Tasks:Widget Set

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Overview

The widgets that make up the user interface for the game.

Dependencies

• Map View implementation

Requirements

• support for multiple windows on top of the (fullscreen) mapview
• transparent/translucent window background
• use true type fonts
• text in utf-8 format
• provide label and text input widgets
• provide image/animation widget
• provide graphical (possibly animated) button widget
• provide lists with active (selectable) and inactive (not selectable) items
• provide table widget (for rendering inventory, saved games with pictures and descriptions, etc.)
• active widget must become highlighted (become brighter)
• optimized for keyboard/gamepad control
• Python wrappers

References

• Joel's latest GUI implementation in CVS
• v0.3 GUI code in CVS (win_*.cc|h files)
• Suggestion to use external GUI system (but what about Python wrappers?)
• Redesign of widgets from the ground up by rians