Module `GeyserLabel`

-- The Geyser Layout Manager by guy -- --

Functions

Geyser.Label:echo (message, color, format)	Prints a message to the window.
Geyser.Label:rawEcho (message)	raw Echo without formatting/handholding stuff that Geyser.Label:echo() does
Geyser.Label:setFont (font)	Sets the font face for the label, use empty string to clear the font and use css/default.
Geyser.Label:setBold (bool)	Set whether or not the text in the label should be bold
Geyser.Label:setUnderline (bool)	Set whether or not the text in the label should be underline
Geyser.Label:setItalics (bool)	Set whether or not the text in the label should be italics
Geyser.Label:setStrikethrough (bool)	Set whether or not the text in the label should be strikethrough
Geyser.Label:setFontSize (fontSize)	Set the font size for the label to use
Geyser.Label:setAlignment (alignment)	Sets the alignment for the label
Geyser.Label:setBackgroundImage (imageFileName)	Sets a background image for this label.
Geyser.Label:setTiledBackgroundImage (imageFileName)	Sets a tiled background image for this label.
Geyser.Label:setClickCallback (func, ...)	Sets a callback to be used when this label is clicked.
Geyser.Label:setDoubleClickCallback (func, ...)	Sets a callback to be used when this label is double clicked.
Geyser.Label:setReleaseCallback (func, ...)	Sets a callback to be used when a mouse click is released over this label.
Geyser.Label:setMoveCallback (func, ...)	Sets a callback to be used when the mouse cursor is moved over this label.
Geyser.Label:setWheelCallback (func, ...)	Sets a callback to be used when the user scrolls over this label.
Geyser.Label:setOnEnter (func, ...)	Sets a callback to be used when the mouse passes over this label.
Geyser.Label:setOnLeave (func, ...)	Sets a callback to be used when the mouse leaves this label.
Geyser.Label:setStyleSheet (css)	Sets the style sheet of the label
Geyser.Label:setToolTip (txt, duration)	Sets the tooltip of the label
Geyser.Label:resetToolTip ()	Resets the tooltip of the label
Geyser.Label:setCursor (cursorShape)	Set a predefined mouse cursor shape for this label
Geyser.Label:setCustomCursor (customCursor)	Set a custom mouse cursor shape for this label
Geyser.Label:resetCursor ()	Resets the to the default Mouse Cursor Shape for this label
closeAllLevels (label)	closes all nested labels
closeNestChildren (label)	Closes all nested labels under the given label, including any nested children those children might possess
doNestScroll (label)	Internal function.
Geyser.Label:displayNest (label)	Displays the nested elements within label, and orients them appropiately
doNestShow (label)	Internal function when a parent nest element is clicked to lay out the nested elements within
doNestEnter (label)	Internal function when a nested element is moused over to lay out the nested elements within that nested element
doNestLeave (label)	Internal function when a nested element is left to renest elements and restore order
Geyser.Label:new2 (cons, container)	Overridden constructor to use add2
Geyser.Label:addScrollbars (parent, layout)	internal function that adds the "More..." scrollbars
Geyser.Label:addChild (cons)
Geyser.Label:enableClickthrough ()	Sets label to no longer intercept mouse events
Geyser.Label:disableClickthrough ()	Sets label to once again intercept mouse events
Geyser.Label:findMenuElement (name, only, findParent)	finds and returns a right click menu item
Geyser.Label:setMenuAction (name, ...)	Sets a action to be used when this label from the right click menu is clicked
Geyser.Label:hideMenuLabel (name)	hides a right click menu item
Geyser.Label:showMenuLabel (name)	shows a previously hidden right click menu item
Geyser.Label:addMenuLabel (name, parent, index)	adds a new item to the right click menu
Geyser.Label:changeMenuIndex (name, index)	changes a right click menu items index
Geyser.Label:createRightClickMenu (cons)	creates a right click menu for your Label

Tables

Geyser.Label	Represents a label like we all know and love.
mouseClickEvent	The table returned by setClickCallback
mouseWheelEvent	The table returned by setWheelCallback

Functions

Geyser.Label:echo (message, color, format)

Prints a message to the window. All parameters are optional and if not specified will use the last set value.

Parameters:

message The message to print. Can contain html formatting.
color The color to use. If no color formatting is needed it is possible to use 'nocolor' which allows color formatting by using :setStyleSheet
format A format list to use. 'c' - center, 'l' - left, 'r' - right, 'b' - bold, 'i' - italics, 'u' - underline, 's' - strikethrough, '##' - font size. For example, "cb18" specifies center bold 18pt font be used. Order doesn't matter.

Geyser.Label:rawEcho (message)

raw Echo without formatting/handholding stuff that Geyser.Label:echo() does

Parameters:

message The message to print. Can contain html formatting.

Geyser.Label:setFont (font)

Sets the font face for the label, use empty string to clear the font and use css/default. Returns true if the font changed, nil+error if not.

Parameters:

font font face to use

Geyser.Label:setBold (bool)

Set whether or not the text in the label should be bold

Parameters:

bool True for bold

Geyser.Label:setUnderline (bool)

Set whether or not the text in the label should be underline

Parameters:

bool True for underline

Geyser.Label:setItalics (bool)

Set whether or not the text in the label should be italics

Parameters:

bool True for italics

Geyser.Label:setStrikethrough (bool)

Set whether or not the text in the label should be strikethrough

Parameters:

bool True for strikethrough

Geyser.Label:setFontSize (fontSize)

Set the font size for the label to use

Parameters:

fontSize the font size to use for the label. Should be a number

Geyser.Label:setAlignment (alignment)

Sets the alignment for the label

Parameters:

alignment Valid alignments are 'c', 'center', 'l', 'left', 'r', 'right', or '' to not include the alignment as part of the echo

Geyser.Label:setBackgroundImage (imageFileName)

Sets a background image for this label.

Parameters:

imageFileName The image to use for a background image.

Geyser.Label:setTiledBackgroundImage (imageFileName)

Sets a tiled background image for this label.

Parameters:

imageFileName The image to use for a background image.

Geyser.Label:setClickCallback (func, ...)

Sets a callback to be used when this label is clicked. When this function is called by the event system, details of the event will be appended as the final argument (see mouseClickEvent)

Parameters:

func The function to use.
... Parameters to pass to the function. Must be strings or numbers.

Geyser.Label:setDoubleClickCallback (func, ...)

Sets a callback to be used when this label is double clicked. When this function is called by the event system, details of the event will be appended as the final argument (see mouseClickEvent)

Parameters:

func The function to use.
... Parameters to pass to the function. Must be strings or numbers.

Geyser.Label:setReleaseCallback (func, ...)

Sets a callback to be used when a mouse click is released over this label. When this function is called by the event system, details of the event will be appended as the final argument (see mouseClickEvent)

Parameters:

func The function to use.
... Parameters to pass to the function. Must be strings or numbers.

Geyser.Label:setMoveCallback (func, ...)

Sets a callback to be used when the mouse cursor is moved over this label. When this function is called by the event system, details of the event will be appended as the final argument (see mouseClickEvent)

Parameters:

func The function to use.
... Parameters to pass to the function. Must be strings or numbers.

Geyser.Label:setWheelCallback (func, ...)

Sets a callback to be used when the user scrolls over this label. When this function is called by the event system, details of the event will be appended as the final argument (see mouseWheelEvent)

Parameters:

func The function to use.
... Parameters to pass to the function. Must be strings or numbers.

Geyser.Label:setOnEnter (func, ...)

Sets a callback to be used when the mouse passes over this label.

Parameters:

func The function to use.
... Parameters to pass to the function. Must be strings or numbers.

Geyser.Label:setOnLeave (func, ...)

Sets a callback to be used when the mouse leaves this label.

Parameters:

func The function to use.
... Parameters to pass to the function. Must be strings or numbers.

Geyser.Label:setStyleSheet (css)

Sets the style sheet of the label

Parameters:

css The style sheet string

Geyser.Label:setToolTip (txt, duration)

Sets the tooltip of the label

Parameters:

txt the tooltip txt
duration the duration of the tooltip

Geyser.Label:resetToolTip ()

Resets the tooltip of the label

Geyser.Label:setCursor (cursorShape)

Set a predefined mouse cursor shape for this label see: https://wiki.mudlet.org/w/CursorShapes

Parameters:

cursorShape the predefined cursorshape as a string

Geyser.Label:setCustomCursor (customCursor)

Set a custom mouse cursor shape for this label see https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qcursor.html#shape

Parameters:

customCursor location of your custom cursor. It's suggested to use a png with size of 32x32 which is supported on all platforms

Geyser.Label:resetCursor ()

Resets the to the default Mouse Cursor Shape for this label

closeAllLevels (label)

closes all nested labels

Parameters:

label

closeNestChildren (label)

Closes all nested labels under the given label, including any nested children those children might possess

Parameters:

label The name of the label to use

doNestScroll (label)

Internal function. This is a callback from a nested labels scrollbar.

Parameters:

label The name of the scrollbar

Geyser.Label:displayNest (label)

Displays the nested elements within label, and orients them appropiately

Parameters:

label The name of the label to use

doNestShow (label)

Internal function when a parent nest element is clicked to lay out the nested elements within

Parameters:

label The name of the label to use

doNestEnter (label)

Internal function when a nested element is moused over to lay out the nested elements within that nested element

Parameters:

label The name of the label to use

doNestLeave (label)

Internal function when a nested element is left to renest elements and restore order

Parameters:

label The name of the label to use

Geyser.Label:new2 (cons, container)

Overridden constructor to use add2

Parameters:

cons
container

Geyser.Label:addScrollbars (parent, layout)

internal function that adds the "More..." scrollbars

Parameters:

parent
layout

Geyser.Label:addChild (cons)

Parameters:

cons table of Geyser window options such as name, width, and height
- name a unique name for the label
- height height of the label - specify it as the defaults are huge
- width width of the label - specify it as the defaults are huge
- layoutDir specifies in which direction and axis should the labels align, where 2 letters combine into the option: first letter R for right, L for left, T for top, B for bottom, followed by the orientation: V for vertical or H for horizontal. So options are: layoutDir="RV", layoutDir="RH", layoutDir="LV", layoutDir="LH", and so on (default 'LV')
- flyOut allows labels to show up when mouse is hovered over (default false)
- message initial message to show on the label (default '')
- fgColor optional foreground colour - colour to use for text on the label (default 'white')
- bgColor optional background colour - colour of the whole label (default 'black')
- fillBg 1 if the background is to be filled, 0 for no background (default 1)

Geyser.Label:enableClickthrough ()

Sets label to no longer intercept mouse events

Geyser.Label:disableClickthrough ()

Sets label to once again intercept mouse events

Geyser.Label:findMenuElement (name, only, findParent)

finds and returns a right click menu item

Parameters:

name Name of the menu item. If the menu item has a parent name needs to be given as "Parent.MenuItemName"
only used internally the right click menu [optional]
findParent only used internally to return a Parent [optional]

Geyser.Label:setMenuAction (name, ...)

Sets a action to be used when this label from the right click menu is clicked

Parameters:

name Name of the menu item. If the menu item has a parent name needs to be given as "Parent.MenuItemName"
... Parameters to pass to the function. Will be passed directly to the setClickCallback function.

Parameters:

name Name of the menu item. If the menu item has a parent name needs to be given as "Parent.MenuItemName"

Geyser.Label:showMenuLabel (name)

shows a previously hidden right click menu item

Parameters:

name Name of the menu item. If the menu item has a parent name needs to be given as "Parent.MenuItemName"

Geyser.Label:addMenuLabel (name, parent, index)

adds a new item to the right click menu

Parameters:

name Name of the new menu item.
parent name of the parent where the new item will be created in (optional)
index of the new menu item (optional)

Geyser.Label:changeMenuIndex (name, index)

changes a right click menu items index

Parameters:

name Name of the menu item. If the menu item has a parent name needs to be given as "Parent.MenuItemName"
index the new index

Geyser.Label:createRightClickMenu (cons)

creates a right click menu for your Label

Parameters:

cons different parameters controlling the size and style of the right click menu elements
- MenuWidth default menu height of your right click menu. to give levels different height add a number at the end per level usage MenuHeight1 (default "25" )
- MenuWidth default menu height of your right click menu. to give levels different height add a number at the end per level usage MenuHeight1 (default "25" )
- MenuFormat default font/echo format of your right click menu. different levels can use different formating. usage MenuFormat1 MenuFormat2 (default "c10")
- Style default styling mode of your right click menu. 2 possible modes "light" and "dark". different levels can also have different styling modes (default "light")
- MenuStyle default style of your menu. if this is given cons.Style will be ignored. different levels can also have different MenuStyles
- MenuItems list of right click menu items/elements. usage example: MenuItems = {"First", "Second", {"First"},"Third"}

Tables

Geyser.Label

Represents a label like we all know and love.

Fields:

fillBg 1 if the background is to be filled, 0 for no background.

mouseClickEvent

The table returned by setClickCallback

Fields:

x The x coordinate of the click local to the label
y The y coordinate of the click local to the label
globalX The global x coordinate of the click
globalY The global y coordinate of the click
button A string corresponding to the button clicked
buttons A table of strings correspinding to additional buttons held down during the click event

mouseWheelEvent

The table returned by setWheelCallback

Fields:

x The x coordinate of the click local to the label
y The y coordinate of the click local to the label
globalX The global x coordinate of the click
globalY The global y coordinate of the click
buttons A table of strings correspinding to additional buttons held down during the click event
angleDeltaX A number corresponding with the vertical wheel motion. For most devices, this number is in increments of 120
angleDeltaY A number corresponding with the horizontal wheel motion. For most devices, this number is in increments of 120

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