GetChatboxLayout

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Returns information about how the chatbox looks.

These values come from the file called: Chatboxpresets.xml but it depends on what type of preset you currently have, which is chosen from your settings in the 'Interface' tab.

Syntax

bool/int/table getChatboxLayout ( [ string CVar ] )

Optional Arguments

  • CVar: the name of the property you want returned. Can be the following values:
    • chat_font - Returns the chatbox font
    • chat_lines - Returns how many lines the chatbox has
    • chat_color - Returns the background color of the chatbox
    • chat_text_color - Returns the chatbox text color
    • chat_input_color - Returns the background color of the chatbox input
    • chat_input_prefix_color - Returns the color of the input prefix text
    • chat_input_text_color - Returns the color of the text in the chatbox input
    • chat_scale - Returns the scale of the text in the chatbox
    • chat_width - Returns the scale of the background width
    • chat_css_style_text - Returns whether text fades out over time
    • chat_css_style_background - Returns whether the background fades out over time
    • chat_line_life - Returns how long it takes for text to start fading out
    • chat_line_fade_out - Returns how long takes for text to fade out
    • chat_use_cegui - Returns whether CEGUI is used to render the chatbox
    • text_scale - Returns text scale

Returns

  • 4 numbers if the CVar contains "color"
  • 2 numbers if chat_scale was entered
  • 1 number if any other CVar was specified
  • a table of all CVar values, if CVar was not specified
  • false if an invalid CVar was specified

Example

This code makes the chatbox empty when you type /clear 

addCommandHandler("clear",
    function ()
        local lines = getChatboxLayout()["chat_lines"]
        for i = 1, lines do
            outputChatBox("")
        end
    end
)

Issues

Issue ID Description
#9611 (Fixed in r14165) The CVar argument of getChatboxLayout() is ignored

See Also

General functions

Browsers

Buttons

Checkboxes

Comboboxes

Edit Boxes

Gridlists

Memos

Progressbars

Radio Buttons

Scrollbars

Scrollpanes

Static Images

Tab Panels

Tabs

Text Labels

Windows

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