define textbox size based on dialogue ysize

[lindsay-jb]

Hey so I have the size of my narration box set up to choose the different backgrounds based on string size. the problem is that the string sizes aren't consistent. if words are longer, they get pushed to the next line sooner and vice versa. This means that frequently the textbox has a lot of white space because it's choosing a bigger box than necessary, and sometimes the text runs off the bottom. Is there away that I can set it up to be based on the ysize of the dialogue (what) instead? like:

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if ysize(what) <= 40:
    background "gui/textbox/ns.png"

etc? Here is my current code. But I'd rather base it on the vertical position of the text rather than the string length since that varies.

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   if who is None:
        if who != who_old: # use transform for new sayer
            add "gui/textbox/narrator tag.png" at narrator_tag_in:
                pos(0,0.297)

            window at narrator_in:

                if len(what) <= 50:
                    background "gui/textbox/ns.png"
                elif len(what) > 50 and len(what) <=75:
                    background "gui/textbox/nm.png"
                elif len(what) > 75 and len(what) <=120:
                    background "gui/textbox/nl.png"
                else:
                    background "gui/textbox/nxl.png"

                id "middle"
                style "middle"
                text what id "what"

        if who == who_old: # use transform for new sayer
            add "gui/textbox/narrator tag.png":
                pos(0,0.297)

            window:

                if len(what) <= 50:
                    background "gui/textbox/ns.png"
                elif len(what) > 50 and len(what) <=75:
                    background "gui/textbox/nm.png"
                elif len(what) > 75 and len(what) <=120:
                    background "gui/textbox/nl.png"
                else:
                    background "gui/textbox/nxl.png"

                id "middle"
                style "middle"
                text what id "what"

[m_from_space]

You should make yourself familiar with using frames. The Frame()-Displayable can adapt its size to their parent (e.g. a frame it is put in).

"frame" as part of screens: https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screens.html#frame

Frame() as a Displayable: https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/displaya ... rame#Frame

You could use something like this, no need for any calculation. The background will stretch when text is bigger. I hope that's what you want.

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screen say(who, what):
    window:
        id "window"

        frame:
            background Frame("images/textbox/nm.png")
            xalign 0.5
            yalign 1.0
            xmaximum 300
            text what id "what"

Make sure to not use the default window style, since it overwrites position of the window and dialogue via config entries.