Update on the Text Rewrite
Added 2018-12-26 22:23:29 +0000 UTCI (Infus) mentioned a few times that the next big feature I'll be working on is about improving our text support.
The video above shows the current state. I didn't record any audio for that video, because there's a lot of stuff I want to mention that would make the video far too long.
To recap the aim of the text rewrite is to internally handle texts smarter so that every region type has access to the same text options and do that in a way that'll enable other features such as:
- Drop shadow options
- X/Y offsets for texts
- Hide/Show texts via Conditions
- Multiple text fields
- Text replacements from all triggers
- Progress bar: Centered text/text at spark
In the video I show how the drop shadow options/text offset options could be added without making the options window too overloaded. Those options are not shown by default, instead a summary text is visible.
By clicking on the edit icon, the actual options show. We aren't sure whether that's the right user interface yet.
I also demonstrate that hiding/showing texts via conditions works.
What I don't show but is also implemented is adding as many text fields as you want and text replacements from multiple triggers. E.g. %2.p will use the progress information from the second trigger %3.p from the third and so on.
There are a few regressions that I need to fix before we can release this to a wider audience, e.g. Custom Texts don't work yet and text replacements don't work while the options are open. And also I haven't ported the icon and progress bar to the new system.
I think it should be ready soonish.
Infus
