Space Engineers

Space Engineers

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Joshuawood 12 Feb, 2022 @ 2:40am
How does Span work exactly?
Which one is parent which one is child?

Which one needs which parent/child tag have the "//" Removed?

Do they need to be in a set orientation from eachother?

Does the Span LCD need categories etc. assigned?
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nicknds  [developer] 19 Mar, 2022 @ 12:55am 
I never got a notice for this... The spanning is a little different from usual

|Which one is parent which one is child?
-The parent is any panel with a specified 'Span child id=xx' and excess objects

|Which one needs which parent/child tag have the "//" Removed?
-For the parent, remove the "//" from '//Span child id='
-For the child, remove the "//" from '//Span id='

|Do they need to be in a set orientation from eachother?
-They have no orientation or same-grid requirements

|Does the Span LCD need categories etc. assigned?
-No, the Span LCD does not generate anything for itself and does not need most of the settings


Panels that support spanning
  • Item
    • Applies to all objects
  • Output
    • Applies to messages
  • Status
    • Applies to activities
  • Span
    • Applies to all inherited objects

The number of spannable objects shown on each panel is controlled by the Rows setting

If the Rows are not set, the default will be used (varies by type)

Any spannable objects over the Rows will be passed on to the panel with the matching Span ID
  • Type=Output
  • Rows=8
  • Span child id=outputa
This will display 8 lines of output and pass on the extra to this panel
  • Type=Span
  • Rows=6
  • Span id=outputa
  • Span child id=outputb
Which will display 6 inherited items and pass on the extra to the panel with Span id=outputb

Panels that support 0 rows
  • Output
  • Status

Panels with Rows=0 will adjust the size of the fixed column to occupy the entire screen. All spannable objects will be passed on to the span child

Span type panels receive a fully generated object with percentages for size, the various settings for appearance have no effect on them

Span type panels support these settings:
  • Type=Span
  • Rows=10
  • Span id=my case insensitive ID
  • Span child id=her case id
Last edited by nicknds; 19 Mar, 2022 @ 12:57am
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