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guiGetBrowser

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This function gets the browser element behind a gui-browser (a browser that has been created via guiCreateBrowser).

OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!

  • Method: guibrowser:getBrowser(...)
  • Variable: .browser

Syntax

browser guiGetBrowser ( gui-browser theBrowser )
Required Arguments
  • theBrowser: The gui-browser

Returns

  • browser: value

Returns the Browser element if a correct gui-browser has been passed, false otherwise.

Code Examples

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This examples get's browser element from gui-browser and attach a webbrowser to a CEGUI window.

--In order to render the browser on the full screen, we need to know the dimensions.
local screenWidth, screenHeight = guiGetScreenSize()


--Let's create a new browser in remote mode.
local window = guiCreateWindow(200, 200, 1024, 768, "Webbrowser", false)
local browser = guiCreateBrowser(0, 0, 800, 600, false, false, window)


-- The event onClientBrowserCreated will be triggered, after the browser has been initialized.
-- After this event has been triggered, we will be able to load our URL
local theBrowser = guiGetBrowser(browser) -- Get the browser element from gui-browser
addEventHandler("onClientBrowserCreated", theBrowser,
  function()
    -- After the browser has been initialized, we can load www.youtube.com
    loadBrowserURL(source, "http://www.youtube.com")
  end
)

See Also

GUI Functions
GUI Elements
Reference