[Question] Any solutions on updating the controls upon loading saved vars/settings?

[eternityx]

[Question] Any solutions on updating the controls upon loading saved vars/settings?

[EternityX]

Controls are only redrawn/updated when required (changing position, size, etc)

void CheckBox::SetChecked( bool checked ) {
    if( checked_ != checked ) {
        checked_ = checked;
        checkedChangedEvent_.Invoke( this );
        Invalidate(); // tells the renderer to redraw the control.
    }
}

Lets say you have a checkbox that is initialized with the variable epic_bool from your settings struct, when and if the epic_bool is updated, the checkbox will not reflect this change automatically.

You can manually update the checkbox by calling SetChecked( epic_bool ) which in return will redraw the checkbox. If you want something more automated you could use OSHGui::Timer to call
the SetChecked( epic_bool ) function every 250 milliseconds or so.

auto timer = new OSHGui::Timer();
timer->SetInterval( 250 );
timer->Start();
parent->AddControl( timer );

timer->GetTickEvent() += OSHGui::TickEventHandler( [ this, epic_bool ]( Control *sender ) {
    this->SetChecked( epic_bool );
});

However this isn't the best approach simply for the fact it's needlessly redrawing the control. Perhaps you can think of something better so you only need to redraw the checkbox when needed.

If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to ask.

[johnj0hn]

Hello, I ended up doing what you suggested

Manually updating the components

It seems to be quite dirty but oh well, atleast it works.
Thanks for the help.