Modify UI/HUD from C++

Lumberyard Discussion UI & 2D
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#1

I currently have an old CryEngine project that I’m looking at upgrading to Lumberyard. Since Lumberyard doesn’t have ScaleForm and is using it’s own system, I will either need to port ScaleForm over, or use the new UI system. The tutorials for UI only show interacting with the canvas through FlowGraph. Is there a way to manipulate and update the canvas and text fields through C++, are there any examples?

Thanks!

#2

Hi @G__ROW

Thank you for the feedback.

Yes. There is a robust C++ interface to all functionality
of the UI system.

There is no tutorial for this yet but there is some
example code.

You can see an example in the file
Code/CryEngine/LyShine/LyShineDebug.cpp

This canvas is fully created from C++ without use of the
UI Editor.

You can create canvases in UI Editor and load and
modify them from C++.

Be aware that, as the UI system is in BETA , some
of the C++ APIs may change in a future release.

#3

Awesome, thank you! It seems moving the UI from ScaleForm shouldn’t be too bad.

#4

Do you have some examples how to add a new component to the GUI ? For example I woulds like to add QT WebKit component to use it within UIEditor and flowgraph … Do you have something which make easier start to implement this ?