I have looked over the selecting a label and typing tutorials however now i am trying to combine them. Im not sure exactly how to do this but im guessing its something as simple as where the code goes.
This is the code ive currently made:
if action_id == hash("touch") and action.pressed then
local button = gui.get_node("new_highScore")
local text = gui.get_node("new_highScore_label")
if gui.pick_node(button, action.x, action.y) then
print("ih")
if action_id == hash("type") then
self.message = self.message .. action.text
gui.set_text(gui.get_node("new_highScore_label"), self.message)
elseif action_id == hash("backspace") and action.repeated then
local l = string.len(self.message)
self.message = string.sub(self.message, 0, l-1)
gui.set_text(gui.get_node("new_highScore_label"), self.message)
end
end
You have some issues with your code flow where you have nested your conditional checks of action_id:
In this piece of code you start by checking if action_id is equal to hash("touch") and then later in the same flow of code you check if action_id is equal to hash("type)`. A variable can not change its value like that. What you need to do is to split this into multiple checks and keep track of some state as well:
-- check if the "new_highScore" button has been pressed
-- set a flag once this has happened
-- accept text input if the flag has been set
if action_id == hash("touch") and action.pressed then
local button = gui.get_node("new_highScore")
if gui.pick_node(button, action.x, action.y) then
self.new_highscore_button_pressed = true
end
-- handle text input if the highscore button has been pressed
elseif self.new_highscore_button_pressed then
if action_id == hash("type") and action.pressed then
self.message = self.message .. action.text
gui.set_text(gui.get_node("new_highScore_label"), self.message)
elseif action_id == hash("backspace") and action.repeated then
local l = string.len(self.message)
self.message = string.sub(self.message, 0, l-1)
gui.set_text(gui.get_node("new_highScore_label"), self.message)
end
end
