create own GUI elements

[WhiteMike]

Hello all,


I wanted to know, if there is a possibility to create one's own GUI elements in the irrlicht engine.

I have searched for tutorials or some other help but haven't find anything.

So, I would be glad, if someone could help me.


WhiteMike

[Sylence]

You can do this by subclassing IGUIElement and override the methods you need.

[Luke Dean]

I've been working on this idea too.
Here's an example from the FAQs forum.

http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... php?t=8252

[arras]

Yes it it possible and its fairly easy. You just need to inherite from IGUIElement or some of the IGUI elements like IGUIButton for example.

Your code should look like:

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class CustomGUIelement : public gui::IGUIElement
{
... then overwrite all virtual IGUIElement functions and add your own
};

To create your element:

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CustomGUIelement  *element = new CustomGUIelement (guienv, guienv->getRootGUIElement(), 0, core::rect<s32>(0,0,160,10));
element->drop();