Storyboard just for small areas

Solar2D Composer
#1

Dear sir,

Is it possible to create a Storyboard for just an small area of the screen ?

In other words, my App has a main page with some fixed and global controls that I want to keep always visible. I have a centered area that I would to act as a storyboard.

Or, is it possible to create a Storyboard for just half a page ?

If it is not possible, could you show me some sample code to do that ?

Thank you !

#2

I would like to know about this, too…

#3

This sounds like what a storyboard overlay would be use for.  You call storyboard.showOverlay() with a scene file and it leaves the existing scene in place and draws the new scene over top of it.  There is nothing that says a scene has to be full screen, so only do a partial background and objects to cover what you want.

When you are ready to get rid of the overlay, simply call storyboard.hideOverlay() to remove it and return to the previous scene.  There is a limit of one overlay at a time, so be aware of that.

Rob

#4

I would like to know about this, too…

#5

This sounds like what a storyboard overlay would be use for.  You call storyboard.showOverlay() with a scene file and it leaves the existing scene in place and draws the new scene over top of it.  There is nothing that says a scene has to be full screen, so only do a partial background and objects to cover what you want.

When you are ready to get rid of the overlay, simply call storyboard.hideOverlay() to remove it and return to the previous scene.  There is a limit of one overlay at a time, so be aware of that.

Rob