Skinning HowTo/XUI Other Widgets

These are the XML elements and parameters used to define the floaters, panels, and so forth, that make up the viewer user interface. They are used by the XUI files in the \skins\default\xui folders. See Skinning HowTo/Basics for an explanation of how these are used.

Common parameters

The most common parameters are described here and are just listed under the elements that use them.

name

Required. The XML name of this element. The name must be unique to the floater you are editing.

• IMPORTANT: As noted above, do not re-name XML elements, even for localization. Many of the element names are looked up by the viewer. If the viewer cannot find an element name it expects, it will crash.

String: name="input_first_name"

width

Required. The width of the element, in pixels.

For text, this defines the visible text as well as the clickable area. If the width of a text element is not sufficient to hold the text, the text will be truncated. This is most likely what you will widen when localizing the viewer.

For most other elements, this describes the dimensions of an element, such as a button, icon, panel, text_area, etc.

• Tip: See the bounding boxes of all XML elements in the viewer: Advanced menu > UI > Debug Views.

Integer: width="140"

height

Required. The height of the element, in pixels.

For text, this defines the visible text as well as the clickable area. If the height of a text element is not sufficient to hold the text, the text will be truncated. This is most likely what you will lengthen when localizing the viewer.

For most other elements, this describes the dimensions of an element, such as a button, icon, panel, text_area, etc.

Integer: height="24"

left

Optional. Sets the position in the x dimension of the element's left edge relative to the container's left edge. Positive and negative values are accepted. A negative value will set the position relative to the right edge of the container.

Integer: left="6"

right

Optional. Sets the position in the x dimension of the element's right edge relative to the container's left edge. Positive and negative values are accepted. A negative value will set the position relative to the right edge of the container. Best used to align something to the right.

• For example, given a floater with a width of 500 and a button we wish to right align in the floater, we can set the right to 490 -- this puts the right edge of the button 10 pixels away from the right border of the floater.

Integer: right="6"

left_delta

Optional. (use instead of left) Sets the position in the x dimension of the element's left edge relative to the previous element, or, for the first widget, the left edge of the container. Positive and negative values are accepted. Best used to left-align the current element with the previous element.

• For example, given Button B with a width of 100, a previous Button A with a width of 50 and a distance between elements of 6, we would set the left_delta to -106, putting the left edge of Button B 106 pixels to the left of Button A. We use a negative number to move left, and a positive number to move right.

Integer: left_delta="-106"

right_delta

Optional. (use instead of right) Sets the position in the x dimension of the element's right edge relative to the previous element, or, for the first widget, the left edge of the container. Positive and negative values are accepted. Best used to right-align the current element with the previous element.

• For example, given Button B with a width of 100, a previous Button A with a width of 50 and a distance between elements of 6, we would set the right_delta to 106, putting the left edge of Button B 106 pixels to the left of Button A.

Integer: left_delta="106"

bottom

Optional. Sets the position in the y dimension of the element's bottom edge relative to the container. Positive and negative values are accepted. For example, given a floater with a height of 300 and a title 20 pixels tall and we want , we can set the bottom to (NEED TO DO MATH, LOL) -- putting the bottom edge of the title 40 pixels away from the top border of the floater.

Integer: bottom="(NEED TO DO MATH, LOL)"

follows

Optional. Sets which edge(s) an element follows when the containing element is resized. Specifying all edges results in an element that can dynamically resize itself with its container.

Values: left, top, right, bottom. String multiple values together using pipes.

The following example sets an element to follow both the left and the top, such as a floater's title may be designed: String: follows="left|top"

font

Optional. Sets which size and style of the application font to use. The default is SansSerifSmall for text elements and SansSerif for controls (such as check_box and button.

Values: SansSerifSmall, SansSerif, SansSerifBig, SansSerifBold, Monospace

String: font="SansSerifSmall"

Widget Parameters

floater parameters

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can_close

Optional.

can_drag_on_left

Optional.

can_minimize

Optional.

height

Optional.

width

Optional.

max_height

Optional.

min_height

Optional.

min_width

Optional.

rect_control

Optional.

title

Optional.

bottom

Optional.

left

Optional.

can_tear_off

Optional.

enabled

Optional.

mouse_opaque

Optional.

control_name

Optional.

follows

Optional.

border

Optional.

default_tab_group

Optional.

label

Optional.

border_drop_shadow_visible

Optional.

border_visible

Optional.

border_style

Optional.

border_thickness

Optional.

border_bevel

Optional.

bevel_style

Optional.

short_title

Optional.

sound_flags

Optional.

multi_floater parameters

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min_height

Optional.

min_width

Optional.

bottom

Optional.

left

Optional.

enabled

Optional.

follows

Optional.

mouse_opaque

Optional.

title_bar

Optional.

panel parameters

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border

Optional.

bottom

Optional.

bottom_delta

Optional.

top

Optional.

left

Optional.

left_delta

Optional.

right

Optional.

enabled

Optional.

follows

Optional.

height

Optional.

width

Optional.

label

Optional.

mouse_opaque

Optional.

name

Optional.

background_opaque

Optional.

background_visible

Optional.

bevel_style

Optional.

bg_alpha_color

Optional.

bg_opaque_color

Optional.

can_resize

Optional.

filename

Optional.

tab_group

Optional.

default_tab_group

Optional.

placeholder

Optional.

border_drop_shadow_visible

Optional.

border_visible

Optional.

border_style

Optional.

border_thickness

Optional.

border_color

Optional.

tool_tip

Optional.

title

Optional.

auto_resize

Optional.

user_resize

Optional.

use_bounding_rect

Optional.

bg_visible

Optional.

can_close

Optional.

can_minimize

Optional.

left_in_finder

Optional.

select

Optional.

visible

Optional.

menu parameters

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bottom_delta

Optional.

bottom

Optional.

left

Optional.

drop_shadow

Optional.

height

Optional.

width

Optional.

label

Optional.

tear_off

Optional.

enabled

Optional.

color

Optional.

create_jump_keys

Optional.

visible

Optional.

hidden

Optional.

menu_bar parameters

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enabled

Optional.

tear_off

Optional.

pie_menu parameters

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label

Optional.

enabled

Optional.

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icon parameters

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image_name

Required. Specifies the name of the image to load for this icon.

String: image_name="myicon.png"

bottom

Optional.

bottom_delta

Optional.

top

Optional.

left

Optional.

left_delta

Optional.

right

Optional.

follows

Optional.

name

Optional.

color

Optional.

enabled

Optional.

height

Optional.

width

Optional.

mouse_opaque

Optional.

bg_alpha_color

Optional.

border

Optional.

scale_image

Optional.

auto_resize

Optional.

visible

Optional.

label

Optional.

tool_tip

Optional.

button parameters

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scale_image

Optional. Specifies whether to scale the button art as its container/floater is resized. As of 1.18.x, all button art has this property set to true where the button size is not equal to 32x128.

Boolean: scale_image="true"

label

Optional. Label is the text on the button's face. Without a specified label (and no image_overlay declared), your button will be labeled "Button". String: label="Click Me!"

label_selected

Optional. Label is the text on the button's face when pressed into an 'on' state. Your button will inherit the label if you omit this property. String: label_selected="I've been clicked."

font

(under construction)

font_style

Optional. Styles the text. Allows multiple style selections. As of 1.18.x, the style options are:

• normal: Apply the default styles of the selected font. (For example, SansSerifBold has a default bold style applied to it.)
• bold: Bolds the text.
• italic: Italicizes the text.
• underline: Underlines the text.
• drop_shadow: Old-style 1px offset of black under the text.
• drop_shadow_soft: New-style 3px offset of blurred shadow under the text.

String: font_style="bold|underline|drop_shadow_soft"

halign

Optional. Controls horizontal alignment of label on button face. Options are "left", "center" and "right".

image_unselected

Optional. Overrides the default button art for the unselected/up and enabled button state. Art must be located in the ..\skins\textures directory within the Second Life application folder (on a Mac, this is inside the package at Contents/MacOS/Resources/skins/textures). Art must also be named in textures.xml with an assigned UUID. By default, the button art is stretched to fit the specified button size.

String: image_unselected="btn_square_32x128.tga"

image_selected

Optional. Overrides the default button art for the selected/down button state. Art must be located in the ..\skins\[SKIN]\textures directory within the Second Life application folder (on a Mac, this is inside the package at Contents/MacOS/Resources/skins/textures). By default, the button art is stretched to fit the specified button size.

String: image_selected="btn_square-down_32x128.tga"

image_hover_selected

Optional. Overrides the default button art for the selected/down and mouseover/hover button state. Art must be located in the ..\skins\textures directory within the Second Life application folder (on a Mac, this is inside the package at Contents/MacOS/Resources/skins/[SKIN]/textures). Art must also be named in textures.xml with an assigned UUID. By default, the button art is stretched to fit the specified button size.

String: image_unselected="btn_square-down-hover_32x128.tga"

image_hover_unselected

Optional. Overrides the default button art for the unselected/up and mouseover/hover button state. Art must be located in the ..\skins\[SKIN]\textures directory within the Second Life application folder (on a Mac, this is inside the package at Contents/MacOS/Resources/skins/[SKIN]/textures). Art must also be named in textures.xml with an assigned UUID. By default, the button art is stretched to fit the specified button size.

String: image_unselected="btn_square-up-hover_32x128.tga"

image_disabled

Optional. Overrides the default button art for the disabled button state. Art must be located in the ..\skins\textures directory within the Second Life application folder (on a Mac, this is inside the package at Contents/MacOS/Resources/skins/[SKIN]/textures). Art must also be named in textures.xml with an assigned UUID. By default, the button art is stretched to fit the specified button size.

String: image_unselected="btn_square-disabled_32x128.tga"

image_disabled_selected

Optional. Overrides the default button art for the disabled and selected/down button state. Art must be located in the ..\skins\[SKIN]\textures directory within the Second Life application folder (on a Mac, this is inside the package at Contents/MacOS/Resources/skins/textures). Art must also be named in textures.xml with an assigned UUID. By default, the button art is stretched to fit the specified button size.

String: image_unselected="btn_square-down-disabled_32x128.tga"

image_overlay

Optional. Applies an overlay image to the button. The button art will be sized to fit. As of 1.18.x, these icons should be 16 pixels high at maximum on a standard height 24px button to minimize scaling artifacts. Can be used with or without text. Art must be located in the ..\skins\[SKIN]\textures directory within the Second Life application folder (on a Mac, this is inside the package at Contents/MacOS/Resources/skins/[SKIN]/textures). Art must also be named in textures.xml with an assigned UUID. See image_overlay_alignment for alignment options.

String: image_overlay="icn_media-play_16.tga"

image_overlay_alignment

Optional. Sets the alignment of the image_overlay icon.

Values:

• left: left-aligns the art on the button. This standard is used for new button art with text in the Dazzle branch.
• right: right-aligns the the art on the button.
• center: centers the art on the button. This standard is used for new button art without text in the Dazzle branch.

String: image_overlay_alignment="left"

toggle

Optional. Determines whether the button is a toggle button or not. The Fly/Stop Flying button is a toggle button, for example.

Boolean: toggle="false"

bottom

Optional.

bottom_delta

Optional.

left

Optional.

left_delta

Optional.

right

Optional.

enabled

Optional.

follows

Optional.

height

Optional.

width

Optional.

mouse_opaque

Optional.

tool_tip

Optional.

visible

Optional.

tab_group

Optional.

pad_right

Optional.

hidden

Optional.

tab_stop

Optional.

help_url

Optional.

sound_flags

Optional.

auto_resize

Optional.

user_resize

Optional.

valign

Optional.

default

Optional.

index

Optional.

text

Optional.

ignore

Optional.

control_name

Optional.

label_width

Optional.

image

Optional.

text_editor parameters

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<text_editor> creates a multi-line text box

line_editor parameters

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<line_editor> creates a single line text box

label

Optional.

max_length

Optional.

font

Optional.

bevel_style

Optional.

• none
• in
• out
• bright
• line
• texture

border_style

Optional.

border_thickness

Optional.

select_on_focus

Optional.

select_all_focus_received

Optional.

handle_edit_keys_directly

Optional.

cursor_color

Optional.

text_color

Optional.

text_readonly_color

Optional.

bg_readonly_color

Optional.

bg_writeable_color

Optional.

bg_focus_color

Optional.

bottom

Optional.

left

Optional.

right

Optional.

enabled

Optional.

follows

Optional.

handle_edit_keys_directly

Optional.

width

Optional.

mouse_opaque

Optional.

bottom_delta

Optional.

tool_tip

Optional.

left_delta

Optional.

tab_group

Optional.

commit_on_focus_lost

Optional.

hidden

Optional.

is_unicode

Optional.

increment

Optional.

initial_val

Optional.

max_val

Optional.

min_val

Optional.

visible

Optional.

bg_visible

Optional.

border_drop_shadow_visible

Optional.

border_visible

Optional.

drop_shadow_visible

Optional.

h_pad

Optional.

halign

Optional.

prevalidate

Optional.

v_pad

Optional.

word_wrap

Optional.

control_name

Optional.

string parameters

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word_wrap

Optional.

tab_container parameters

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enabled

Optional.

follows

Optional.

height

Optional.

right

Optional.

top

Optional.

bottom

Optional.

bottom_delta

Optional.

mouse_opaque

Optional.

width

Optional.

tab_width

Optional.

tab_min_width

Optional.

tab_max_width

Optional.

border

Optional.

tab_group

Optional.

hide_tabs

Optional.

text parameters

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type

Optional.

length

Optional.

width

Optional.

height

Optional.

bg_visible

Optional.

border_drop_shadow_visible

Optional.

drop_shadow_visible

Optional.

border_visible

Optional.

bottom

Optional.

bottom_delta

Optional.

top

Optional.

left

Optional.

left_delta

Optional.

right

Optional.

enabled

Optional.

follows

Optional.

font

Optional.

h_pad

Optional.

halign

Optional.

v_pad

Optional.

valign

Optional.

mouse_opaque

Optional.

name

Optional.

visible

Optional.

hidden

Optional.

tool_tip

Optional.

tab_stop

Optional.

initial_value

Optional.

label

Optional.

radio_style

Optional.

word_wrap

Optional.

control_name

Optional.

font_size

Optional.

font_style

Optional.

font-style

Optional.

bevel_style

Optional.

border_style

Optional.

border_thickness

Optional.

is_unicode

Optional.

max_length

Optional.

hover

Optional.

hover_cursor

Optional.

hover_color

Optional.

text_color

Optional.

align

Optional.

text_wrap

Optional.

text_enabled_color

Optional.

allow_html

Optional.

bg_readonly_color

Optional.

embedded_items

Optional.

hide_border

Optional.

hide_scrollbar

Optional.

line_spacing

Optional.

disabled_color

Optional.

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form parameters

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