meepen / gmodchatmod

Garry's Mod Chat Mod

Garry's Mod Chat Mod

Garry's Mod Chat Mod mod is a light-weight solution to creating a new chat box. It works internally within source engine so it doesn't look hacky and feel like it too.

API

chat.Resize(w,h)

Sets the chat box to width w and height h

chat.GetFilterButton()

Gets the filter button panel

chat.GetPanel()

Gets the main panel

chat.GetInput()

Gets the input text area

chat.GetInputLine()

Gets the input text area's parent

chat.GetHistory()

Gets the text history box (where you see other's chat messages)

chat.SetFont(fontname)

Sets all the text in the chat panel to fontname font.

chat.IsActive()

Returns if the player is able to type

chat.IsOpen()

Returns if chat is open

chat.IsTyping()

Returns if the keyboard focus is the input box

#History panel functions

chat.Append(text)

Appends text to the history panel

chat.SetColor(color)

Sets the color for upcoming chat.Append(text)

chat.InsertClickableText(id) chat.EndClickableText()

Used for clickable text (broken?) Check the garrysmod wiki.

chat.InsertStandardFade()

Inserts the standard fade for upcoming text from chat.Append

#Hooks

hook ChatModInitialize

called when the chat mod initializes (usually after someone opens chat)

hook ChatResized

called when chat is resized with chat.Resize