isUIContext: Difference between revisions

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Description:: Returns true if the script originated from some UI control event, for example from "onButtonDown" EH. Exists within parent scope and immediate child scopes.
Groups:: GUI Control Program Flow

Example 1:: if (isUIContext) then { hint "UI control event" };
Example 2:: _button ctrlSetEventHandler ["ButtonDown", "call { diag_log isUIContext }"]; // outputs true
Example 3:: _button ctrlSetEventHandler ["ButtonDown", "0 spawn { diag_log isUIContext }"]; // outputs false

See also:: canSuspend isRemoteExecuted isRemoteExecutedJIP isGamePaused isGameFocused serverCommand

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 |descr= Returns [[true]] if the script originated from some UI control event, for example from "onButtonDown" EH. Exists within parent scope and immediate child scopes.
-|s1= '''isUIContext'''
+|s1= [[isUIContext]]
 |r1= [[Boolean]]
-|x1= <code>[[if]] ([[isUIContext]]) [[then]] {[[hint]] "UI control event"};</code>
+|x1= <sqf>if (isUIContext) then { hint "UI control event" };</sqf>
-|x2= <code>_button [[ctrlSetEventHandler]] ['ButtonDown',"[[call]] {[[diag_log]] [[isUIContext]]}"]; // Outputs true</code>
-|x3= <code>_button [[ctrlSetEventHandler]] ['ButtonDown',"[] [[spawn]] {[[diag_log]] [[isUIContext]]}"]; // Outputs false</code>
+|x2= <sqf>_button ctrlSetEventHandler ["ButtonDown", "call { diag_log isUIContext }"]; // outputs true</sqf>
+|x3= <sqf>_button ctrlSetEventHandler ["ButtonDown", "0 spawn { diag_log isUIContext }"]; // outputs false</sqf>
 |seealso= [[canSuspend]] [[isRemoteExecuted]] [[isRemoteExecutedJIP]] [[isGamePaused]] [[isGameFocused]] [[serverCommand]]
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