Effect flickers

Troubleshooting gui
1

hello,

i try to have a panel that shows up on mouse hover and hide once the mouse got away
i keep a bit of the panel appearing on the left of the screen so one can access it

so far i use this code

[java]
effect
onStartHover name=“move” mode=“toOffset” direction=“left” length=“100” startDelay=“0” inherit=“true” offsetX=“300” offsetY=“0” onEndEffect=“panelShow()”/
onEndHover name=“move” mode=“toOffset” direction=“left” length=“100” startDelay=“0” inherit=“true” offsetX="-300" offsetY=“0” onEndEffect=“panelHide()”/
/effect
[/java]

and i use callbacks to keep the panel in place

[java]
public void panelHide()
{
Element panel=screen.findElementByName(“panel”);
panel.setConstraintX(new SizeValue("-300px"));
panel.getParent().layoutElements();
}

public void PanelShow()
{
    Element panel=screen.findElementByName("panel");
    panel.setConstraintX(new SizeValue("0px"));
    panel.getParent().layoutElements();
}

[/java]

so it works
but as the effect ends up,
1 - the panel goes back in original position instead of staying at offset
2 - then it goes where it is supposed to be via the callbacks results

so it flickers before appearing at offset

i dont know how to manage this

if i use neverStopRendering=“true”, the panel will stay in place, but forever, discarding the onEndHover situation

so it will never hide once i move the mouse away

is there any way to remove the neverStopRendering=“true” after the panel is set into place ?

i can’t think of anything else so far

thx

2

anyone?

i mean it is really anoyng situation and nifty should be able to deal with these simple stuffs

3

Sorry, this isn’t something I’ve ever tried to do.

You could maybe do something using the onHover effect rather than onStartHover and onEndHover?

4

If all else fails you could do the sliding out yourself by just moving it every frame until it’s at the desired position.

5
<cite>@zarch said:</cite> Sorry, this isn't something I've ever tried to do.

You could maybe do something using the onHover effect rather than onStartHover and onEndHover?

i tried, but anyway the effect has to be put on start and end

6
<cite>@zarch said:</cite> If all else fails you could do the sliding out yourself by just moving it every frame until it's at the desired position.

i was thinking about having neverStopRendering=“true”
and in the callbacks, remove or disable the effects or put neverStopRendering=“false”

but how do i do that ? programaticaly

7

You can cancel the effect by calling stopEffect on the element. screen.findElementByName(“blah”).stopEffect(Effect.OnMouseOver) or something like that.

8
<cite>@zarch said:</cite> You can cancel the effect by calling stopEffect on the element. screen.findElementByName("blah").stopEffect(Effect.OnMouseOver) or something like that.

thx mate