Thanks WolfPup. With this change and a couple other tweaks, I could finally get an inverted dialog box, which achieves exactly what I wanted with my option 1.
Kudos ! Marine On 31/10/2011, WolfPup Lowenhar <wolfpu...@earthlink.net> wrote: > The position of the buttons can be easily move by changing line 87 of > panel_notification.xml. > Orginal : follows="left|right|bottom" > Top placement : follows="left|right|top" <- this should move the buttons to > the top of the layout but also might have to move lines 85-99 to the top of > the xml file as well plus modify the other sections accordingly. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: opensource-dev-boun...@lists.secondlife.com [mailto:opensource-dev- >> boun...@lists.secondlife.com] On Behalf Of Marine Kelley >> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 11:54 AM >> To: opensource-dev@lists.secondlife.com >> Subject: [opensource-dev] Need help about EXT-1285 >> >> Hi all ! I need help ! >> >> I'm working on adapting my RLV to version 3.2.0 of the viewer, and >> hitting a wall here. Let me explain the problem : >> >> In V1.x, script dialog boxes (the blue menus) were located on the >> upper right corner of the screen, with a fixed size text area in which >> the script could write what it wanted (up to 512 chars), with a >> scrollbar when needed. Then there were the buttons below that area. >> This had a nice side effect though, the buttons were always at the >> same place on the screen, so for repetitive tasks with dialogs you >> knew well, you didn't have to actually read before clicking. >> >> The scrollbar wasn't very practical, so LL decided to move the dialogs >> down to the lower right corner of the screen in v2.x, in exchange of >> making the dialogs variable in size. Best of both worlds, the dialogs >> were showing all the info at first glance without the need for a >> scrollbar, and the buttons were always at the same spot (although the >> sidebar was complicating things a little, but it was still workable). >> >> Now in v3 the dialogs are back to the upper right corner of the screen >> as part of EXT-1285 (coded and released by Seth Productengine). Ok, >> but no scrollbar means the buttons are NOT always at the same place >> anymore and that... is unacceptable to me. I absolutely need to change >> this, this is not practicable as it is. >> >> So I have two options. Either leave the dialogs where they are now and >> move the buttons of the dialog window BEFORE the text, or move the >> dialogs back to the lower right corner of the screen. >> >> Option 1 is good for v1 users, but a little confusing since the >> dialogs would not look like they always did. However I have spent some >> time looking for a way to do this, and never found HOW to move these >> buttons up before the text. I know the dialog is roughly defined in >> notifications.xml under the name "ScriptDialog", but I don't see where >> the list of buttons is constructed. The point of this email is partly >> to ask how to do this. >> >> Option 2 is good for v2 users, however it has a nasty side-effect : >> notification boxes ("are you sure you want to quit" and such) are >> linked to the tool bar or something. I haven't found where to change >> that and this is also the point of this email. >> >> I prefer option 1 personally, but I fear moving the buttons would look >> like a lame hack. Can anybody give me pointers about how to implement >> either option please ? Or better, both options ! >> >> Thank you in advance, >> Marine >> _______________________________________________ >> Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: >> http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev >> Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting >> privileges >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.1834 / Virus Database: 2092/4586 - Release Date: 10/31/11 > > _______________________________________________ > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev > Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting > privileges > _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
