frame_char Tag

[LordEntrails]

What does the frame_char tag/class do? I can't find it in the developer guides.

For instance, in the campaign\record_char.xml of the CoreRPG ruleset there is the following (line 50);

<frame_char name="overviewframe">
<bounds>15,20,-140,45</bounds>
</frame_char>

I can tell this is setting a size, but Find in Files gave me no external references to overviewframe.

There is a string label below this that anchors to this frame_char, but could not that string be anchored to the top left corner or otherwise positioned without the frame_char?

<string_labeled name="name">
<anchored to="overviewframe" position="insidetopleft" offset="15,10" height="20">
<right offset="-15" />
</anchored>
<labelres>char_label_name</labelres>
</string_labeled>

[Trenloe]

<frame_char name="overviewframe">

frame_char is the control or template name. Do find in files for "frame_char" - include the quotes to find the base template, not instances of when the template is used.

name="overviewframe" is the name within the ruleset for that specific instance of frame_char. This is what you'd use if you wanted to refer to that specific control within code.

For more information on templates, see the template "checkbox" example here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/modguide/templates.xcp

[Moon Wizard]

frame_char is a template defined in campaign/template_char.xml. It's just defined a genericcontrol with a groupbox frame.

While the "name" field could be anchored to any position within the window, it's anchored within the frame_char to allow a group of controls to be moved more easily based on window styling. (i.e. if you change the frame dimensions, then the fields will attempt to automatically adjust.)

Regards,
JPG

[LordEntrails]

Excellent, thank you both. I'm learning :)

So <template> allows you to create custom tags (i.e. in this case <frame_char>) so that you can re-use the control/tag multiple places.