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{{See also|FGCanvas}} | {{See also|FGCanvas}} | ||
Demonstrate how a simple PUI/XML dialog can be used to easily prototype new [[NavDisplay]] styles, showing two instances for each pilot, which can be controlled/tested independently (using different settings for range, modes, traffic etc). Once the dialog is closed/reopened, the underlying navdisplay.mfd/styles files are also automatically reloaded from disk, so that you don't need to exist/restart fgfs to test your cchanges. | Demonstrate how a simple PUI/XML dialog can be used to easily prototype new [[NavDisplay]] styles, showing two instances for each pilot, which can be controlled/tested independently (using different settings for range, modes, traffic etc). Once the dialog is closed/reopened, the underlying navdisplay.mfd/styles files are also automatically reloaded from disk, so that you don't need to exist/restart fgfs to test your cchanges. | ||
== Gallery == | |||
<gallery mode="packed"> | |||
Nd-ide.png|Screenshot showing two independent [[NavDisplay]] instances rendered in a [[PUI]] widget via [[Canvas]] | |||
NDPrototypingDialog.png|[[PUI]] dialog with 3 embedded [[NavDisplay]] instances controlled via checkboxes (i.e. no property browser needed) | |||
ND-dialog-with-3-ND-instances.png|Screenshot showing a PUI dialog with 3 NDs and different settings applied for each instance | |||
ND dialog with wxr layer.png|ND dialog with WXR layer shown | |||
ND-dialog-airbus-style.png|ND dialog showing the Airbus style of the [[NavDisplay]] module | |||
ND dialog allowing styles to be changed at runtime.png|[[PUI]] dialog showing 3 independent [[NavDisplay]] instances with styling being customizable at runtime. | |||
ND-Dialog-with-DisplayMode-support.png|[[PUI]] dialog showing two independent [[NavDisplay]] instances with different styles applied and support for toggling display modes separately | |||
Updated-NDStyles-Dialog.png|Updated [[PUI]]/XML dialog showing different ND styles in use. | |||
NDStylesDialog-with-ADF-VOR-Selection.png|Dialog with VOR/ADF selelection support | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Approach == | == Approach == | ||
This is a PUI/XML dialog with two embedded CanvasWidget areas that instantiate independent ND instances using a subset of the code commonly found in the aircraft specific ND.nas file, adapted to use the embedded Canvas region for rendering the two NDs and GUI buttons/widgets added to control the whole thing without necessarily requiring a fully developed cockpit. | This is a PUI/XML dialog with two embedded CanvasWidget areas that instantiate independent ND instances using a subset of the code commonly found in the aircraft specific ND.nas file, adapted to use the embedded Canvas region for rendering the two NDs and GUI buttons/widgets added to control the whole thing without necessarily requiring a fully developed cockpit. | ||