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  514. <h1>Laying out the GUI in XML</h1>
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  516. <div id="toctitle">Table of Contents</div>
  517. <ul class="sectlevel1">
  518. <li><a href="#plan-your-gui-layout">Plan Your GUI Layout</a></li>
  519. <li><a href="#implement-your-gui-layout">Implement Your GUI Layout</a>
  520. <ul class="sectlevel2">
  521. <li><a href="#make-screens">Make Screens</a></li>
  522. <li><a href="#make-layers">Make Layers</a></li>
  523. <li><a href="#make-panels">Make Panels</a></li>
  524. </ul>
  525. </li>
  526. <li><a href="#adding-content-to-panels">Adding Content to Panels</a>
  527. <ul class="sectlevel2">
  528. <li><a href="#add-images">Add Images</a></li>
  529. <li><a href="#add-static-text">Add Static Text</a></li>
  530. <li><a href="#add-controls">Add Controls</a></li>
  531. </ul>
  532. </li>
  533. <li><a href="#intermediate-result">Intermediate Result</a></li>
  534. <li><a href="#next-steps">Next Steps</a></li>
  535. </ul>
  536. </div>
  537. </div>
  538. <div id="content">
  539. <div id="preamble">
  540. <div class="sectionbody">
  541. <div class="olist arabic">
  542. <ol class="arabic">
  543. <li>
  544. <p><a href="jme3/advanced/nifty_gui.html">Nifty GUI Concepts</a></p>
  545. </li>
  546. <li>
  547. <p><a href="jme3/advanced/nifty_gui_best_practices.html">Nifty GUI Best Practices</a></p>
  548. </li>
  549. <li>
  550. <p><strong>Nifty <abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr> XML Layout</strong> or <a href="jme3/advanced/nifty_gui_java_layout.html">Nifty GUI Java Layout</a></p>
  551. </li>
  552. <li>
  553. <p><a href="jme3/advanced/nifty_gui_overlay.html">Nifty GUI Overlay</a> or <a href="jme3/advanced/nifty_gui_projection.html">Nifty GUI Projection</a></p>
  554. </li>
  555. <li>
  556. <p><a href="jme3/advanced/nifty_gui_java_interaction.html">Interact with the GUI from Java</a></p>
  557. </li>
  558. </ol>
  559. </div>
  560. <div class="paragraph">
  561. <p>You can “draw the <abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr> to the screen by writing XML code (alternatively you can also use Java).</p>
  562. </div>
  563. </div>
  564. </div>
  565. <div class="sect1">
  566. <h2 id="plan-your-gui-layout">Plan Your GUI Layout</h2>
  567. <div class="sectionbody">
  568. <div class="imageblock" style="text-align: right">
  569. <div class="content">
  570. <img src="images/jme3/advanced/gui-layout-draft.png" alt="gui-layout-draft.png" height="">
  571. </div>
  572. </div>
  573. <div class="paragraph">
  574. <p>In this tutorial, you want to create two game screens: An out-of-game StartScreen that the players see before the game starts; and an in-game <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HUD_%28video_gaming%29">HUD</a> that displays info during the game. Before writing code, you plan the <abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr> layout, either on paper or in a graphic application.</p>
  575. </div>
  576. <div class="paragraph">
  577. <p>The StartScreen contains:</p>
  578. </div>
  579. <div class="ulist">
  580. <ul>
  581. <li>
  582. <p>The background layer has a centered layout and contains an image.</p>
  583. </li>
  584. <li>
  585. <p>The top layer has a vertical layout, containing 3 panels:</p>
  586. <div class="ulist">
  587. <ul>
  588. <li>
  589. <p>The top panel contains a label with the game title,</p>
  590. </li>
  591. <li>
  592. <p>The middle panel contains a text field with the game description.</p>
  593. </li>
  594. <li>
  595. <p>The bottom panel has a horizontal layout and contains two more panels:</p>
  596. <div class="ulist">
  597. <ul>
  598. <li>
  599. <p>The left panel contains a Start button.</p>
  600. </li>
  601. <li>
  602. <p>The right panel contains a Quit button.</p>
  603. </li>
  604. </ul>
  605. </div>
  606. </li>
  607. </ul>
  608. </div>
  609. </li>
  610. </ul>
  611. </div>
  612. <div class="paragraph">
  613. <p>The HUD contains:</p>
  614. </div>
  615. <div class="ulist">
  616. <ul>
  617. <li>
  618. <p>The background layer has a centered layout, and contains the partially transparent HUD image.</p>
  619. </li>
  620. <li>
  621. <p>The top layer has a horizontal layout, containing 2 panels:</p>
  622. <div class="ulist">
  623. <ul>
  624. <li>
  625. <p>The left panel as transparent spacer.</p>
  626. </li>
  627. <li>
  628. <p>The right panel has a vertical layout containing 2 panels, a label and an image.</p>
  629. </li>
  630. </ul>
  631. </div>
  632. </li>
  633. </ul>
  634. </div>
  635. </div>
  636. </div>
  637. <div class="sect1">
  638. <h2 id="implement-your-gui-layout">Implement Your GUI Layout</h2>
  639. <div class="sectionbody">
  640. <div class="imageblock" style="text-align: right">
  641. <div class="content">
  642. <img src="images/jme3/advanced/nifty-screen-layer-panel.png" alt="nifty-screen-layer-panel.png" height="136">
  643. </div>
  644. </div>
  645. <div class="paragraph">
  646. <p>Create an empty <strong>screen</strong>.xml file in the <code>assets/Interface/</code> directory of your project. ( Rightclick on Interface → New → Other… → <abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr> → Empty NiftyGui file)
  647. Afterwards create the directory <code>assets/Interface/Fonts</code> and add a new font e.g. Arial. ( <strong>Rightclick on Interface → New → Other… →</strong> Other → Folder and <abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr> → Font)</p>
  648. </div>
  649. <div class="paragraph">
  650. <p>One XML file can contain several, or even all screens. As a reminder: Nifty displays one screen at a time; a screen contains several layers on top of one another; each layer contains panels that are embedded into another; the panels contain the actual content (text, images, or controls).</p>
  651. </div>
  652. <div class="sect2">
  653. <h3 id="make-screens">Make Screens</h3>
  654. <div class="paragraph">
  655. <p>The following minimal XML file contains a start screen and a HUD screen. (Neither has been defined yet.)</p>
  656. </div>
  657. <div class="listingblock">
  658. <div class="content">
  659. <pre class="CodeRay highlight"><code data-lang="xml"><span class="preprocessor">&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot;?&gt;</span>
  660. <span class="tag">&lt;nifty</span> <span class="attribute-name">xmlns</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">http://nifty-gui.sourceforge.net/nifty-1.3.xsd</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">xmlns:xsi</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">xsi:schemaLocation</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">http://nifty-gui.sourceforge.net/nifty-1.3.xsd http://nifty-gui.sourceforge.net/nifty-1.3.xsd</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  661. <span class="tag">&lt;screen</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">start</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  662. <span class="comment">&lt;!-- ... --&gt;</span>
  663. <span class="tag">&lt;/screen&gt;</span>
  664. <span class="tag">&lt;screen</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">hud</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  665. <span class="comment">&lt;!-- ... --&gt;</span>
  666. <span class="tag">&lt;/screen&gt;</span>
  667. <span class="tag">&lt;/nifty&gt;</span></code></pre>
  668. </div>
  669. </div>
  670. <div class="paragraph">
  671. <p>Every Nifty <abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr> must have a start screen. The others (in this example, the HUD screen) are optional.</p>
  672. </div>
  673. <div class="paragraph">
  674. <p><strong>Note:</strong> In the following examples, the XML schema header is abbreviated to just <code>&lt;nifty&gt;</code>.</p>
  675. </div>
  676. </div>
  677. <div class="sect2">
  678. <h3 id="make-layers">Make Layers</h3>
  679. <div class="paragraph">
  680. <p>The following minimal XML file shows how we added layers to the start screen and HUD screen.
  681. Delete all from the file and add following code:</p>
  682. </div>
  683. <div class="listingblock">
  684. <div class="content">
  685. <pre class="CodeRay highlight"><code data-lang="xml"><span class="tag">&lt;nifty&gt;</span>
  686. <span class="tag">&lt;screen</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">start</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  687. <span class="tag">&lt;layer</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">background</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">backgroundColor</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">#000f</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  688. <span class="comment">&lt;!-- ... --&gt;</span>
  689. <span class="tag">&lt;/layer&gt;</span>
  690. <span class="tag">&lt;layer</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">foreground</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">backgroundColor</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">#0000</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">vertical</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  691. <span class="comment">&lt;!-- ... --&gt;</span>
  692. <span class="tag">&lt;/layer&gt;</span>
  693. <span class="tag">&lt;/screen&gt;</span>
  694. <span class="tag">&lt;screen</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">hud</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  695. <span class="tag">&lt;layer</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">background</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">backgroundColor</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">#000f</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  696. <span class="comment">&lt;!-- ... --&gt;</span>
  697. <span class="tag">&lt;/layer&gt;</span>
  698. <span class="tag">&lt;layer</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">foreground</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">backgroundColor</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">#0000</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">horizontal</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  699. <span class="comment">&lt;!-- ... --&gt;</span>
  700. <span class="tag">&lt;/layer&gt;</span>
  701. <span class="tag">&lt;/screen&gt;</span>
  702. <span class="tag">&lt;/nifty&gt;</span></code></pre>
  703. </div>
  704. </div>
  705. <div class="paragraph">
  706. <p>In a layer, you can now add panels and arrange them. Panels are containers that mark the areas where you want to display text, images, or controls (buttons etc) later.</p>
  707. </div>
  708. </div>
  709. <div class="sect2">
  710. <h3 id="make-panels">Make Panels</h3>
  711. <div class="paragraph">
  712. <p>A panel is the inner-most container (that will contain the actual content: text, images, or controls). You place panels inside layers. The following panels go into in the <code>start</code> screen&#8217;s <code>foreground</code> layer:</p>
  713. </div>
  714. <div class="listingblock">
  715. <div class="content">
  716. <pre class="CodeRay highlight"><code data-lang="xml"> <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_top</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">25%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">75%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">align</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span>
  717. <span class="attribute-name">backgroundColor</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">#f008</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  718. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span>
  719. <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_mid</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">50%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">75%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">align</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span>
  720. <span class="attribute-name">backgroundColor</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">#0f08</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  721. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span>
  722. <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_bottom</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">25%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">75%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">align</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">horizontal</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span>
  723. <span class="attribute-name">backgroundColor</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">#00f8</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  724. <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_bottom_left</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">50%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">50%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">valign</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span>
  725. <span class="attribute-name">backgroundColor</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">#44f8</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  726. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span>
  727. <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_bottom_right</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">50%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">50%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">valign</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span>
  728. <span class="attribute-name">backgroundColor</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">#88f8</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  729. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span>
  730. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span></code></pre>
  731. </div>
  732. </div>
  733. <div class="paragraph">
  734. <p>The following panels go into in the <code>hud</code> screen&#8217;s <code>foreground</code> layer:</p>
  735. </div>
  736. <div class="listingblock">
  737. <div class="content">
  738. <pre class="CodeRay highlight"><code data-lang="xml"> <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_left</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">80%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">vertical</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span>
  739. <span class="attribute-name">backgroundColor</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">#0f08</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  740. <span class="comment">&lt;!-- spacer --&gt;</span>
  741. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span>
  742. <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_right</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">20%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">vertical</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span>
  743. <span class="attribute-name">backgroundColor</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">#00f8</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  744. <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_top_right1</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">15%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span>
  745. <span class="attribute-name">backgroundColor</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">#00f8</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  746. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span>
  747. <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_top_right2</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">15%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span>
  748. <span class="attribute-name">backgroundColor</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">#44f8</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  749. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span>
  750. <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_bot_right</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">70%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">valign</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span>
  751. <span class="attribute-name">backgroundColor</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">#88f8</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  752. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span>
  753. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span></code></pre>
  754. </div>
  755. </div>
  756. <div class="paragraph">
  757. <p>The result should look as follows:</p>
  758. </div>
  759. <div class="imageblock" style="text-align: center">
  760. <div class="content">
  761. <img src="images/jme3/advanced/nifty-gui-panels.png" alt="nifty-gui-panels.png" height="">
  762. </div>
  763. </div>
  764. </div>
  765. </div>
  766. </div>
  767. <div class="sect1">
  768. <h2 id="adding-content-to-panels">Adding Content to Panels</h2>
  769. <div class="sectionbody">
  770. <div class="paragraph">
  771. <p>See also <a href="http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/nifty-gui/index.php?title=Layout_Introduction">Layout Introduction</a> on the Nifty <abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr> site.</p>
  772. </div>
  773. <div class="sect2">
  774. <h3 id="add-images">Add Images</h3>
  775. <div class="paragraph">
  776. <p>The <a href="http://hub.jmonkeyengine.org/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php/jme3:advanced:start-background.png">start-background.png</a> image is a fullscreen background picture. Add it to <code>Interface</code>. In the <code>start</code> screen, add the following image element:</p>
  777. </div>
  778. <div class="listingblock">
  779. <div class="content">
  780. <pre class="CodeRay highlight"><code data-lang="xml"> <span class="tag">&lt;layer</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">background</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  781. <span class="tag">&lt;image</span> <span class="attribute-name">filename</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">Interface/start-background.png</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span><span class="tag">&lt;/image&gt;</span>
  782. <span class="tag">&lt;/layer&gt;</span></code></pre>
  783. </div>
  784. </div>
  785. <div class="paragraph">
  786. <p>The <a href="http://hub.jmonkeyengine.org/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php/jme3:advanced:hud-frame.png">hud-frame.png</a> image is a transparent frame that we use as HUD decoration. Add it to <code>Interface</code>. In the <code>hud</code> screen, add the following image element:</p>
  787. </div>
  788. <div class="listingblock">
  789. <div class="content">
  790. <pre class="CodeRay highlight"><code data-lang="xml"> <span class="tag">&lt;layer</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">background</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  791. <span class="tag">&lt;image</span> <span class="attribute-name">filename</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">Interface/hud-frame.png</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span><span class="tag">&lt;/image&gt;</span>
  792. <span class="tag">&lt;/layer&gt;</span></code></pre>
  793. </div>
  794. </div>
  795. <div class="paragraph">
  796. <p>In order to make the hud-frame.png independent of the screen resolution you are using, you could use the <code>imageMode</code> attribute on the image element <a href="http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/nifty-gui/index.php?title=Resizable_Images_(ImageMode%3Dresize)_explained"> Resizable Images (ImageMode=resize) explained</a></p>
  797. </div>
  798. <div class="listingblock">
  799. <div class="content">
  800. <pre class="CodeRay highlight"><code data-lang="xml"> <span class="tag">&lt;layer</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">background</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  801. <span class="tag">&lt;image</span> <span class="attribute-name">filename</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">Interface/hud-frame.png</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">imageMode</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">resize:40,490,110,170,40,560,40,270,40,560,40,40</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">/&gt;</span>
  802. <span class="tag">&lt;/layer&gt;</span></code></pre>
  803. </div>
  804. </div>
  805. <div class="paragraph">
  806. <p>The <a href="http://hub.jmonkeyengine.org/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php/jme3:advanced:face1.png">face1.png</a> image is an image that you want to use as a status icon. Add it to <code>Interface</code>.
  807. In the <code>hud</code> screen&#8217;s <code>foreground</code> layer, add the following image element:</p>
  808. </div>
  809. <div class="listingblock">
  810. <div class="content">
  811. <pre class="CodeRay highlight"><code data-lang="xml"> <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_top_right2</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">15%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  812. <span class="tag">&lt;image</span> <span class="attribute-name">filename</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">Interface/face1.png</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">valign</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">align</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">50%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">30%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  813. <span class="tag">&lt;/image&gt;</span>
  814. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span></code></pre>
  815. </div>
  816. </div>
  817. <div class="paragraph">
  818. <p>This image is scaled to use 50% of the height and 30% of the width of its container.</p>
  819. </div>
  820. </div>
  821. <div class="sect2">
  822. <h3 id="add-static-text">Add Static Text</h3>
  823. <div class="paragraph">
  824. <p>The game title is a typical example of static text. In the <code>start</code> screen, add the following text element:</p>
  825. </div>
  826. <div class="listingblock">
  827. <div class="content">
  828. <pre class="CodeRay highlight"><code data-lang="xml"> <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_top</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">25%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">75%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">align</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  829. <span class="tag">&lt;text</span> <span class="attribute-name">text</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">My Cool Game</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">font</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">Interface/Fonts/Default.fnt</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="tag">/&gt;</span>
  830. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span></code></pre>
  831. </div>
  832. </div>
  833. <div class="paragraph">
  834. <p>For longer pieces of static text, such as an introduction, you can use wrap=“true. Add the following text element to the <code>Start screen</code>:</p>
  835. </div>
  836. <div class="listingblock">
  837. <div class="content">
  838. <pre class="CodeRay highlight"><code data-lang="xml"> <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_mid</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">50%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">75%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">align</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  839. <span class="tag">&lt;text</span> <span class="attribute-name">text</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">Here goes some text describing the game and the rules and stuff. Incidentally,</span>
  840. <span class="content">the text is quite long and needs to wrap at the end of lines. ...</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span>
  841. <span class="attribute-name">font</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">Interface/Fonts/Default.fnt</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">wrap</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">true</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="tag">/&gt;</span>
  842. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span></code></pre>
  843. </div>
  844. </div>
  845. <div class="paragraph">
  846. <p>The font used is jME3&#8217;s default font “Interface/Fonts/Default.fnt which is included in the jMonkeyEngine.JAR. You can add your own fonts to your own <code>assets/Interface/Fonts</code> directory.
  847. Adjust the path to your font-name.</p>
  848. </div>
  849. </div>
  850. <div class="sect2">
  851. <h3 id="add-controls">Add Controls</h3>
  852. <div class="paragraph">
  853. <p>Before you can use any control, you must load a Control Definition first. Add the following two lines <em>before</em> your screen definitions:</p>
  854. </div>
  855. <div class="listingblock">
  856. <div class="content">
  857. <pre class="CodeRay highlight"><code data-lang="xml"> <span class="tag">&lt;useStyles</span> <span class="attribute-name">filename</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">nifty-default-styles.xml</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="tag">/&gt;</span>
  858. <span class="tag">&lt;useControls</span> <span class="attribute-name">filename</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">nifty-default-controls.xml</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="tag">/&gt;</span></code></pre>
  859. </div>
  860. </div>
  861. <div class="paragraph">
  862. <p>Note that the useStyles tag must be the first child of the nifty tag, otherwise you will see an error in design view.</p>
  863. </div>
  864. <div class="sect3">
  865. <h4 id="label-control">Label Control</h4>
  866. <div class="paragraph">
  867. <p>Use label controls for text that you want to edit dynamically from Java. One example for this is the score display.
  868. In the <code>hud</code> screen&#8217;s <code>foreground</code> layer, add the following text element:</p>
  869. </div>
  870. <div class="listingblock">
  871. <div class="content">
  872. <pre class="CodeRay highlight"><code data-lang="xml"> <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_top_right</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">15%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  873. <span class="tag">&lt;control</span> <span class="attribute-name">name</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">label</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">color</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">#000</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">text</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">123</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="tag">/&gt;</span>
  874. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span></code></pre>
  875. </div>
  876. </div>
  877. <div class="paragraph">
  878. <p>Note that the width and height do not scale the bitmap font, but indirectly make certain it is centered. If you want a different size for the font, you need to provide an extra bitmap font (they come with fixed sizes and don&#8217;t scale well).</p>
  879. </div>
  880. </div>
  881. <div class="sect3">
  882. <h4 id="button-control">Button Control</h4>
  883. <div class="paragraph">
  884. <p>Our <abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr> plan asks for two buttons on the start screen. You add the Start and Quit buttons to the bottom panel of the <code>start</code> screen using the <code>&lt;control&gt;</code> element:</p>
  885. </div>
  886. <div class="listingblock">
  887. <div class="content">
  888. <pre class="CodeRay highlight"><code data-lang="xml"> <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_bottom_left</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">50%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">50%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">valign</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  889. <span class="tag">&lt;control</span> <span class="attribute-name">name</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">button</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">label</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">Start</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">StartButton</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">align</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">valign</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  890. <span class="tag">&lt;/control&gt;</span>
  891. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span>
  892. <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_bottom_right</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">50%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">50%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">valign</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  893. <span class="tag">&lt;control</span> <span class="attribute-name">name</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">button</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">label</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">Quit</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">QuitButton</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">align</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">valign</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  894. <span class="tag">&lt;/control&gt;</span>
  895. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span></code></pre>
  896. </div>
  897. </div>
  898. <div class="paragraph">
  899. <p>Note that these controls don&#8217;t do anything yet – we&#8217;ll get to that soon.</p>
  900. </div>
  901. <div class="paragraph">
  902. <p>Now remove all <strong>backgroundColor=““</strong> tags from your code. They were only needed to show the layout.</p>
  903. </div>
  904. <div class="paragraph">
  905. <p>Your screen.xml should look like this:</p>
  906. </div>
  907. <div class="listingblock">
  908. <div class="content">
  909. <pre class="CodeRay highlight"><code data-lang="xml"><span class="preprocessor">&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot;?&gt;</span>
  910. <span class="tag">&lt;nifty</span> <span class="attribute-name">xmlns</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">http://nifty-gui.sourceforge.net/nifty-1.3.xsd</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">xmlns:xsi</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">xsi:schemaLocation</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">http://nifty-gui.sourceforge.net/nifty-1.3.xsd http://nifty-gui.sourceforge.net/nifty-1.3.xsd</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  911. <span class="tag">&lt;useStyles</span> <span class="attribute-name">filename</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">nifty-default-styles.xml</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="tag">/&gt;</span>
  912. <span class="tag">&lt;useControls</span> <span class="attribute-name">filename</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">nifty-default-controls.xml</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="tag">/&gt;</span>
  913. <span class="tag">&lt;screen</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">start</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  914. <span class="tag">&lt;layer</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">background</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  915. <span class="tag">&lt;image</span> <span class="attribute-name">filename</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">Interface/start-background.png</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span><span class="tag">&lt;/image&gt;</span>
  916. <span class="tag">&lt;/layer&gt;</span>
  917. <span class="tag">&lt;layer</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">foreground</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">vertical</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  918. <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_top</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">25%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">75%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">align</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  919. <span class="tag">&lt;text</span> <span class="attribute-name">text</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">My Cool Game</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">font</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">Interface/Fonts/Default.fnt</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="tag">/&gt;</span>
  920. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span>
  921. <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_mid</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">50%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">75%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">align</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  922. <span class="tag">&lt;text</span> <span class="attribute-name">text</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">Here goes some text describing the game and the rules and stuff. Incidentally, the text is quite long and needs to wrap at the end of lines. ...</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">font</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">Interface/Fonts/Default.fnt</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">wrap</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">true</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="tag">/&gt;</span>
  923. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span>
  924. <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_bottom</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">25%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">75%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">align</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">horizontal</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  925. <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_bottom_left</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">50%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">50%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">valign</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  926. <span class="tag">&lt;control</span> <span class="attribute-name">name</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">button</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">label</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">Start</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">StartButton</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">align</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">valign</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span><span class="tag">&lt;/control&gt;</span>
  927. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span>
  928. <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_bottom_right</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">50%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">50%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">valign</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  929. <span class="tag">&lt;control</span> <span class="attribute-name">name</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">button</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">label</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">Quit</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">QuitButton</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">align</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">valign</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span><span class="tag">&lt;/control&gt;</span>
  930. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span>
  931. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span>
  932. <span class="tag">&lt;/layer&gt;</span>
  933. <span class="tag">&lt;/screen&gt;</span>
  934. <span class="tag">&lt;screen</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">hud</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  935. <span class="tag">&lt;layer</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">background</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  936. <span class="tag">&lt;image</span> <span class="attribute-name">filename</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">Interface/hud-frame.png</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span><span class="tag">&lt;/image&gt;</span>
  937. <span class="tag">&lt;/layer&gt;</span>
  938. <span class="tag">&lt;layer</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">foreground</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">horizontal</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  939. <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_left</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">80%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">vertical</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="tag">&gt;</span><span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span>
  940. <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_right</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">20%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">vertical</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  941. <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_top_right1</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">15%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  942. <span class="tag">&lt;control</span> <span class="attribute-name">name</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">label</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">color</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">#000</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">text</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">123</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="tag">/&gt;</span>
  943. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span>
  944. <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_top_right2</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">15%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">childLayout</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span><span class="tag">&gt;</span>
  945. <span class="tag">&lt;image</span> <span class="attribute-name">filename</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">Interface/face1.png</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">valign</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">align</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">50%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">30%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="tag">&gt;</span><span class="tag">&lt;/image&gt;</span>
  946. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span>
  947. <span class="tag">&lt;panel</span> <span class="attribute-name">id</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">panel_bot_right</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">width</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">100%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">height</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">70%</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="attribute-name">valign</span>=<span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span><span class="content">center</span><span class="delimiter">&quot;</span></span> <span class="tag">&gt;</span><span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span>
  948. <span class="tag">&lt;/panel&gt;</span>
  949. <span class="tag">&lt;/layer&gt;</span>
  950. <span class="tag">&lt;/screen&gt;</span>
  951. <span class="tag">&lt;/nifty&gt;</span></code></pre>
  952. </div>
  953. </div>
  954. </div>
  955. <div class="sect3">
  956. <h4 id="other-controls">Other Controls</h4>
  957. <div class="paragraph">
  958. <p>Nifty additionally offers many customizable controls such as check boxes, text fields, menus, chats, tabs, … See also <a href="http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/nifty-gui/index.php?title=Elements">Elements</a> on the Nifty <abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr> site.</p>
  959. </div>
  960. </div>
  961. </div>
  962. </div>
  963. </div>
  964. <div class="sect1">
  965. <h2 id="intermediate-result">Intermediate Result</h2>
  966. <div class="sectionbody">
  967. <div class="paragraph">
  968. <p>When you preview this code in the jMonkeyEngine SDK, our tutorial demo should looks as follows: A start screen with two buttons, and a game screen with a simple HUD frame and a blue cube (which stands for any jME3 game content).</p>
  969. </div>
  970. <div class="imageblock" style="text-align: center">
  971. <div class="content">
  972. <img src="images/jme3/advanced/nifty-gui-simple-demo.png" alt="nifty-gui-simple-demo.png" height="">
  973. </div>
  974. </div>
  975. <div class="paragraph">
  976. <p>Compare this result with the layout draft above.</p>
  977. </div>
  978. </div>
  979. </div>
  980. <div class="sect1">
  981. <h2 id="next-steps">Next Steps</h2>
  982. <div class="sectionbody">
  983. <div class="paragraph">
  984. <p>Integrate the <abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr> into the game. Typically, you will overlay the <abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr>.</p>
  985. </div>
  986. <div class="ulist">
  987. <ul>
  988. <li>
  989. <p><a href="jme3/advanced/nifty_gui_overlay.html">Nifty GUI Overlay</a> (recommended)</p>
  990. </li>
  991. <li>
  992. <p><a href="jme3/advanced/nifty_gui_projection.html">Nifty GUI Projection</a> (optional)
  993. &lt;tags&gt;&lt;tag target="gui" /&gt;&lt;tag target="documentation" /&gt;&lt;tag target="nifty" /&gt;&lt;tag target="hud" /&gt;&lt;/tags&gt;</p>
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