[lemonboy]

Is anybody interested in a pseudo type definition within defaults.xml, such that you could define a number of different buttons (or other controls).

For example within defaults.xml you define controls thus

<default type="hiddenbutton" basetype="button">
<posx>-20</posx>
<posy>-20</posy>
<width>1</width>
<height>1</height>
<label>-</label>
<texturenofocus>-</texturenofocus>
<texturefocus>-</texturefocus>
</default>


This would then allow you to define a type "hiddenbutton" anywhere else in the skin i.e

<control type="hiddenbutton">
<onfocus>Dosomething</onfocus>
</control>

You could then define another button like a "menubutton" with a completely different set of parameters and then do something like.

<control type="menubutton">
<label>Stuff</label>
</control>


All of this can be done with includes, but I find this quite useful for having a number of templates and changing one parameter.

If this is of interest, or stupid, please let me know. I can then put forward a pull request or not.

[jmarshall]

I like the idea. An alternative might be to provide includes with parameters (though this is perhaps attacking a more general problem.)

I guess potentially, basetype would allow multiple "inheritance"?

As you say, it can already be done with includes, albeit with an extra line of code.

<control type="button">
<include>menubutton</include>
<label>foo</label>
</control>

I'd be most interested in hearing what skinners think.

Cheers,
Jonathan