Notepad & Text widgets - Lailloken/Exile-UI-Legacy GitHub Wiki

Feature Overview

  • a notepad that can be accessed while playing without having to alt-tab

  • free-floating text panels that can be used like sticky-notes

  • the text is saved automatically and carries over between sessions

User Interface & Settings

  • main UI-elements:

    • notepad button notepad that can be place anywhere within the client-window by dragging

    • notepad window & text widgets

  • general inputs:

    • click the notepad button to show/hide the notepad window

    • right-click the button while the window is open to access text-widget features

    • press ESC to close the notepad window

  • this feature has its own section in the settings menu, with UI options

Setup

  • open the settings menu, go to the notepad section, and enable the feature

  • a sample window will open which shows what the current text and widget settings look like

    • adjust widget-opacity, text size and color to your liking

  • the notepad button can be resized in this menu as well

Usage

  • the text is saved automatically whenever the window is toggled or closed

  • right-clicking the notepad button will turn the regular notepad window into a movable text-widget

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  • the widget is automatically resized to the size of the text and positioned on the left of the client-window

  • it has a small square in one corner which can be dragged to reposition the widget

  • text-widgets themselves don't block clicks, it's just the small square that's clickable

  • hash-signs (#) can be used as bullet points to divide the text into blocks

  • when the text contains hash-signs, right-clicking the notepad button will show a context-menu with widget options

    • simple: same as a regular widget, but the text-block before the hash-sign will not be included in the widget

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    • multi: create an individual widget for each hash-sign bullet point

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    • grouped: create a single widget with pages for each hash-sign bullet point

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    • simple & multi: right-clicking the small square will close the widget

    • grouped: right-click the small square to switch to the next page, left click to go back one page

      • grouped widgets can only be closed/hidden by clicking the notepad button

Remarks

  • I created this as a quick alternative to writing down notes, plans, or reminders on paper or in a text file

  • this was overhauled in v1.27.0 to be much more versatile