Button Click -> opens chatbox

Posted by TypicalAndy

Hello, Im trying to make a event if you click CTRL then the chat opens, but If you press it again the chat will disappear.

Replies (9)

If you want to hide the entire chat, not just activate/deactivate typing, you can use gms_draw_toggle to disable automatic chat drawing, and then draw it manually using gms_chat_draw.

How do I do that? I tried this but the chat came up but 1 second disappeared.

(Step Event)

enable = false

if keyboard_check_pressed(vk_control)
{
enable = true
gms_chat_toggle(enable)
gms_chat_draw()
}
else
{
enable = false
gms_chat_toggle(enable)
gms_chat_draw()
}

You'll still need gms_chat_draw in the draw event (only if you've disabled automatic chat drawing).

Try something like this:

// Create
enable = false
// Step
if keyboard_check_pressed(vk_control)
{
enable = not enable
gms_chat_toggle(enable)
}

if keyboard_check_pressed(vk_control)
{
enable = true
gms_chat_toggle(enable)
gms_chat_draw()
}
//Then do
if enable = true
{
gms_chat_toggle(enable)
gms_chat_draw()
}

You could remove a lot of the keyboard check code too

if keyboard_check_pressed(vk_control)
{
if enable = true {
enable = false
} else {
enable = true
}
}

You can simply do :

if keyboard_check_pressed(vk_control)
{
enable = not enable;
}
//This will make it true if it's false , or false if it's true

In what event do I need to put it? Step? Create?

step to be constantly updated i think

Hey there,

To do this you could use

gms_chat_keys(vk_control, vk_enter, 0)