ImGui::Text and responding to Key inputs

[zmertens]

I am using the Stencil Overlays in ImGui with Imgui Text fields on them to build a Gui for my game. I want to be able to iterate over the text on them by responding to up / down inputs from the user. I know how to do this using enums and then indexing the list of text fields that I've created. But my question is whether or not ImGui can provide a mechanism to keep track of what text might be selected?

For instance, in the SDL2+OpenGL3 example this is a "Process Input (SDL_Event* ev)" function, and the keys are saved into an ImGuiIO field here:

case SDL_KEYDOWN:
case SDL_KEYUP:
{
   int key = event->key.keysym.sym & ~SDLK_SCANCODE_MASK;
        io.KeysDown[key] = (event->type == SDL_KEYDOWN);
        io.KeyShift = ((SDL_GetModState() & KMOD_SHIFT) != 0);
        io.KeyCtrl = ((SDL_GetModState() & KMOD_CTRL) != 0);
        io.KeyAlt = ((SDL_GetModState() & KMOD_ALT) != 0);

        SDL_Log("HELOASDOASDO\n");

        return true;
}

Additionally, in the Demo window example (in imgui_demo.cpp), there is a ImGui::TreeNode("Tabbing") example which shows that you can tab through the ImGui::InputText fields. I'm basically looking to use that functionality but with a different key (up / down) instead of tabbing and I don't want my fields editable (by the user).

[ocornut]

Hello.
This looks like a duplicate of #323 so I will close this. Unfortunately I don't have much avaliable resources to put into ImGui lately and this is a rather large feature. Daniel suggested here #456 (comment) to add a specialize version for menu/menu items first which might happen. Either way I don't have an ETA.

I don't want my fields editable

There is a ReadOnly flag in the InputTextFlags_ set.

[ocornut]

FYI I am assuming it is a duplicate of #323 based on the last paragraph, but I can't really understand anything about your first paragraph. So you might want to clarify in more concrete details.

Your subject line says ImGui::Text() but there aren't selectable items. What would be the point in selecting them?

Your subject line says ImGui::Text() but there aren't selectable items. What would be the point in selecting them?

[zmertens]

Your subject line says ImGui::Text() but there aren't selectable items. What would be the point in selecting them?
I meant highlightable. So what I was going for was registering which text is "selected" and then highlighting it. And by highlighting it I mean changing the color of the text.

Ah thanks for pointing me to those existing issues.