How can I make a text box appear?

[AHAKuo]

Hey there! I wanted to know how can I make a text box show up? Like when you hit quit and the game asks for confirmation.

I wanted a box to pop up to give a tip. Like a hint system would.

And how can I make that box have a yes/no option?

[Per K Grok]

Hey there! I wanted to know how can I make a text box show up? Like when you hit quit and the game asks for confirmation.

I wanted a box to pop up to give a tip. Like a hint system would.

And how can I make that box have a yes/no option?

You need to make a screen for the textbox.

It could be something like this.

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screen hint(Qtext):
    frame:
        padding (10,10)
        align (0.5, 0.5)
        vbox:
            text Qtext
            hbox:
                xalign 0.5
                textbutton "Yes" action Jump ("Somewhere")
                textbutton "No" action Jump ("SomewhereElse")

You can then show the textbox with

show screen hint("Some hint-text you want")

The textbox will now show up with the text you have entered and the options Yes and No.

You close the box with

hide screen hint

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Read up on screens, frame, vbox and hbox to make a better looking box.