. And while "openwnd" works fine, it does have a couple of limitations: Windows will always open immediately above & to the right of the button you clicked, and windows will close when you press Esc (although that appears to have changed recently for the Mercenary window). I've used it to add a Mercenary button to my main UI, so I can quickly pop up that window when needed, and close it again just as easily. This is what it looks like (spot the mercenary icon just to the right of the spell bar): http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/...lx/EQ000283.jpg And here's the code: Code: <Button item = "Myx_Aura_Merc"> <EQType>openwnd MMGW_ManageWnd</EQType> <RelativePosition>true</RelativePosition> <Location> <X>50</X> <Y>11</Y> </Location> <Size> <CX>16</CX> <CY>16</CY> </Size> <Style_Checkbox>true</Style_Checkbox> <TooltipReference>Mercenary</TooltipReference> <ButtonDrawTemplate> <Normal>A_MercenaryBtnNormal</Normal> <Pressed>A_MercenaryBtnPressed</Pressed> <Flyby>A_MercenaryBtnFlyby</Flyby> <Disabled>A_MercenaryBtnNormal</Disabled> <PressedFlyby>A_MercenaryBtnPressedFlyby</PressedFlyby> </ButtonDrawTemplate> </Button>

11-12-2008, 03:56 PM	#3
Corean A Wooly Rhino Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 75	Thank you very much.

11-15-2008, 09:48 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by myxiplx

I've used it to add a Mercenary button to my main UI, so I can quickly pop up that window when needed, and close it again just as easily.

I've been messing around with this idea. How do you close the merc window once it's open? Do you just click the X on the merc window, or is there a way to make it so clicking the custom merc button closes the merc window if it's already open?

11-16-2008, 04:29 AM	#5
myxiplx A Weathered Clockwork Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 313	Up until a week ago, pressing Esc closed it. For some reason the Mercenary window doesn't behave like that any more, although other screens opened in this way still close with Esc. For now you have to close the Mercenary window manually, although I have e-mailed the developer who put together these openwnd buttons to suggest a toggle button.

11-18-2008, 07:25 PM	#6
damridor A Fire Beetle Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2	EQ Button I tried this for the EQ button and it isn't working. Is the EQ button exempt from this ability? Thank you Damridor

11-19-2008, 03:00 AM	#7
myxiplx A Weathered Clockwork Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 313	I'd have thought so. The EQ button isn't a standard button by any means. It's a placeholder for quite a complex set of XML driven menus. As far as I know, the EQ button is fixed on screen, and while it can be resized (and the window used for other things), I don't think you can move or remove it. Since you can resize the window and the button it's fairly easy to make the EQ button a part of your interface though. I've seen several people (including myself) make it a placeholder for armor pieces, turning it into a very useful item.