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WANTED: In-world text display widget
Radium Lumin
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Join date: 22 Jul 2003
Posts: 23
06-24-2004 07:57
As LSL grows, and the scripts written in it become more capable and more complex, the need for an in-world, vertical and sideways-scrollable text display widget is becoming increasingly urgent. This is particulary true now that XML-RPC is (almost) here.

Please add an in-world text display widget, either as a new prim type (preferably), or as something that can be put on a prim face. It should support both vertical and side-to-side scrolling. It should understand and display HTML (perhaps text-only, image capability to be added later).

Having this will solve many existing problems, and open the door for some truely amazing scripts.

PS: Yes, I'm aware of Xylor's XyText. It's an amazing example of hard work to find a work-around to the lack of a text widget. It's also a prim-hog. Sorry, Xylor, but it just doesn't solve the problems a text widget would. But it is amazing.
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The Mad Toymaker
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Join date: 3 May 2003
Posts: 2,749
06-24-2004 09:41
I agree with this 100%.
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Nergal Fallingbridge
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Join date: 26 Jun 2003
Posts: 677
06-24-2004 11:12
(side note: Hey Radium. Good to see you're back among the inmates... ;) )
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Oz Spade
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Join date: 23 Sep 2003
Posts: 2,708
06-25-2004 10:56
I endorse this idea/feature, would be very usefull.
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Azelda Garcia
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Join date: 3 Nov 2003
Posts: 819
06-25-2004 19:54
Pretty sure you can do this natively within WGL; kindof sucks for the Mac users tho :-O

Azelda