[Xerte] Hiding interface controls

[Dave Burnett]

You can hide individual buttons as well:

_level0.engine.IFC.nextBtn._visible = 0;

etc.

Try
inspect(rootIcon);

You can see all the thingies you have access to.

Dave


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> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:24:20 +0000
> From: Stephen.Brydges at warwick.ac.uk
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: [Xerte] Hiding interface controls
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> Hi Xerte list,
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> This is my first post. I’m looking to use
> Xerte 2.5 for a healthcare project that may need to be run from a server and
> also on a standalone kiosk, not connected to the internet. I like the rapid
> development based on page templates, and my first impressions are that it will
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> The application will have a lot of student reflection (a
> text entry box on almost every page). I found an earlier explanation of how to
> set this up with PHP and MYSql and that is working well. But to differentiate
> user responses, I need them to identify themselves, and so want to force them
> through a login prompt (It’s not high security- but would be helpful).
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> At the moment my login page is the first page in the Interface.
> I’ve tried adding a framework above the interface with no success. It
> does work as the first page, but the paging button provided by the Interface
> gives a very easy way to bypass this. I can switch off the navigation buttons
> with rootIcon.hideControls()...
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> But how do I turn it back on again?
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> I’ve tried rootIcon.showControls() rootIcon.hideControls(0,1,-1
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