Using hyperlinks as buttons [SOLVED]

[Paulaner]

Hi everyone. I'm new to Ren'Py and to the forums, so I apologize if the matter has already been discussed.

I know that hyperlinks should not be used to control the game's logic, because they transfer control to a new context, and so on.
But that's what I have to do: using hyperlinks as buttons, indicating a return value and, most important, terminating the current interaction, just as if I clicked a regular widget.
My game will be heavily text-based, so directly clicking on words will be my main control-flow tool.
Suggestions?

Thanx a lot.

[PyTom]

You can change config.hyperlink callback to do what you want. Something like:

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init python:
    def hyperlink_callback(l):
        renpy.jump(l)

    config.hyperlink_callback = hyperlink_callback

Would let you write:

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"Would you like to go to {a=jail}jail{/a}?"

But there would be the problem that clicking outside a hyperlink would continue the game via the next line.

[Paulaner]

Is there an alternative to jumping to a label? I'm building a complex screen user interface made up of text (with hyperlinks), buttons and other widgets. I show the screen and I wait for an interaction:

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$ renpy.show_screen(...)
$ result = ui.interact()

Buttons in the screen terminate the interaction and return a result (through clicked=ui.return(..) ). I'd like hyperlinks to do the same. I don't know how to simulate this behavior in the hyperlink callback function.

[PyTom]

Something like:

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init python:
    def hyperlink_callback(l):
         return l
    config.hyperlink_callback = hyperlink_callback

Will cause the value of the hyperlink to be returned from ui.interact.

[Paulaner]

Omg, I can't believe it was so easy. Thank you man, and congratulations for Ren'Py: it's wonderful!