Alternative for Edit Box for player input?

[Outcast]

I am currently using the Edit Box object to have the player write his name after a game for the leaderboard in the game. But for some reason the Edit Box seem to cause problems, for example I cant go into fullscreen if I have the Edit Box and it always stays on top, even if it is on a layer bellow an other object.

Is there some other way for having a textbox the player can insert his name into?

[Phi]

All Window Control objects do this, List object, editboxes, listview, etc... your best bet is to write a custom editbox, or use text blitter/ the new character object to display it.

[Outcast]

Ah ok! I created a start of a custom editbox, I have an example here.

Before I continue though,
It only works with the A,B and C buttons now for the example and the backspace button erases the whole string. I could go with this and it would work, but is there some event for detecting the current button the player presses and storing it in a value or string? That would be better then this way I think of having a event for every letter in the alphabet :p . Also, is there any command that could be used to erase the last letter written, instead of as it is now in my example, where if you press backspace the whole text is erased?

[Boba Fonts]

Also, is there any command that could be used to erase the last letter written, instead of as it is now in my example, where if you press backspace the whole text is erased?

on desired event, set your string to

Left$(string$( "YourString" ), Len(string$( "YourString" ))-1)

(the example refers to a string object, but it works with every kind of text/string)

[ChrisBurrows]

The control X object can retrieve the last key press as a string. You can use the String Parser object to convert that string (the key press) to an ASCII value. Then, if the ASCII value is between 32 and 128, you know it is one of the keyboard characters.

To backspace the last character, set the string to: Left$(string$( "String" ), Len(string$( "String" ))-1)

To see how either of those tasks are done, check out this example I made: http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=8549

The example is for an Array Inventory Editor but the editor itself uses those two methods. There is also a link for the Control X on that page.

[ChrisBurrows]

Actually, in that example, I didn't compare the ASCII values. Although that will work fine. In the example, I compared the Key IDs.

Also, this example: http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=8684 shows how to type your name by selecting letters with the arrow keys. I'm not sure what you are going for... hopefully one of them helps.

[Outcast]

The control X object can retrieve the last key press as a string. You can use the String Parser object to convert that string (the key press) to an ASCII value. Then, if the ASCII value is between 32 and 128, you know it is one of the keyboard characters.

To backspace the last character, set the string to: Left$(string$( "String" ), Len(string$( "String" ))-1)

To see how either of those tasks are done, check out this example I made: http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=8549

The example is for an Array Inventory Editor but the editor itself uses those two methods. There is also a link for the Control X on that page.

I would like to try this, but it does not seem the Control X object is supported in Flash :/

[Phi]

Try setting the focus to an editbox that is offscreen and/or invisible and just copying it to the string or whatever you're using.

[nivram]

I agree with Phi. That is the simplest way.

Marv

[Konidias]

Wish there was a cleaner solution though... The editbox off to the side trick is nice except it leaves you with no mouse cursor controls over the editbox on screen. So for example, it would be incredibly difficult to allow the user to click somewhere in the on screen box and select a bit of the text with the mouse and then copy/past/delete it. The solution is fine for simple text entry but it's not a good solution for something like a chat box entry area where users might want to copy things from their edit box or paste/insert things in.