Customize GUI Skin

[davidjohnharrison]

I read on the Irrlicht homepage that Irrlicht supports customized GUI skins. I was wondering how to do this. I have searched for hours, but found nothing.

I am probably using the incorrect terms, so heres what I want to do;

when I create a GUI, I would like to change the look of it, so that instead of using the default look, it uses a look that i created.

thank you in advance

[pfo]

Skinning the GUI is just a matter of setting a font, and changing the colors of GUI elements. You can get some pretty neat results, check

IGUIEnvironment->getSkin()->setColor(id, color);

id is a gui::EGDC_DEFAULT_COLOR enumeration, and color is a video::SColor describing the desired color.

[krama757]

But what about changing specific things like the rounded-ness of the borders or the style of the scroll bar?

I suppose we have to make our own GUI for this purpose ?

[Conquistador]

On the development page, Niko stated that he's planning on image GUI elements, so hopefully you'll be able to make your own GUI within the next few releases.

[krama757]

Aye true. Cant wait

[Twinsen]

This engine keeps getting better and better, love it!

[davidjohnharrison]

@pfo
Great, thanks alot
I sort of get it. Can't get it to work, but hey, i sort of get it

@krama757
That's exactly what I wanted to do, but it looks like its not possible yet

@everyone
Awww, I Can't wait for the next few releases
This engine doeas indeed get better and better

Actually, if I get enough time I might add some more GUI functions to the engine for this sort of thing

[Guest]

as far as I understood that right, you can also implent your own implementation of GUISkin (overriding the virtual functions like "DrawButton" etc.) and then apply your skin to the enviroment....