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dash9
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« on: June 01, 2009, 06:53:43 PM »
Sometimes you want to have a window in a corner of the screen with a game you want to keep an eye on, while you check a webpage, for example. In this case, half of the screen is occupied by the console, and it does not make sense. If the window loses focus, the console should disappear, and when the window gets back the focus, it should appear back.
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« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2009, 03:35:15 AM »
What if there is an URL in the console you want to copy/paste ? Console has to be visible Wink
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« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2009, 04:59:11 AM »
Quote from: Cacatoes on June 02, 2009, 03:35:15 AM
What if there is an URL in the console you want to copy/paste ? Console has to be visible Wink
I haven't thought about this yet. Ok, if you need to see the many URLs people send you, we could have a var which enables this behavior. If the functionality exists, this is trivial.
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« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2009, 12:40:28 PM »
one solution is to replace background image that is currently used for console (the red bg and openarena logo) with something transparent or semi-transparent. you can find that file in one of the main pk3's, i guess. that way you can have your console AND see what's going on in the game.
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« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2009, 12:48:27 PM »
Quote from: vindimy on June 02, 2009, 12:40:28 PM
one solution is to replace background image that is currently used for console (the red bg and openarena logo) with something transparent or semi-transparent. you can find that file in one of the main pk3's, i guess. that way you can have your console AND see what's going on in the game.
It would mean to have a horizontal line in the middle of the screen, and text.. no, this would look bad.
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« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2009, 03:35:08 PM »
If you toggle in_nograb to 0, your mouse can escape the OA window without pulling down the console. That might work okay for spectating a game while looking at a web page.
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