How to display two dialogs on each other

[ZombieKnight]

Hi,
I'd like to have my custom dialog in the background
And over whole screen focused text input dialog.
Any ideas how to do so?

[white_haired_uncle]

I don't know if this will help, but I recently built an example of placing a label over another widget. I didn't have much luck with the fonts, and I don't know if this could be used to stack dialogs, but...

https://wiki.wesnoth.org/Sandbox/GUI/Ge ... d#Canvases

[Celtic_Minstrel]

This is very easy. The first dialog (ie, the one in the background) must call the second dialog in either the pre_show or a callback function (depending on how your logic works).

That example you posted is about placing things on top of things within a single dialog, so it's not relevant to the question.

[white_haired_uncle]

So your foreground/background canvas can't be another dialog? It may seem like a silly idea, but I had it and now the concept interests me.

[EDIT: No, probably not. The wiki lists the things you can put "on" a canvas, and dialogs and arbitrary widgets and any other silly thing I can think of are on the list]

P.S. Don't mean to hijack the thread, but if you have any ideas on why I had problems with text size on a label on a canvas, or even why the progress_bar doesn't(?) include a text (X%) overlay option I'd be very interested.

[ZombieKnight]

Thank you both, I'll try it (tho it'll take some time).

[ZombieKnight]

This is very easy. The first dialog (ie, the one in the background) must call the second dialog in either the pre_show or a callback function (depending on how your logic works).

That example you posted is about placing things on top of things within a single dialog, so it's not relevant to the question.

Oh, I wasn't clear with my question.

I'd like to have invisible text input all over the screen, under it visible custom dialog (message).
How to do so?
Use one or two dialogs?