Not sure if this is something people inherently want or if only I'd find some use, but alas:
Added FocusNeighbour for top/bottom/left/right/next/previous to simplify navigation using something other than a mouse.
This can hook into controller/keyboard using an input middleground, An example use case might be,
If you have a vertical list of buttons setup like so: protected List<ButtonBase2> _listOfButtons = []; in an abstract base class, (using the ButtonBase2 abstract class as the list type to account for buttons or toggle buttons). The list would get populated whenever you add a button to the desktop. Then the following code to hook up the vertical navigation in the buttons.
foreach (var button in _listOfButtons)
{
var x = index;
var next = x < _listOfButtons.Count - 1 ? x + 1 : 0;
var previous = x > 0 ? x - 1 : _listOfButtons.Count - 1;
button.FocusNeighbourTop = _listOfButtons[previous];
button.FocusNeighbourRight = button;
button.FocusNeighbourLeft = button;
button.FocusNeighbourBottom = _listOfButtons[next];
// Wraparound
if (x == 0)
{
button.FocusNeighbourTop = _listOfButtons[_listOfButtons.Count - 1];
}
else if
{
(x == _listOfButtons.Count - 1) button.FocusNeighbourBottom = _listOfButtons[0];
}
// Increment index
index++;
}
and later,
protected void MoveSelectionDown(bool forceSelection = false)
{
_lastButton = _lastButton?.FocusNeighbourBottom;
_lastButton?.SetKeyboardFocus();
_currentSelection += 1;
if (_currentSelection > _numberOfButtons)
{
_currentSelection = 0;
}
// Optionally force select
if (forceSelection)
{
ProcessSelection();
}
}
public void ProcessSelection()
{
if (_listOfButtons.Count > 0)
{
_lastButton?.DoClick();
}
}
private void UpdateSelection()
{
if (_listOfButtons.Count > 0)
{
_lastButton?.SetKeyboardFocus();
}
}
This can also be done in other cases; in a horizontal list you could just hook into the FocusNeighbourLeft and FocusNeighbourRight. The next/previous bit could be used if you have something akin to tab/shift tab to focus whatever's after or before. The code above would work the same if you had a controller or a keyboard.
It's something I'm personally using to create a focus flow for easier navigation.
Not sure if this is something people inherently want or if only I'd find some use, but alas:
FocusNeighbourfor top/bottom/left/right/next/previous to simplify navigation using something other than a mouse.This can hook into controller/keyboard using an input middleground, An example use case might be,
If you have a vertical list of buttons setup like so:
protected List<ButtonBase2> _listOfButtons = [];in an abstract base class, (using theButtonBase2abstract class as the list type to account for buttons or toggle buttons). The list would get populated whenever you add a button to the desktop. Then the following code to hook up the vertical navigation in the buttons.and later,
This can also be done in other cases; in a horizontal list you could just hook into the
FocusNeighbourLeftandFocusNeighbourRight. The next/previous bit could be used if you have something akin to tab/shift tab to focus whatever's after or before. The code above would work the same if you had a controller or a keyboard.It's something I'm personally using to create a focus flow for easier navigation.