Trying to pull out text properties from say_dialogue style

[Alem]

Hello! I want to let players decide which font to use inside the main say box from the predefined number of options. Thanks to Ren'py manual and community I managed to get this done and now it's time to put a finishing touch - a test string to show how the resulting text will look like. Otherwise, players would need to leave preferences menu to see the outcome and go back if they don't like it.

I've created another hbox below the switching option, but I don't know how to pull the text properties from the say_dialogue style. Linking it directly to the hbox causes problems - the test string disappears and the alignment goes awry.

Is there a method to pull current text properties from a specific style but nothing else? Or maybe there is a more convenient way to achieve the result I seek?

Thank you.

[philat]

Why would you need to pull it from the say_dialogue style? Presumably you are using a button to set the style in the first place in the same preference menu.

[Alem]

Why would you need to pull it from the say_dialogue style? Presumably you are using a button to set the style in the first place in the same preference menu.

Yes, the button is in the preference menu. Here's the code to clear things up:

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                vbox:

                    label _("Choose the narrative font")
                        
                    hbox:   
                        textbutton "Garamond" action StylePreference ("text", "Garamond")
                        textbutton "Efron" action StylePreference ("text", "Efron")
                        textbutton "Sans" action StylePreference ("text", "Sans")
                        textbutton "Serif" action StylePreference ("text", "Serif")

                    hbox:
                        text _("Ingame story text will look like this")

I add said fonts with this:

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    renpy.register_style_preference("text", "Efron", style.say_dialogue, "font", "Efron.ttf")
    renpy.register_style_preference("text", "Efron", style.say_dialogue, "size", 34)
    renpy.register_style_preference("text", "Efron", style.say_dialogue, "color", "#000000")

    renpy.register_style_preference("text", "Serif", style.say_dialogue, "font", "PTSerif.ttf")
    renpy.register_style_preference("text", "Serif", style.say_dialogue, "size", 34)
    renpy.register_style_preference("text", "Serif", style.say_dialogue, "color", "#000000")

So, I want to dynamicly change the test string sitting under the font buttons depending on the current font of the main text box. I tried linking say_dialogue to hbox, but it turns out ugly. If there is better way, please do enlighten me - I'm not familiar with coding yet.

[Divona]

Do this:

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                    hbox:
                        text _("Ingame story text will look like this") style style.say_dialogue

[Alem]

Do this:

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                    hbox:
                        text _("Ingame story text will look like this") style style.say_dialogue

Thanks, but linking it directly like this forces (or at least I think so?) the text to use all the settings from the say_dialogue style including placement. In the result, I can't even see the string properly - it slides off. That's why I'm trying to pull only the font/text properties from it.

I also tried to do this with style.say_dialogue.text and Ren'py gives me an exception about the missing attribute for the style.

[Divona]

Then just give the text or hbox xpos, ypos that you want it to appears on screen.

[Alem]

After some poking around I ended up with this:

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                    hbox:

                        text _("Ingame story text will look like this") font style.say_dialogue.font size style.say_dialogue.size color style.say_dialogue.color