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Text - Elements - Hag GUI for Cobra

Example of word-wrapped text and hyperlinks.

Text elements are individually styled blocks of text, supporting word-wrapping, \n line breaks, tooltips and hyperlinks.

Text elements expose the following read-only variables:

hText.x: Integer - Text x position
hText.y: Integer - Text y position
hText.w: Integer - Text width
hText.h: Integer - Text height
hText.enabled: Boolean - If text is enabled
hText.visible: Boolean - If text is visible
hText.href: String - Text hyperlink (default is an empty string)

For a ready-to-run example, see Example_Text or Example2D in the Examples download.

Example:

Program (icon:"hag\icons\window.ico")
   Uses
       hagC2D,
       cobra2D,
       keyset

Var
   y: Integer
   
   frmMain: ^forms
   txtMain: ^hTexts
   txtLink1: ^hTexts
   txtLink2: ^hTexts
   txtLink3: ^hTexts
   btnClose: ^buttons         
   
   background: Element
   
   cursor_hand : Element
   cursor_text : Element
   tooltip : Element

Procedure UpdateMyCursor()
Var
   lastMouse : Static Integer
   lastTip : Static String
Begin

   Case
hag_mouse of
       (HAG_MOUSE_NORMAL):
       
           If lastMouse <> HAG_MOUSE_NORMAL then
               ShowMouse()
               SpriteVisible(cursor_hand,FALSE)
               SpriteVisible(cursor_text,FALSE)
               lastMouse = HAG_MOUSE_NORMAL
           Endif

       (HAG_MOUSE_HAND):
           If lastMouse <> HAG_MOUSE_HAND then
               HideMouse()
               SpriteVisible(cursor_hand,TRUE)
               SpriteVisible(cursor_text,FALSE)
               lastMouse = HAG_MOUSE_HAND
           Endif
           PositionSprite(cursor_hand,MouseX,MouseY)
           
       (HAG_MOUSE_TEXT):
           If lastMouse <> HAG_MOUSE_TEXT then
               HideMouse()
               SpriteVisible(cursor_hand,FALSE)
               SpriteVisible(cursor_text,TRUE)
               lastMouse = HAG_MOUSE_TEXT
           Endif
           PositionSprite(cursor_text,MouseX,MouseY)

   EndCase

   { Tooltip }
   If hag_tooltip <> lastTip then
       If
hag_tooltip <> "" then
           CLS(ToRGBA(0,0,0,0),tooltip)           
           PenColor(ToRGBA(0,0,0),tooltip)
           SetFont("arial",8,0,tooltip)
           
           Rect(0,0,TextWidth(hag_tooltip,tooltip)+10,TextHeight(hag_tooltip,tooltip)+4,ToRGBA(255,255,225),TRUE,tooltip)
           Rect(0,0,TextWidth(hag_tooltip,tooltip)+10,TextHeight(hag_tooltip,tooltip)+4,ToRGBA(0,0,0),FALSE,tooltip)
           SpriteVisible(tooltip,TRUE)
           
           Text(5,2,hag_tooltip,tooltip)
       Else
           SpriteVisible(tooltip,FALSE)
       Endif
       lastTip = hag_tooltip
   Endif
   PositionSprite(tooltip,MouseX+15,MouseY+10)        

End

Begin

   SetAppName("Text example")
   OpenScreen(320, 240, 32, FALSE, COB_SHOWBORDER+COB_SHOWCLOSE)
   Randomize(Millisecs)
   
   background = CreateSprite(320,240)
   Cls(ToRGBA(235,233,237),background) ; Flip

   // Init GUI
   HagBaseDir("hag\")
   HagInit(320, 240, 1) // Start at sprite index 1 because of the background sprite    
   HagLoadGuiTheme("xp")    
   
   // Set up GUI Elements
   frmMain = CreateForm()
   
   txtMain = CreateText(frmMain, 20, 20, "This is an example of the Hag GUI using text elements.\n\nText elements automatically use text-wrapping and support /n linebreaks.\n\nAlso, hyperlinks!\n\n", 280)
   y = txtMain.y + txtMain.h // Get end of the Text block
   
   txtLink1 = CreateHyperlink(frmMain, 20, y, "Visit Google", "http://www.google.co.uk/")
   txtLink2 = CreateHyperlink(frmMain, 20, y+20, "Visit TopHatStuff", "http://www.tophatstuff.co.uk/")
   txtLink3 = CreateHyperlink(frmMain, 20, y+40, "Hag GUI Documentation", "http://www.tophatstuff.co.uk/?p=42")
   
   
   btnClose = CreateButton(frmMain, 250, 200, 50, "Close")
   FocusButton(btnClose)
   
   HagUpdateOnce()



   // Mouse
   tooltip = CreateSprite(320,20)
       SpriteVisible(tooltip,FALSE)   
   cursor_hand = LoadSprite("img\cursor_hand.png")
       SpriteVisible(cursor_hand,FALSE)
   cursor_text = LoadSprite("img\cursor_text.png")
       SpriteVisible(cursor_text,FALSE)
   
       
   
   While ExitRequested = FALSE
       
       HagUpdateAll_AutoKeys()
       UpdateMyCursor()
       
       If ButtonClicked(btnClose) then RequestExit
       If KeyHits(VK_ESCAPE) > 0 then RequestExit
       
       Flip
       Pause
(1)
   Wend
   
   HagFreeAll()
   CloseScreen()

End

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