"window" graphing

[Sir Taleisin The Seer]

I take no credit for the creation of this ( I first saw this on the map project ) I just thought I would write down some fundamentals on how to use it.

graphing is the taking of one complete window of information and putting that window and it's "hard coded" data inside another. a good example can be seen in the player window of my UI XUINIX III ( preview below ).

in this player window you can see the detailed 'spell effects' from the 'character' window, which untill LU15 ( I think ) was a window you could bring up by the command /show_window MainHUD.Character

this form of graphing one window inside another is relativly simple, similar to adding a new window to an exsisting <include> list.

so in the eq2ui_mainhud_player.xml you add the line <include>eq2ui_mainhud_character.xml</include> and after that the window will appear within the mainHUD as well as the player window, allowing the window in question to obtain the game information you so desire

* this doesn't work on hotkeys because they aren't true windows *

any thoughts on this? additions? corrections? money?

[Drumstix42]

That's neat. I had no idea you could do that.

With that said... I have my Spell List window, and I was thinking of putting it into the journal window....

Would this "window graphic" technique make it easier for me, or would a copy paste job be easier, and just resize as needed.

[Sir Taleisin The Seer]

if you mean the spell list that is included in the character window.. no SOE has disabled loading this window from the game.

so copy and paste job would be faster

[Magus]

Does this mean that someone (hint hint ) could make, say, a MainHUD.NewCharacter that contained all the old info? Or at least just the nice spell effects part, without replacing one of our existing windows?

[Drumstix42]

Originally Posted by Sir Taleisin The Seer

if you mean the spell list that is included in the character window.. no SOE has disabled loading this window from the game.

so copy and paste job would be faster

No, I meant my custom window.

[Magus]

Hmm... I must be missing something... I did as you said, using the <include>/etc, but nothing actually shows in the fields...

[Sir Taleisin The Seer]

what exactly did you do Magus?

please go into as much detail as you can