Adjust news dialog layout.

OpenRA.Mods.Cnc/Widgets/Logic/CncMainMenuLogic.cs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Cnc.Widgets.Logic
 			: base(widget, world)
 		{
 			var shellmapDecorations = widget.Get("SHELLMAP_DECORATIONS");
-			shellmapDecorations.IsVisible = () => menuType != MenuType.None && Game.Settings.Game.ShowShellmap && !newsBG.IsVisible();
+			shellmapDecorations.IsVisible = () => menuType != MenuType.None && Game.Settings.Game.ShowShellmap;
 			shellmapDecorations.Get<ImageWidget>("RECBLOCK").IsVisible = () => world.WorldTick / 25 % 2 == 0;
 
 			var shellmapDisabledDecorations = widget.Get("SHELLMAP_DISABLED_DECORATIONS");

OpenRA.Mods.RA/Widgets/Logic/MainMenuLogic.cs

@@ -23,14 +23,11 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Widgets.Logic
 		protected enum MenuType { Main, Singleplayer, Extras, None }
 
 		protected MenuType menuType = MenuType.Main;
-		Widget rootMenu;
+		readonly Widget rootMenu;
-
-		protected readonly Widget newsBG;
 		readonly ScrollPanelWidget newsPanel;
-		readonly Widget newsItemTemplate;
+		readonly Widget newsTemplate;
 		readonly LabelWidget newsStatus;
-		readonly ButtonWidget showNewsButton;
+		bool newsHighlighted = false;
-		bool newsExpanded = false;
 
 		[ObjectCreator.UseCtor]
 		public MainMenuLogic(Widget widget, World world)
@@ -138,51 +135,43 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Widgets.Logic
 
 			extrasMenu.Get<ButtonWidget>("BACK_BUTTON").OnClick = () => menuType = MenuType.Main;
 
-			newsBG = widget.GetOrNull("NEWS_BG");
+			var newsBG = widget.GetOrNull("NEWS_BG");
 			if (newsBG != null)
 			{
-				var collapsedNewsBG = widget.Get("COLLAPSED_NEWS_BG");
+				newsBG.IsVisible = () => Game.Settings.Game.FetchNews && menuType != MenuType.None;
 
-				if (!Game.Settings.Game.FetchNews)
+				newsPanel = Ui.LoadWidget<ScrollPanelWidget>("NEWS_PANEL", null, new WidgetArgs());
-					collapsedNewsBG.Visible = false;
+				newsTemplate = newsPanel.Get("NEWS_ITEM_TEMPLATE");
-				else
+				newsPanel.RemoveChild(newsTemplate);
+
+				newsStatus = newsPanel.Get<LabelWidget>("NEWS_STATUS");
+				SetNewsStatus("Loading news");
+
+				if (Game.modData.Manifest.NewsUrl != null)
 				{
-					newsPanel = widget.Get<ScrollPanelWidget>("NEWS_PANEL");
+					var cacheFile = GetNewsCacheFile();
-					newsItemTemplate = widget.Get("NEWS_ITEM_TEMPLATE");
+					var cacheValid = File.Exists(cacheFile) && DateTime.Today.ToUniversalTime() <= Game.Settings.Game.NewsFetchedDate;
-					newsStatus = widget.Get<LabelWidget>("NEWS_STATUS");
-					showNewsButton = widget.Get<ButtonWidget>("SHOW_NEWS_BUTTON");
 
-					newsPanel.RemoveChildren();
+					if (cacheValid)
-
+						DisplayNews(ReadNews(File.ReadAllBytes(cacheFile)));
-					newsBG.IsVisible = () => newsExpanded && menuType != MenuType.None;
+					else
-					collapsedNewsBG.IsVisible = () => !newsExpanded && menuType != MenuType.None;
+						new Download(Game.modData.Manifest.NewsUrl, e => { }, NewsDownloadComplete);
-
-					newsBG.Get<DropDownButtonWidget>("HIDE_NEWS_BUTTON").OnMouseDown = mi => newsExpanded = false;
-					collapsedNewsBG.Get<DropDownButtonWidget>("SHOW_NEWS_BUTTON").OnMouseDown = mi =>
-					{
-						showNewsButton.IsHighlighted = () => false;
-						newsExpanded = true;
-					};
-
-					SetNewsStatus("Loading news");
-
-					if (Game.modData.Manifest.NewsUrl != null)
-					{
-						var cacheFile = GetNewsCacheFile();
-						var cacheValid = File.Exists(cacheFile) && DateTime.Today.ToUniversalTime() <= Game.Settings.Game.NewsFetchedDate;
-
-						if (cacheValid)
-							DisplayNews(ReadNews(File.ReadAllBytes(cacheFile)));
-						else
-							new Download(Game.modData.Manifest.NewsUrl, e => { }, NewsDownloadComplete);
-					}
 				}
+
+				var newsButton = newsBG.GetOrNull<DropDownButtonWidget>("NEWS_BUTTON");
+				newsButton.OnClick = () =>
+				{
+					newsButton.AttachPanel(newsPanel);
+					newsHighlighted = false;
+				};
+
+				newsButton.IsHighlighted = () => newsHighlighted && Game.LocalTick % 50 < 25;;
 			}
 		}
 
 		string GetNewsCacheFile()
 		{
-			var cacheDir = Path.Combine(Platform.SupportDir, "cache", Game.modData.Manifest.Mod.Id);
+			var cacheDir = Path.Combine(Platform.SupportDir, "Cache", Game.modData.Manifest.Mod.Id);
 			Directory.CreateDirectory(cacheDir);
 			return Path.Combine(cacheDir, "news.yaml");
 		}
@@ -222,7 +211,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Widgets.Logic
 			{
 				var item = i;
 
-				var newsItem = newsItemTemplate.Clone();
+				var newsItem = newsTemplate.Clone();
 
 				var titleLabel = newsItem.Get<LabelWidget>("TITLE");
 				titleLabel.GetText = () => item.Title;
@@ -273,10 +262,10 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Widgets.Logic
 				{
 					var oldNews = ReadNews(File.ReadAllBytes(cacheFile));
 					if (newNews.Any(n => !oldNews.Select(c => c.DateTime).Contains(n.DateTime)))
-						showNewsButton.IsHighlighted = () => Game.LocalTick % 50 < 25;
+						newsHighlighted = true;
 				}
 				else
-					showNewsButton.IsHighlighted = () => Game.LocalTick % 50 < 25;
+					newsHighlighted = true;
 
 				File.WriteAllBytes(cacheFile, e.Result);
 			});

mods/cnc/chrome/dialogs.yaml

@@ -201,3 +201,38 @@ Container@TEXT_INPUT_PROMPT:
 			Text: Cancel
 			Font: Bold
 			Key: escape
+
+ScrollPanel@NEWS_PANEL:
+	Width: 400
+	Height: 265
+	Background: panel-black
+	ItemSpacing: 5
+	Children:
+		Container@NEWS_ITEM_TEMPLATE:
+			X: 10
+			Y: 5
+			Width: PARENT_RIGHT - 40
+			Height: 45
+			Children:
+				Label@TITLE:
+					Width: PARENT_RIGHT
+					Height: 25
+					Align: Center
+					Font: Bold
+				Label@AUTHOR_DATETIME:
+					Y: 25
+					Width: PARENT_RIGHT
+					Height: 15
+					Align: Center
+					Text: by {0} at {1}
+					Font: TinyBold
+				Label@CONTENT:
+					Y: 45
+					Width: PARENT_RIGHT
+		Label@NEWS_STATUS:
+			X: 80
+			Y: 0
+			Width: PARENT_RIGHT - 80 - 80 - 24
+			Height: PARENT_BOTTOM
+			Align: Center
+			VAlign: Middle

mods/cnc/chrome/mainmenu.yaml

@@ -184,81 +184,15 @@ Container@MENU_BACKGROUND:
 							Width: 140
 							Height: 35
 							Text: Back
-		Container@COLLAPSED_NEWS_BG:
+		Container@NEWS_BG:
-			X: WINDOW_RIGHT - WIDTH - 55
-			Y: 136
-			Width: 140
-			Height: 45
 			Children:
-				DropDownButton@SHOW_NEWS_BUTTON:
+				DropDownButton@NEWS_BUTTON:
-					X: PARENT_RIGHT - WIDTH
+					X: (WINDOW_RIGHT - WIDTH)/2
-					Y: 10
+					Y: 50
-					Width: 120
+					Width: 400
 					Height: 25
-					Text: Show News
+					Text: Battlefield News
 					Font: Bold
-		Background@NEWS_BG:
-			X: WINDOW_RIGHT - WIDTH - 55
-			Y: 170
-			Width: 500
-			Height: 265
-			Background: panel-black
-			Children:
-				Label@NEWS_TITLE:
-					X: 0
-					Y: 0 - 40
-					Width: PARENT_RIGHT
-					Height: 30
-					Text: News
-					Align: Center
-					Font: BigBold
-					Contrast: True
-				DropDownButton@HIDE_NEWS_BUTTON:
-					X: PARENT_RIGHT - WIDTH
-					Y: 0 - 24
-					Width: 120
-					Height: 25
-					Text: Hide News
-					Font: Bold
-				ScrollPanel@NEWS_PANEL:
-					X: 15
-					Y: 15
-					Width: PARENT_RIGHT - 30
-					Height: 235
-					ItemSpacing: 5
-					Children:
-						Container@NEWS_ITEM_TEMPLATE:
-							X: 5
-							Y: 5
-							Width: PARENT_RIGHT - 30
-							Height: 45
-							Children:
-								Label@TITLE:
-									X: 0
-									Y: 0
-									Width: PARENT_RIGHT
-									Height: 25
-									Align: Center
-									Font: Bold
-								Label@AUTHOR_DATETIME:
-									X: 0
-									Y: 25
-									Width: PARENT_RIGHT
-									Height: 15
-									Align: Center
-									Text: by {0} at {1}
-									Font: TinyBold
-								Label@CONTENT:
-									X: 0
-									Y: 45
-									Width: PARENT_RIGHT
-				Label@NEWS_STATUS:
-					X: 80
-					Y: 0
-					Width: PARENT_RIGHT - 80 - 80 - 24
-					Height: PARENT_BOTTOM
-					Align: Center
-					VAlign: Middle
 		Container@PERFORMANCE_INFO:
 			Logic: PerfDebugLogic
 			Children:

mods/d2k/chrome/dropdowns.yaml

@@ -95,3 +95,36 @@ ScrollPanel@SPECTATOR_DROPDOWN_TEMPLATE:
 					Width: PARENT_RIGHT
 					Height: 25
 
+ScrollPanel@NEWS_PANEL:
+	Width: 370
+	Height: 265
+	ItemSpacing: 5
+	Children:
+		Container@NEWS_ITEM_TEMPLATE:
+			X: 10
+			Y: 5
+			Width: PARENT_RIGHT - 40
+			Height: 45
+			Children:
+				Label@TITLE:
+					Width: PARENT_RIGHT
+					Height: 25
+					Align: Center
+					Font: Bold
+				Label@AUTHOR_DATETIME:
+					Y: 25
+					Width: PARENT_RIGHT
+					Height: 15
+					Align: Center
+					Text: by {0} at {1}
+					Font: TinyBold
+				Label@CONTENT:
+					Y: 45
+					Width: PARENT_RIGHT
+		Label@NEWS_STATUS:
+			X: 80
+			Y: 0
+			Width: PARENT_RIGHT - 80 - 80 - 24
+			Height: PARENT_BOTTOM
+			Align: Center
+			VAlign: Middle

mods/d2k/chrome/mainmenu.yaml

@@ -149,72 +149,19 @@ Container@MAINMENU:
 							Height: 30
 							Text: Back
 							Font: Bold
-		Background@COLLAPSED_NEWS_BG:
-			X: WINDOW_RIGHT - WIDTH - 20
-			Y: 20
-			Width: 140
-			Height: 45
-			Children:
-				DropDownButton@SHOW_NEWS_BUTTON:
-					X: PARENT_RIGHT - WIDTH - 10
-					Y: 10
-					Width: 120
-					Height: 25
-					Text: Show News
-					Font: Bold
 		Background@NEWS_BG:
-			X: WINDOW_RIGHT - WIDTH - 20
+			X: (WINDOW_RIGHT - WIDTH)/2
-			Y: 20
+			Y: 35
-			Width: 500
+			Width: 400
-			Height: 300
+			Height: 55
 			Children:
-				Label@NEWS_TITLE:
+				DropDownButton@NEWS_BUTTON:
-					X: 0
-					Y: 20
-					Width: PARENT_RIGHT
-					Height: 30
-					Text: News
-					Align: Center
-					Font: Bold
-				DropDownButton@HIDE_NEWS_BUTTON:
-					X: PARENT_RIGHT - WIDTH - 10
-					Y: 10
-					Width: 120
-					Height: 25
-					Text: Hide News
-					Font: Bold
-				ScrollPanel@NEWS_PANEL:
 					X: 15
-					Y: 50
+					Y: 15
-					Width: PARENT_RIGHT - 30
+					Width: 370
-					Height: 235
+					Height: 25
-					ItemSpacing: 5
+					Text: Battlefield News
-					Children:
+					Font: Bold
-						Container@NEWS_ITEM_TEMPLATE:
-							X: 5
-							Y: 5
-							Width: PARENT_RIGHT - 30
-							Height: 45
-							Children:
-								Label@TITLE:
-									X: 0
-									Y: 0
-									Width: PARENT_RIGHT
-									Height: 25
-									Align: Center
-									Font: Bold
-								Label@AUTHOR_DATETIME:
-									X: 0
-									Y: 25
-									Width: PARENT_RIGHT
-									Height: 15
-									Align: Center
-									Text: by {0} at {1}
-									Font: TinyBold
-								Label@CONTENT:
-									X: 0
-									Y: 45
-									Width: PARENT_RIGHT
 				Label@NEWS_STATUS:
 					X: 80
 					Y: 0

mods/ra/chrome/dropdowns.yaml

@@ -95,3 +95,36 @@ ScrollPanel@SPECTATOR_DROPDOWN_TEMPLATE:
 					Width: PARENT_RIGHT
 					Height: 25
 
+ScrollPanel@NEWS_PANEL:
+	Width: 370
+	Height: 265
+	ItemSpacing: 5
+	Children:
+		Container@NEWS_ITEM_TEMPLATE:
+			X: 10
+			Y: 5
+			Width: PARENT_RIGHT - 40
+			Height: 45
+			Children:
+				Label@TITLE:
+					Width: PARENT_RIGHT
+					Height: 25
+					Align: Center
+					Font: Bold
+				Label@AUTHOR_DATETIME:
+					Y: 25
+					Width: PARENT_RIGHT
+					Height: 15
+					Align: Center
+					Text: by {0} at {1}
+					Font: TinyBold
+				Label@CONTENT:
+					Y: 45
+					Width: PARENT_RIGHT
+		Label@NEWS_STATUS:
+			X: 80
+			Y: 0
+			Width: PARENT_RIGHT - 80 - 80 - 24
+			Height: PARENT_BOTTOM
+			Align: Center
+			VAlign: Middle

mods/ra/chrome/mainmenu.yaml

@@ -184,76 +184,16 @@ Container@MAINMENU:
 							Y: 5
 							Width: 200
 							Height: 200
-		Background@COLLAPSED_NEWS_BG:
-			X: WINDOW_RIGHT - WIDTH - 100
-			Y: 320
-			Width: 140
-			Height: 45
-			Children:
-				DropDownButton@SHOW_NEWS_BUTTON:
-					X: PARENT_RIGHT - WIDTH - 10
-					Y: 10
-					Width: 120
-					Height: 25
-					Text: Show News
-					Font: Bold
 		Background@NEWS_BG:
-			X: WINDOW_RIGHT - WIDTH - 100
+			X: (WINDOW_RIGHT - WIDTH)/2
-			Y: 320
+			Y: 35
-			Width: 500
+			Width: 400
-			Height: 300
+			Height: 55
 			Children:
-				Label@NEWS_TITLE:
+				DropDownButton@NEWS_BUTTON:
-					X: 0
-					Y: 20
-					Width: PARENT_RIGHT
-					Height: 30
-					Text: News
-					Align: Center
-					Font: Bold
-				DropDownButton@HIDE_NEWS_BUTTON:
-					X: PARENT_RIGHT - WIDTH - 10
-					Y: 10
-					Width: 120
-					Height: 25
-					Text: Hide News
-					Font: Bold
-				ScrollPanel@NEWS_PANEL:
 					X: 15
-					Y: 50
+					Y: 15
-					Width: PARENT_RIGHT - 30
+					Width: 370
-					Height: 235
+					Height: 25
-					ItemSpacing: 5
+					Text: Battlefield News
-					Children:
+					Font: Bold
-						Container@NEWS_ITEM_TEMPLATE:
-							X: 5
-							Y: 5
-							Width: PARENT_RIGHT - 30
-							Height: 45
-							Children:
-								Label@TITLE:
-									X: 0
-									Y: 0
-									Width: PARENT_RIGHT
-									Height: 25
-									Align: Center
-									Font: Bold
-								Label@AUTHOR_DATETIME:
-									X: 0
-									Y: 25
-									Width: PARENT_RIGHT
-									Height: 15
-									Align: Center
-									Text: by {0} at {1}
-									Font: TinyBold
-								Label@CONTENT:
-									X: 0
-									Y: 45
-									Width: PARENT_RIGHT
-				Label@NEWS_STATUS:
-					X: 80
-					Y: 0
-					Width: PARENT_RIGHT - 80 - 80 - 24
-					Height: PARENT_BOTTOM
-					Align: Center
-					VAlign: Middle