[SOLVED] How to add a Custom tab to Nodes window

[dmitriy.ogorodnikov]

Hello !

 

The Nodes window contains all objects in the world and tabs with properties of these objects.

For example, Sun has 3 tabs: Node, Light, Shadow.

 

I would like to add different custom tabs to my objects, thus every custom object could have custom settings.

I would like to change these settings in Editor.

How can I do this ?

 

Thank you.

[azagniy]

Hi,
 
You can manage Nodes tabs via custom editor plugin.You can add custom tab to Nodes tabbox by using ::Nodes::parameters_tb.addTab(string tab name) function. To add your widget as child of your tab use a ::Nodes::parameters_tb.addChild(Widget widget,int flags) function after.
 
Please, check our implementation in Game Framework plugin: framework/plugin/editor/framework_editor.h at nodeInit() function:

// remove "entity" tab, if node reference is already Entity
for(int i = 0; i < ::Nodes::parameters_tb.getNumTabs(); i++) {
		if(::Nodes::parameters_tb.getTabText(i) == "Entity Fields") {
		::Nodes::parameters_tb.removeTab(i);
		i--;
	}
}
::Nodes::parameters_tb.addTab("Entity Fields");
::Nodes::parameters_tb.addChild(vbox.widget,GUI_ALIGN_EXPAND);

Thanks!