dirtylarry

A quick and dirty GUI library for Defold.

Usage

1. Add latest zip URL as a dependency in your Defold project: https://github.com/andsve/dirtylarry/archive/master.zip

2. Add one of the supplied GUI template files, located in dirtylarry/*.gui, to your GUI scene.

3. In your GUI script, add local dirtylarry = require "dirtylarry/dirtylarry" to the top and make sure the script has acquired input focus.

4. Then add the corresponding function inside your on_input:

   • dirtylarry/input.gui:

   dirtylarry:input("node_id", action_id, action, gui.KEYBOARD_TYPE_DEFAULT, "Default text")
   

   • dirtylarry/button.gui:

   dirtylarry:button("node_id", action_id, action, function ()
       print("button was pressed")
   end)
   

   • dirtylarry/checkbox*.gui:

   self.checkbox_value = dirtylarry:checkbox("node_id", action_id, action, self.checkbox_value)
   

   • dirtylarry/radio*.gui:

   self.radio_value = dirtylarry:radio("node_a_id", action_id, action, "a", self.radio_value)
   self.radio_value = dirtylarry:radio("node_b_id", action_id, action, "b", self.radio_value)
   

   • dirtylarry/slider.gui

   self.slider_value = dirtylarry:slider("slider", action_id, action, -1.0, 1.0, self.slider_value)
   

5. In the input/game.input_binding, add the following triggers:

   • Key Triggers: Input: key-backspace, Action: backspace
   • Mouse Triggers: Input: mouse-button-1, Action: touch
   • Text Triggers: Input: text, Action: text
   • Text Triggers: Input: marked-text, Action: marked_text

For more usage examples take a look at main/examples.gui_script and dirtylarry/dirtylarry.lua for configurational options.

Examples

• Using the built in font:
• Using Input font: