Hide overflow of children element (WINDOW_MANAGER)

[Provision]

Hi,

I have :

UI = WINDOW_MANAGER:CreateControl(nil, GuiRoot, CT_TOPLEVELCONTROL)
//...

UI.Player[1] = CreateControl(nil, UI, CT_TOPLEVELCONTROL)
//...

My UI.Player can overflow out of the parent control. How can I hide overflow children of UI ?

I would like when UI.Player is on middle of border (50 % inside, and 50 % outside), show the part wich is inside.

Thanks

[Garkin]

I think the best example how to show just a selected part of the child control is any minimap addon. (You will need to use scroll control.)

[Provision]

Originally Posted by Garkin I think the best example how to show just a selected part of the child control is any minimap addon. (You will need to use scroll control.)

But I don't know what I search, and what it is...

[votan]

Originally Posted by Provision But I don't know what I search, and what it is...

I guess Garkin means this:
http://wiki.esoui.com/UI_XML#Scroll
http://wiki.esoui.com/Controls#ScrollControl
try to use it as a parent control for what you want to crop.

[Provision]

I found it, and this morning I tried DimensionConstraints, I don't see the difference. ^^"

[Provision]

I don't find instead of I make function who calculate position on border (like a minimap). x)

[Provision]

If you have a sample to use "overflow: scroll", I would like to see it.

[merlight]

First to your sample in the first post: CT_TOPLEVELCONTROL should only be used for actual top-level, i.e. parent-less controls. Use CT_CONTROL for children.

If you want to clip child controls, you need to put them in a <Scroll> control (CT_SCROLL).

local clippingContainer = wm:CreateControl("$(parent)Container", UI, CT_SCROLL)
local clippedChild = wm:CreateControl("$(parent)Child", clippingContainer, CT_CONTROL)

The Scroll control is used for scrolling lists for example. It can also apply smooth fade-out to contained controls near its edges, although I think it doesn't do that by default, so you shouldn't need to worry about that.

[sirinsidiator]

There is no simple "overflow: scroll" in the UI. Basically if you want to have scrollbars you need to create and place them yourself. There are some helper functions that are used for the ingame scroll bars that you might want to take a look at in order to make your own.

Maybe you can give us a screenshot of what you have and what you want to achieve?

[Provision]

Thanks for your reply, currently I put this aside, of to do window which explains my addon.

I will try it next time, with your advice in mind.