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• <DockScreen>
  • unid=
  • name=
    • “={code}” Runs TLisp code. Must return a string
  • desc=
  • type=
    • “canvas”
    • “itemPicker”
    • “deviceSelector”
    • “weaponsSelector”
    • “armorSelector”
    • “miscSelector”
    • “customItemPicker”
    • “customPicker”
    • “subjugateMinigame”
  • inherit=
  • backgroundID=
    • UNID
    • “hero”
    • “image”
    • “none”
    • “object”
    • “schematic”
  • nestedScreen=
  • Zero or one <ListOptions> or <List>
    • dataFrom=
      • “player”
      • “source”
      • “station”
      • “={code}”
    • criteria=
    • list=
    • initialItem=
      • index of an item as it appears in the list
      • “={code}”
    • rowHeight=
    • noArmorSpeedDisplay=
    • slotName=
    • noEmptySlots=
    • posX=
    • posY=
    • width=
    • height=
    • Code: Returns a list of entries, each with the following elements
      • Title
      • Icon
      • Description
      • [Extra]
  • Zero or one <OnScreenInit> or <OnInit>
    • gScreen
    • gSource
    • gData
  • Zero or one <InitialPane>
    • gScreen
    • gSource
    • gData
  • Zero or one <OnScreenUpdate>
  • Zero or one <Display>
    • display=
    • animate=
    • type= Same as <DockScreen> type.
    • dataFrom=
    • Zero or one <OnDisplayInit>
    • Zero or more <Group>
      • left=
      • top=
      • width=
      • height=
      • center=
      • vcenter=
    • Zero or more <Text>
      • id=
      • left=
      • right=
      • top=
      • bottom=
      • font=
      • color=
      • align=
    • Zero or more <Image>
      • left=
      • right=
      • top=
      • bottom=
      • align= Horizontal alignment. Defaults to the left
        • “left”
        • “center”
        • “right”
      • valign= Vertical alignment. Defaults to the top
        • “top”
        • “center”
        • “bottom”
      • transparent=
      • Returns: An image desc
    • <Canvas>
      • left=
      • right=
      • top=
      • bottom=
  • One <Panes>
    • One <Default>. The first pane that appears by default when the screen is shown.
      • layout=
        • “bottomBar”
        • “left”
        • “right”
      • desc=
      • noListNavigation=
      • showCounter=
        • “true” Creates a <Counter> control element with id=“counter” and style=“default”
      • showTextInput=
        • “true” Creates a <TextInput> control element with id=“textInput” and style=“default”
      • Zero or one <OnPaneInit> or <Initialize>
      • <Controls>
        • <Counter>
          • id=
          • style=
            • “default”
            • “warning”
        • <ItemDisplay>
          • id=
          • style=
        • <ItemListDisplay>
          • id=
          • style=
        • <Text>
          • id=
          • style=
        • <TextInput>
        • id=
        • style=
      • <Actions>
        • One or more <Action>
          • name=
            • “[{key}]{text}” Binds {key}. Possible values are the same as those of key. If {key} is a letter or number, then it shows up as part of the name with a yellow color.
            • “*{text}” Same as default=“true”
            • “^{text}” Same as cancel=“true”
            • “>{text}” Same as nextKey=“1”
            • “<{text}” Same as prevKey=“1”
          • id= The id of the <Language>'s <Text> element that provides this action's name. The <Text> must return a string in the same format as name.
          • descID=
          • prevKey= Binds Up/Left arrow keys
            • “1”
            • “0”
          • nextKey= Binds Down/Right arrow keys
            • “1”
            • “0”
          • default= Binds the Enter key. Same as key=“Enter”
            • “1”
            • “0”
          • cancel= Binds the Escape key. Same as key=“Escape”
            • “1”
            • “0”
          • key= Binds the specified key to the action
            • “1”
            • “2”
            • “3”
            • “4”
            • “5”
            • “6”
            • “7”
            • “8”
            • “9”
            • “0”
            • “A”
            • “B”
            • “C”
            • “D”
            • “E”
            • “F”
            • “G”
            • “H”
            • “I”
            • “J”
            • “K”
            • “L”
            • “M”
            • “N”
            • “O”
            • “P”
            • “Q”
            • “R”
            • “S”
            • “T”
            • “U”
            • “V”
            • “W”
            • “X”
            • “Y”
            • “Z”
            • “Down”
            • “Right”
            • “Left”
            • “Up”
            • “Escape”
            • “Enter” or “Return”
            • “PageUp”
            • “PageDown”
          • minor=
          • Zero or one <Exit>
          • Zero or one <Navigate>
            • screen=
          • Zero or one <ShowPane>
            • pane=
          • Code
    • Zero or more additional panes

https://github.com/kronosaur/Transcendence/blob/f334d321dbbea5bebd47524391211ac4f0c158ef/Transcendence/CGameKeys.cpp#L87 https://github.com/kronosaur/Transcendence/blob/60651293d51ac1f0decd219828b458c0555fe866/Transcendence/CDockScreenActions.cpp#L815

Please correct any inaccuracies.

Dockscreens are powerful tools which can be used to display information to the player. When you dock with a station or wreck, what you are seeing is a dockscreen. Dockscreens can be used to play out a story, show data, and allow the player to trigger scripted events.

From the XML'd elementDocument

<DockScreen Attributes="UNID,name,type,backgroundID,desc" >
	<InitialPane></InitialPane>
	<ListOptions Attributes="dataFrom,list,initialItem"></ListOption>
	<OnInit></OnInit>
	<Panes>
		<* Attributes="desc,noListNavigation,showCounter,showTextInput" >
			<Actions>
				<Action Attributes="name,key,default,cancel,nextKey,prevKey" >
					<Exit/>
					<Navigate Attributes="screen" />
					<ShowPane Attributes="pane" />
				</Action>
			</Actions>
		<*/>
	</Panes>
</DockScreen>

A dockscreen's code looks something like this:

<DockScreen UNID="&dsPlanetRefuseDock;"	name= "=(objGetName gSource)">
 
	<Panes>
		<InitialPane desc= "If you attempted to land on a planet without re-entry equipment, you would burn up and/or crash. Both result in death.">
			<Actions>
				<Action name="Continue" imageID="&rsItemListScreen;" imageIndex="0" cancel="1" key="C">
					<Exit/>
				</Action>
			</Actions>
		</InitialPane>
	</Panes>
</DockScreen>

That code is from Schilcote's Dockable Planets mod.

dockscreen desc=“”>, the name of the pane is InitialPane. The desc=“” is the text you see when you view the pane. Then, inside the pane's tags, you have the Action tag. Actions are the little pieces of text which run script when clicked on, or their key is pressed. The name=“” of an action is the text displayed. The cancel=“” is a boolean value which decides whether the action is triggered when the user presses ESC, and the key=“” decides what keyboard key should choose this action.

The <Initialize> element is evaluated:
1. Whenever the pane is displayed (e.g., (scrShowPane) or something).
2. Whenever the player moves the cursor in the list.

The following are temporary globals available within the DockScreen element.

• gBuyCriteria
• gCost
• gItem
• gMargin

Example

Here we see gMargin used within the ListOptions element in the dockscreen dsExchangeBuy from Transcendence.xml

      <ListOptions
            dataFrom=   "station"
            list=      "*"
            >
         (switch
            (not gMargin)
               (scrSetListFilter gScreen intComputeSellPrice)
 
            (isfunction gMargin)
               (scrSetListFilter gScreen gMargin)
 
            (scrSetListFilter gScreen "*")
            )
      </ListOptions>

• gPrevScreen
• gPrevPane
• gBonus

List Options This is how you build custom dockscreens and what they have on the left side of the screen. Go back to list of tags