The DialoguePanel is an abstract component which provides a set of core features for components/panels which make up a dialogue display. Specifically, this class provides functionality for showing and hiding a dialogue panel and handling the animation associated with those actions. More...

Inherits EasyTalk.Controller.DialogueListener, and EasyTalk.Display.LocalizableComponent.

Inherited by EasyTalk.Display.ContinueDisplay, EasyTalk.Display.ConversationDisplay, and EasyTalk.Display.OptionDisplay.

Public Member Functions
virtual void	Init ()
	Initializes the panel by storing the original position.

void	Activate ()
	Sets the panel to be active, and recursively sets all parent game objects to be active.

void	Deactivate ()
	Makes the panel inactive.

bool	ForceStandardText ()

IEnumerator	WaitForAnimation ()
	Asynchronously waits for the currently running animation on this panel to complete.

virtual void	Hide (bool deactivateAfterHide=true)
	Hides the panel.

void	HideImmediately (bool deactivateAfterHide=true)
	Hides the panel immediately (doesn't use a transition animation).

void	ShowImmediately ()
	Shows the panel immediately (doesn't use a transition animation).

virtual void	Show ()
	Shows the panel.

Public Member Functions inherited from EasyTalk.Controller.DialogueListener
virtual void	OnContinue ()
	Called whenever the dialogue continues on to the next line.

virtual void	OnDisplayOptions (List< DialogueOption > options)
	Called whenever dialogue options are to be presented.

virtual void	OnOptionChosen (DialogueOption option)
	Called whenever an option is chosen from the currently presented list of options.

virtual void	OnDisplayLine (ConversationLine conversationLine)
	Called when a line of dialogue is to be presented.

virtual void	OnDialogueEntered (string entryPointName)
	Called whenever a dialogue is entered (when playback begins).

virtual void	OnDialogueExited (string exitPointName)
	Called whenever a dialogue is exited (when playback ends).

virtual void	OnExitCompleted ()
	Called at least one frame after a dialogue is exited.

virtual void	OnStory (string storyText)
	Called whenever a story node is encountered.

virtual void	OnVariableUpdated (string variableName, object value)
	Called whenever a dialogue variable value is updated.

virtual void	OnCharacterChanged (string oldCharacterName, string newCharacterName)
	Called whenever a character change is detected.

virtual void	OnAudioStarted (ConversationLine line)
	Called whenever audio starts playing for a line of dialogue.

virtual void	OnAudioCompleted (ConversationLine line, bool forceStopped)
	Called whenever audio stops playing for a line of dialogue.

virtual void	OnActivateKey (string key)
	Called whenever a key tag is present in a line of dialogue.

virtual void	Wait (float timeInSeconds)
	Called whenever the dialogue encounters a wait node.

virtual void	OnConversationEnding (ConversationLine line, Node nextNode)
	Called whenever the last line of dialogue in a conversation node is reached.

virtual void	OnNodeChanged (Node node)
	Called whenever dialogue playback moves to the next node.

virtual void	OnPause (string signal)
	Called whenever a pause node is reached during dialogue playback.

Public Attributes
UnityEvent	onHideStart = new UnityEvent()
	An event which is triggered whenever the panel starts being hidden.

UnityEvent	onHideComplete = new UnityEvent()
	An event which is triggered whenever the panel has finished transitioning to a hidden state.

UnityEvent	onShowStart = new UnityEvent()
	An event which is triggered whenever the panel starts being shown.

UnityEvent	onShowComplete = new UnityEvent()
	An event which is triggered whenever the panel has finished transitioning to a shown state.

Public Attributes inherited from EasyTalk.Controller.DialogueListener
bool	debugEnabled = false
	When set to true, debug logging will be shown for each method called on the listener.

UnityEvent	onContinue = new UnityEvent()
	An event which is triggered whenever the dialogue continues.

UnityEvent	onDisplayOptions = new UnityEvent()
	An event which is triggered whenever options are to be displayed to the player.

UnityEvent	onOptionChosen = new UnityEvent()
	An event which is triggered whenever the player chooses an option.

UnityEvent	onDisplayLine = new UnityEvent()
	An event which is triggered whenever a line of dialogue is to be displayed.

UnityEvent	onDialogueEntered = new UnityEvent()
	An event which is triggered whenever dialogue playback begins.

UnityEvent	onDialogueExited = new UnityEvent()
	An event which is triggered whenever dialogue playback ends.

UnityEvent	onExitCompleted = new UnityEvent()
	An event which is triggered one frame after dialogue playback ends.

UnityEvent	onStory = new UnityEvent()
	An event which is triggered whenever a story node is encountered.

UnityEvent	onVariableUpdated = new UnityEvent()
	An event which is triggered whenever a dialogue variable value is updated.

UnityEvent	onCharacterChanged = new UnityEvent()
	An event which is triggered whenever a character name change is detected.

UnityEvent	onAudioStarted = new UnityEvent()
	An event which is triggered whenever dialogue audio starts playing.

UnityEvent	onAudioCompleted = new UnityEvent()
	An event which is triggered whenever dialogue audio finishes playing.

UnityEvent	onActivateKey = new UnityEvent()
	An event which is triggered whenever a key is to be processed on a dialogue.

UnityEvent	onWait = new UnityEvent()
	An event which is triggered whenever a dialogue starts waiting for a certain period of time before continuing.

UnityEvent	onConversationEnding = new UnityEvent()
	An event which is triggered whenever the last line of dialogue in a conversation node is reached.

UnityEvent	onNodeChanged = new UnityEvent()
	An event which is triggered whenever a the dialogue flows from one node to another.

UnityEvent	onPause = new UnityEvent()
	An event which is triggered whenever the dialogue reaches a pause node, pausing and waiting for Continue() to be called.

Protected Member Functions
IEnumerator	SlideDisplayOut (bool deactivateAfterSlide=true)
	Asynchronously slides the display out of its Canvas' bounds.

IEnumerator	SlideDisplayIn ()
	Asynchronously slides the display into its Canvas' bounds. If returnToOriginalPosition is set to true, then the panel will slide to its original position.

IEnumerator	FadeDisplayIn ()
	Asynchronously fades the display and all of its child text and image components in to their original transparency values.

IEnumerator	FadeDisplayOut (bool deactivateAfterFade=true)
	Asynchronously fades the display and all of its child text and image components out to be completely transparent.

Protected Attributes
bool	forceStandardText = false
	Whether the Display uses standard Text components rather than TextMeshPro components, even with TextMeshPro installed.

Vector3	originalPosition = Vector3.zero
	The original position of the panel.

bool	isHidden = false
	Whether the panel is currently hidden.

Properties
string	DisplayID `[get, set]`
	Gets or sets the Display ID of the panel.

bool	IsHidden `[get]`
	Gets whether the panel is currently hidden.

Vector3	OriginalPosition `[get]`
	Gets the original position of the panel.

UIAnimator.Animation	AnimationType `[get, set]`
	Gets or sets the animation type used for showing and hiding the panel.

bool	OverrideFontSizes `[get, set]`
	Gets or sets whether the component should override the default font sizes.

LanguageFontOverrides	LanguageFontOverrides `[get, set]`
	Gets or sets the LanguageFontOverrides to use on the component.

int	MinFontSize `[get, set]`
	Gets or sets the minimum font size to use on the component.

int	MaxFontSize `[get, set]`
	Gets or sets the maximum font size to use on the component.

Properties inherited from EasyTalk.Display.LocalizableComponent

Private Member Functions
void	OnValidate ()
	Enables and disables TextMeshPro components and Unity standard Text components based on whether TextMeshPro is installed.

void	CancelShowRoutine ()
	Stops the coroutine for showing the panel, if it's running.

void	CancelHideRoutine ()
	Stops the coroutine for hiding the panel, if it's running.

Private Attributes
string	displayID = null
	The display ID of the panel.

UIAnimator.Animation	animationType = UIAnimator.Animation.NONE
	The animation type to use when hiding/showing the panel.

AnimationCurve	animationCurve = AnimationCurve.EaseInOut(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f)
	The animation curve to use for controling the timing of the show/hide animations for the panel.

float	animationTime = 0.4f
	The amount of time that show/hide animations should take to complete.

bool	returnToOriginalPosition = true
	Whether the panel should return to its original starting position when shown (only applicable when using sliding animation modes). If false, the panel will just move into the canvas until it is fully visible when shown.

bool	overrideFontSizeSettings = false
	Whether the panel should override the base dialogue font size settings for its child text components. When this is true, the font auto-sizing applied to each child text component will come from the min and max font size settings set on this component.

LanguageFontOverrides	languageFontOverrides
	Whenever this is set to a LanguageFontOverrides asset, then whenever the language is switched, the fonts and font size settings used on child components of this component will be based on the settings in the LanguageFontOverrides.

int	minFontSize = 0
	The minimum font size to use when auto-sizing child text components.

int	maxFontSize = 64
	The maximum font size to use when auto-sizing child text components.

Coroutine	showCoroutine
	A coroutine which runs when transitioning the panel to be shown.

Coroutine	hideCoroutine
	A cortouine which runs when transitioning the panel to a be hidden.

Detailed Description

The DialoguePanel is an abstract component which provides a set of core features for components/panels which make up a dialogue display. Specifically, this class provides functionality for showing and hiding a dialogue panel and handling the animation associated with those actions.

Member Function Documentation

◆ Activate()

void EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.Activate ( )

Sets the panel to be active, and recursively sets all parent game objects to be active.

◆ CancelHideRoutine()

void EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.CancelHideRoutine ( )

private

Stops the coroutine for hiding the panel, if it's running.

◆ CancelShowRoutine()

void EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.CancelShowRoutine ( )

private

Stops the coroutine for showing the panel, if it's running.

◆ Deactivate()

void EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.Deactivate ( )

Makes the panel inactive.

◆ FadeDisplayIn()

IEnumerator EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.FadeDisplayIn ( )

protected

Asynchronously fades the display and all of its child text and image components in to their original transparency values.

Returns

◆ FadeDisplayOut()

IEnumerator EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.FadeDisplayOut ( bool deactivateAfterFade = true )

protected

Asynchronously fades the display and all of its child text and image components out to be completely transparent.

Parameters

deactivateAfterFade Whether the panel should be set to inactive after the fade out animation has completed.

Returns

◆ ForceStandardText()

bool EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.ForceStandardText ( )

Returns

◆ Hide()

virtual void EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.Hide ( bool deactivateAfterHide = true )

virtual

Hides the panel.

Parameters

deactivateAfterHide Whether the panel should be set to inactive after it is hidden.

◆ HideImmediately()

void EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.HideImmediately ( bool deactivateAfterHide = true )

Hides the panel immediately (doesn't use a transition animation).

Parameters

deactivateAfterHide Whether the panel should be set to inactive after it is hidden.

◆ Init()

virtual void EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.Init ( )

virtual

Initializes the panel by storing the original position.

Reimplemented in EasyTalk.Display.DirectionalOptionDisplay, and EasyTalk.Display.OptionListDisplay.

◆ OnValidate()

void EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.OnValidate ( )

private

Enables and disables TextMeshPro components and Unity standard Text components based on whether TextMeshPro is installed.

◆ Show()

virtual void EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.Show ( )

virtual

Shows the panel.

◆ ShowImmediately()

void EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.ShowImmediately ( )

Shows the panel immediately (doesn't use a transition animation).

◆ SlideDisplayIn()

IEnumerator EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.SlideDisplayIn ( )

protected

Asynchronously slides the display into its Canvas' bounds. If returnToOriginalPosition is set to true, then the panel will slide to its original position.

Returns

◆ SlideDisplayOut()

IEnumerator EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.SlideDisplayOut ( bool deactivateAfterSlide = true )

protected

Asynchronously slides the display out of its Canvas' bounds.

Parameters

deactivateAfterSlide Whether the panel should be set to inactive after the slide out animation has completed.

Returns

◆ WaitForAnimation()

IEnumerator EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.WaitForAnimation ( )

Asynchronously waits for the currently running animation on this panel to complete.

Returns

Member Data Documentation

◆ animationCurve

AnimationCurve EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.animationCurve = AnimationCurve.EaseInOut(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f)

private

The animation curve to use for controling the timing of the show/hide animations for the panel.

◆ animationTime

float EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.animationTime = 0.4f

private

The amount of time that show/hide animations should take to complete.

◆ animationType

UIAnimator.Animation EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.animationType = UIAnimator.Animation.NONE

private

The animation type to use when hiding/showing the panel.

◆ displayID

string EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.displayID = null

private

The display ID of the panel.

◆ forceStandardText

bool EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.forceStandardText = false

protected

Whether the Display uses standard Text components rather than TextMeshPro components, even with TextMeshPro installed.

◆ hideCoroutine

Coroutine EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.hideCoroutine

private

A cortouine which runs when transitioning the panel to a be hidden.

◆ isHidden

bool EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.isHidden = false

protected

Whether the panel is currently hidden.

◆ languageFontOverrides

LanguageFontOverrides EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.languageFontOverrides

private

Whenever this is set to a LanguageFontOverrides asset, then whenever the language is switched, the fonts and font size settings used on child components of this component will be based on the settings in the LanguageFontOverrides.

◆ maxFontSize

int EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.maxFontSize = 64

private

The maximum font size to use when auto-sizing child text components.

◆ minFontSize

int EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.minFontSize = 0

private

The minimum font size to use when auto-sizing child text components.

◆ onHideComplete

UnityEvent EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.onHideComplete = new UnityEvent()

An event which is triggered whenever the panel has finished transitioning to a hidden state.

◆ onHideStart

UnityEvent EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.onHideStart = new UnityEvent()

An event which is triggered whenever the panel starts being hidden.

◆ onShowComplete

UnityEvent EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.onShowComplete = new UnityEvent()

An event which is triggered whenever the panel has finished transitioning to a shown state.

◆ onShowStart

UnityEvent EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.onShowStart = new UnityEvent()

An event which is triggered whenever the panel starts being shown.

◆ originalPosition

Vector3 EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.originalPosition = Vector3.zero

protected

The original position of the panel.

◆ overrideFontSizeSettings

bool EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.overrideFontSizeSettings = false

private

Whether the panel should override the base dialogue font size settings for its child text components. When this is true, the font auto-sizing applied to each child text component will come from the min and max font size settings set on this component.

◆ returnToOriginalPosition

bool EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.returnToOriginalPosition = true

private

Whether the panel should return to its original starting position when shown (only applicable when using sliding animation modes). If false, the panel will just move into the canvas until it is fully visible when shown.

◆ showCoroutine

Coroutine EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.showCoroutine

private

A coroutine which runs when transitioning the panel to be shown.

Property Documentation

◆ AnimationType

UIAnimator.Animation EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.AnimationType

getset

Gets or sets the animation type used for showing and hiding the panel.

◆ DisplayID

string EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.DisplayID

getset

Gets or sets the Display ID of the panel.

◆ IsHidden

bool EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.IsHidden

get

Gets whether the panel is currently hidden.

◆ LanguageFontOverrides

LanguageFontOverrides EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.LanguageFontOverrides

getset

Gets or sets the LanguageFontOverrides to use on the component.

Implements EasyTalk.Display.LocalizableComponent.

◆ MaxFontSize

int EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.MaxFontSize

getset

Gets or sets the maximum font size to use on the component.

Implements EasyTalk.Display.LocalizableComponent.

◆ MinFontSize

int EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.MinFontSize

getset

Gets or sets the minimum font size to use on the component.

Implements EasyTalk.Display.LocalizableComponent.

◆ OriginalPosition

Vector3 EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.OriginalPosition

get

Gets the original position of the panel.

◆ OverrideFontSizes

bool EasyTalk.Display.DialoguePanel.OverrideFontSizes

getset

Gets or sets whether the component should override the default font sizes.

Implements EasyTalk.Display.LocalizableComponent.

Public Member Functions

Public Attributes

Protected Member Functions

Protected Attributes

Properties

Private Member Functions

Private Attributes

Detailed Description

Member Function Documentation

◆ Activate()

◆ CancelHideRoutine()

◆ CancelShowRoutine()

◆ Deactivate()

◆ FadeDisplayIn()

◆ FadeDisplayOut()

◆ ForceStandardText()

◆ Hide()

◆ HideImmediately()

◆ Init()

◆ OnValidate()

◆ Show()

◆ ShowImmediately()

◆ SlideDisplayIn()

◆ SlideDisplayOut()

◆ WaitForAnimation()

Member Data Documentation

◆ animationCurve

◆ animationTime

◆ animationType

◆ displayID

◆ forceStandardText

◆ hideCoroutine

◆ isHidden

◆ languageFontOverrides

◆ maxFontSize

◆ minFontSize

◆ onHideComplete

◆ onHideStart

◆ onShowComplete

◆ onShowStart

◆ originalPosition

◆ overrideFontSizeSettings

◆ returnToOriginalPosition

◆ showCoroutine

Property Documentation

◆ AnimationType

◆ DisplayID

◆ IsHidden

◆ LanguageFontOverrides

◆ MaxFontSize

◆ MinFontSize

◆ OriginalPosition

◆ OverrideFontSizes