Can a label be clickable?

[Morphoice]

Is it possible to make a label clickable? E.g. to open a website, if it's an URL

I'm trying to make a simple version check showing update availability and
on click directing the user to the download page

const VersionLabel = Content.getComponent("VersionLabel");
VersionLabel.set("text", "version "+Engine.getVersion());

Server.setBaseURL("https://www.morphoice.com");
const var versioncheck = {"plugin": "MorphDrum"};

Server.callWithGET("downloads/version-morphdrum.json", versioncheck, function(status, response) {
	Console.print("heres back from the server:" + trace(response));
	if (response["version"]!=Engine.getVersion()) Content.getComponent("VersionLabel").set("text", "version "+Engine.getVersion()+ " (Update available)");
});

[d.healey]

@Morphoice Use a button

[Morphoice]

@d-healey I was hoping to avoid another custom laf lol

[d.healey]

@Morphoice Why?

[Morphoice]

@d-healey pure lazyness ;) But if it's a button I could include the update check into the laf routine and color it red to point the user to the update or something

[d.healey]

@Morphoice said in Can a label be clickable?:

pure lazyness

https://forum.hise.audio/topic/11196/snippet-clickable-url-display-that-opens-the-displayed-url

[Morphoice]

@d-healey said in Can a label be clickable?:

https://forum.hise.audio/topic/11196/snippet-clickable-url-display-that-opens-the-displayed-url

thanks. one thing I always wondered, is ther ea way to view those snippets without having to quit the entire project and reopening it again later?

[Christoph Hart]

@Morphoice use the snippet browser, it‘s a separate HISE instance.

[d.healey]

@Christoph-Hart said in Can a label be clickable?:

use the snippet browser, it‘s a separate HISE instance

I can open multiple instances of HISE anyway, is that not possible on other systems?

[Morphoice]

@d-healey nope I always wondered why not, because it happened once when I had different versions compiled... and was very useful

[Morphoice]

@Christoph-Hart got it! thanks

[d.healey]

@Morphoice said in Can a label be clickable?:

I always wondered why not

Inferior operating system :p

[Morphoice]

@d-healey ;-))) I'm sure there is a setting somewhere

this is what I did now, according to your example snippet,... it's not opening the site though. Does that only work outside of HISE?

const VersionControl = Content.getComponent("VersionControl");

//
// Check for latest version
//
Server.setBaseURL("https://www.morphoice.com");
Server.callWithGET("downloads/version-morphdrum.json", {"plugin":"MorphDrum"}, function(status, response) 
{
	if (response["version"]!=Engine.getVersion()) 
		var version_latest = response["version"];
});

//
// Paint Version Control Panel
//
VersionControl.setPaintRoutine(function(g)
{
	var a = this.getLocalBounds(0);
	var version = Engine.getVersion()==latest_version ? "Version " + Engine.getVersion() : "Version " + Engine.getVersion() + " (update available)";
	g.setFont("Oxygen", 13.0);
	g.setColour(Colours.white); 
	g.drawAlignedText(version, [a[0], a[1], a[2], 13], "right");
	g.drawAlignedText("www.morphoice.com", [a[0], 5, a[2], a[3]], "right");
});

VersionControl.setMouseCallback(function(event)
{
	if (event.clicked)
		Engine.openWebsite("https://www.morphoice.com/plugins");
});

[d.healey]

@Morphoice said in Can a label be clickable?:

it's not opening the site though

Did you enable allow mouse callbacks for the panel?

[Morphoice]

@Morphoice I've encapsulated it in its own .js script so I can include it in my other plugins and just have to put a VersionControl panel in the bottom right corner

[Morphoice]

@d-healey of course I did not LOL

[Morphoice]

@Morphoice said in Can a label be clickable?:

@Morphoice I've encapsulated it in its own .js script so I can include it in my other plugins and just have to put a VersionControl panel in the bottom right corner

so I can include it in my other plugins and just have to put a VersionControl panel AND ALLOW MOUSE CALLBACKS in the bottom right corner

[d.healey]

@Morphoice said in Can a label be clickable?:

AND ALLOW MOUSE CALLBACKS

You could do it from your script then you don't have to remember to do it manually - or you can use a button instead of a panel.

[Morphoice]

@d-healey I was just wondering if it is possible to create an entire panel from script and not in the UI editor

[Morphoice]

@d-healey

I suppose it's

const var panel = Content.addPanel("Panel", 0, 0);

but getting the coordinates right will probably be a pain