Menu Editor (In-Game UI)
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Toolbar
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Squint | Applies the squint camera track. |
| Enable FOV | Enables Field of View. |
| FOV | The Field of View value. |
| Draw Control Frames | Shows white frames around every menu control to show their size. |
| Icon View | Preview icons on their textures when ui_icon is selected. |
| Icon Grid | Icon grid used to snap icons in iconlib. |
| Grid Size | Size of the Icon Grid. For example, if it's 32, the frame will move with a step of 32. |
| Debug Input Type | Forces the input type to check the input-dependent controls visibility.
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Menu Tool
RMB Utils
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Add menu... | Adds a new menu. |
| Add Control | Adds a new menu element. |
| Add Folder | Adds a new folder to the list. |
| Delete | Removes the selected object from the list. |
| Reload | Reloads all information from \content\menu\your_menu_file |
| Rename... | Renames the selected object. |
| Copy | Copies the selected menu object. |
| Paste | Pastes the copied menu object. |
| Reveal In Explorer | Navigates to the actual LUA-files of the menu object within your \content\maps\ folder. |
| Expand | Expands the current list. |
| Collapse | Collapses all lists. |
| Expand All | Expands the hierarchy list (standard list explorer view option in the editor). |
| Collapse All | Collapses the hierarchy list (standard list explorer view option in the editor). |
| Filter | Uses the Find field to show only those items that satisfy the query (standard list explorer view option in the Editor). |
| Plain Mode | Shows all objects in the alphabetical order without a hierarchy. |
Viewport
Main properties
| Option | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Events | On Activate | Called when the menu is activated. |
| On Deactivate | Called when the menu is deactivated. | |
| On Confirm Close | Called before trying to close. | |
| On Focused Changed | Called when the focused control is changed. | |
| Type | If activated, these menu types use input, pause the game, and render the whole screen:
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| Fade in time | Time during which the menu gains full alpha. | |
| Offset | Menu's offset on the screen. | |
| Force On Activate Event | On Activate called in the edit mode. | |
| Scale Factor | Menu's scale. | |
| Sound | Control Focused | The sound played when Focused Control changes. |
| Control Activated | The sound played when Control is activated (e.g. button pressed). | |
| Control Val Changed | The sound played when the options' values are changed. | |
| Child Closed | The sound played when the child menu closes. | |
| Hint Menu | Hint menu name, displayed along with the main menu. | |
| Hint Menu Offset | Hint menu offset. | |
| Layer | Drawing order, the menu with the highest order is rendered last, hence topmost. | |
| Template Menu | Name of the other menu that will be applied as a template (all properties of all controls that appear both in the current menu and in the template one will be copied from the template one). | |
| Tab Index | Sorting and selecting order. | |
| Position | Size | Self-explanatory. |
| Group | Group-control reference. | |
| Layer | The drawing order, the control with the highest order will be rendered last, hence topmost. | |
| Level Specific | Only displayed when the menu is shown on a specific level. | |
RMB Utils
Selected Objects by Property | Selects all objects that share the same value of a selected property as the value of the selected object. |
| Reset to Default | Resets the property to the default. |
| Copy | Copies the value to the selected property. |
| Paste | Pastes the value to the selected property. |
| Export Properties | Outdated |
| Import Properties | Outdated |
| Edit Hint | Edits the hint for the selected property. Hints are stored here: tools/editor/meta/props_metadata.lua |
| Show Description | Displays the hint for the selected property on a separate panel. |
| Add to Highlight List | Adds the selected property to the highlight list. |
| Remove from Highlight List | Removes the selected property from the highlight list. |
| Show Highlighted Only | If enabled, this will show only the highlighted properties. |
| Edit Custom Caption | Allows you to rename a property. |
| Clear Custom Caption | Resets the name of the property to the default. |
| Disable Custom Captions | Disables the display of custom captions. |
| Show Advanced Filter | Enables the display of the advanced filter. A space with a list of all properties sorted into categories will appear above the search bar. |
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