Panel Meta
Lilia's interface relies on VGUI panels with extra functionality.
This document describes convenience methods available to those panels.
Overview
Panel meta functions support scaled positioning, listen for inventory changes, and offer other utilities that make building responsive menus and HUD elements easier.
liaListenForInventoryChanges
Purpose
Registers this panel to forward inventory events from the given inventory to matching panel methods.
Parameters
inventory(Inventory): Inventory whose events will be forwarded.
Realm
Client
Returns
None: This function does not return a value.
Example Usage
function PANEL:setInventory(inv)
self.inventory = inv
self:liaListenForInventoryChanges(inv)
end
function PANEL:InventoryItemAdded(item)
print("Added item:", item:getName())
end
liaDeleteInventoryHooks
Purpose
Removes hooks previously added by liaListenForInventoryChanges.
Parameters
id(number|nil): ID of the inventory to stop listening to, or nil to remove all listeners.
Realm
Client
Returns
None: This function does not return a value.
Example Usage
function PANEL:OnRemove()
self:liaDeleteInventoryHooks()
end
function PANEL:StopListening(id)
self:liaDeleteInventoryHooks(id)
end
SetScaledPos
Purpose
Sets the panel position using ScreenScale( x ) and ScreenScaleH( y ).
Parameters
-
x(number): Horizontal position in screen-scale units. -
y(number): Vertical position in screen-scale units.
Realm
Client
Returns
None: This function does not return a value.
Example Usage
SetScaledSize
Purpose
Sets the panel size using ScreenScale( w ) and ScreenScaleH( h ).
Parameters
-
w(number): Width in screen-scale units. -
h(number): Height in screen-scale units.
Realm
Client
Returns
None: This function does not return a value.
Example Usage