Making paginated Glossary? Also usage of image as entry buttons

[AERenoir]

I'm currently using this Encyclopaedia code from the cookbook: viewtopic.php?f=51&t=25204&start=90

The glossary screen I'm making is in the form of a dictionary or journal book that looks like this:


I managed to imagemap the filter buttons and the background, but I'm not sure what to do to make pages instead of a scrolled list.
Also, the intention is to have each entry contain a short paragraph under a heading, like a news article or something. Just one sentence or two, as sort of "preview", and the full article is of course inside the entry itself. I looked up the Documentation and I can't see how I can do that unless I mess around with the base code itself. The built-in args for the entry looks like this:

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EncEntry(parent=None, number=None, name='', text='', subject='', viewed=False, viewed_persistent=False, locked=False, locked_persistent=False, image=None, locked_name='???', locked_text='???', locked_image=None, locked_image_tint=(0.0, 0.0, 0.0))

Do I put a whole paragraph into the "name"?

[AERenoir]

Bump?

So what I'm looking for is probably: 1) How to make pages, 2) How to make each entry have a paragraph block instead of just a single entry name.
What I'm looking to create is a button that have this structure:



The summary will not be part of the actual entry itself. Is it easier to make unique imagebuttons in the format that I want? Or is it better to type in the text?

[Per K Grok]

Bump?

So what I'm looking for is probably: 1) How to make pages, 2) How to make each entry have a paragraph block instead of just a single entry name.
What I'm looking to create is a button that have this structure:



The summary will not be part of the actual entry itself. Is it easier to make unique imagebuttons in the format that I want? Or is it better to type in the text?

You could make a button that looks a bit like that this way.

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screen encyclopedia():
    button:
        area (100,100,400,300)
        action Jump("somewhere")
    frame:
        area (100,100,400,300)

        vbox:
            hbox:
                xalign 0.5
                label "Title"


            hbox:
                add "pix"
                text "A short summery A short summery A short summery A short summery"

For different pages I would probably use different screens. Changing page would be showing the new screen and hiding the old.

[AERenoir]

Oh, that's a start. I'll see if it works with the Cookbook encyclopaedia code, though. It has some premade settings that I'm rather afraid to mess with.