liam48D wrote:

Wow, these tutorials are the best. They've been super handy! Are you going to make more?

jandrewg wrote:

How do you make a menu in a scratch 1.4 mod? (An example is here)?

powerpoint56 wrote:

jandrewg wrote:

How do you make a menu in a scratch 1.4 mod? (An example is here)?

I forget, now. There must be some tutorial somewhere, but those 1.4 forum archives are still acting funny.

DigiTechs wrote:

powerpoint56 wrote:

jandrewg wrote:

How do you make a menu in a scratch 1.4 mod? (An example is here)?

I forget, now. There must be some tutorial somewhere, but those 1.4 forum archives are still acting funny.

I remember there was something in scratch-scriptable-morph (something like that, I forgot it's name) which lets you add windows, you just have to use the console a little.

t1 _ #((#File #fileMenu:) (#Edit #editMenu:) (#Help #helpMenu:) (#NewMenu #newMenu:) ).

exploreMenu: t1 
	| t2 |
	t2 addLine.
	t2 add: 'Go to Explore website' action: #openExploreWebsite.
	t2 invokeOn: self at: t1 bottomLeft + (0 @ 10)

DigiTechs wrote:

powerpoint56 wrote:

jandrewg wrote:

How do you make a menu in a scratch 1.4 mod? (An example is here)?

I forget, now. There must be some tutorial somewhere, but those 1.4 forum archives are still acting funny.

I remember there was something in scratch-scriptable-morph (something like that, I forgot it's name) which lets you add windows, you just have to use the console a little.

jandrewg wrote:

How do you make a menu in a scratch 1.4 mod? (An example is here)?

powerpoint56 wrote:

Add a new category
I learned most of this from LS97's tutorial: (Go here and download Scratch Skin VFAQ).

To add a new category, you first need to download the Scratch Skin here: http://download.scratch.mit.edu/source-code/ScratchSkin1.4.zip. Extract the ZIP folder to your mod's folder. Copy the files controlPressed, controlOver, and control and rename the copies with the name of your category (yourCategoryPressed, yourCategoryOver, yourCategory). Optionally, you can edit the pictures with a graphics-editing software so that they're the color of your category.

Then, open Bubble (your mod), and from there open the workspace. Type in the below code, select it, and choose to “do it”.

ScratchFrameMorph readSkinFrom: (FileDirectory default directoryNamed: 'ScratchSkin')

Any time you edit the Skin in any way, you'll need to run this code to make your changes take effect.
Go to Scratch-UI-Panes > ScratchViewerMorph (instance) > –all– > rebuildCategorySelectors. Add your category/categories to the list. If you're adding an odd number of categories, go down to where it says “catButtonsExtent _” and replace the line with this code:

catButtonsExtent _ ((2 * maxExtent x) + (3 * pad)) @ ((((catList size / 2) rounded) * (maxExtent y + 6)) + 25).

Finally, we have to specify the color of the blocks in our category. Go to ScriptableScratchMorph (class) > blockSpecs > blockColorFor:. Add the below line to the other lines like it in the code. Replace “yourCategory” with your category's name and the color with any color. You can also use rgb.

	'yourCategory' = aCategory ifTrue: [^ (Color h: 25 s: 0.88 v: 0.95)].

Save the .IMAGE and open your mod again. You'll see your new category there!

Dictionary(Object)>>error:
Dictionary>>errorKeyNotFound
[] in ScratchFrameMorph class>>skinAt:
Dictionary>>at:ifAbsent:
ScratchFrameMorph class>>skinAt:ifAbsent:
ScratchFrameMorph class>>skinAt:
[] in ScratchViewerMorph>>rebuildCategorySelectors
Array(SequenceableCollection)>>collect:
ScratchViewerMorph>>rebuildCategorySelectors
ScratchFrameMorph>>createBasicPanes

EMPedemonte20 wrote:

I troubleshooted, and found out my error had to do with a new ‘Common’ category I added, but I know I have it and that it is spelled correctly.

powerpoint56 wrote:

EMPedemonte20 wrote:

I troubleshooted, and found out my error had to do with a new ‘Common’ category I added, but I know I have it and that it is spelled correctly.

Weird… I've gotten that error a lot with my mod, and eventually fixed it by chance. But I forget how.

From the error, it looks like it's trying to find skin that isn't there.

“common”, in the list of categories, should be lowercase if it isn't already.

EMPedemonte20 wrote:

it's lowercase and I've had this problem before. I reimported the scratchskin many times already and still no fix, yet if I import the common category with another name and change the category name to it, it works. The only way I ever fix this is making a new scratch mod without new features.

EMPedemonte20 wrote:

powerpoint56 wrote:

Add a new category
I learned most of this from LS97's tutorial: (Go here and download Scratch Skin VFAQ).

To add a new category, you first need to download the Scratch Skin here: http://download.scratch.mit.edu/source-code/ScratchSkin1.4.zip. Extract the ZIP folder to your mod's folder. Copy the files controlPressed, controlOver, and control and rename the copies with the name of your category (yourCategoryPressed, yourCategoryOver, yourCategory). Optionally, you can edit the pictures with a graphics-editing software so that they're the color of your category.

Then, open Bubble (your mod), and from there open the workspace. Type in the below code, select it, and choose to “do it”.

ScratchFrameMorph readSkinFrom: (FileDirectory default directoryNamed: 'ScratchSkin')

Any time you edit the Skin in any way, you'll need to run this code to make your changes take effect.
Go to Scratch-UI-Panes > ScratchViewerMorph (instance) > –all– > rebuildCategorySelectors. Add your category/categories to the list. If you're adding an odd number of categories, go down to where it says “catButtonsExtent _” and replace the line with this code:

catButtonsExtent _ ((2 * maxExtent x) + (3 * pad)) @ ((((catList size / 2) rounded) * (maxExtent y + 6)) + 25).

Finally, we have to specify the color of the blocks in our category. Go to ScriptableScratchMorph (class) > blockSpecs > blockColorFor:. Add the below line to the other lines like it in the code. Replace “yourCategory” with your category's name and the color with any color. You can also use rgb.

	'yourCategory' = aCategory ifTrue: [^ (Color h: 25 s: 0.88 v: 0.95)].

Save the .IMAGE and open your mod again. You'll see your new category there!

I keep getting an error when trying to add two categories to my mod. I followed all your instructions, but I keep getting a key not found error:

Dictionary(Object)>>error:
Dictionary>>errorKeyNotFound
[] in ScratchFrameMorph class>>skinAt:
Dictionary>>at:ifAbsent:
ScratchFrameMorph class>>skinAt:ifAbsent:
ScratchFrameMorph class>>skinAt:
[] in ScratchViewerMorph>>rebuildCategorySelectors
Array(SequenceableCollection)>>collect:
ScratchViewerMorph>>rebuildCategorySelectors
ScratchFrameMorph>>createBasicPanes

I troubleshooted, and found out my error had to do with a new ‘Common’ category I added, but I know I have it and that it is spelled correctly.

powerpoint56 wrote:

DigiTechs wrote:

powerpoint56 wrote:

jandrewg wrote:

How do you make a menu in a scratch 1.4 mod? (An example is here)?

I forget, now. There must be some tutorial somewhere, but those 1.4 forum archives are still acting funny.

I remember there was something in scratch-scriptable-morph (something like that, I forgot it's name) which lets you add windows, you just have to use the console a little.

Actually, I think you have to look around ScratchFrameMorph.
Add the name of your menu item to the end of the list in ScratchFrameMorph createMenuPanel

t1 _ #((#File #fileMenu:) (#Edit #editMenu:) (#Help #helpMenu:) (#NewMenu #newMenu:) ).

Then make a new method in ScratchFrameMorph called newMenu: (or whatever you call your button above). Then just paste in this code:

exploreMenu: t1 
	| t2 |
	t2 addLine.
	t2 add: 'Go to Explore website' action: #openExploreWebsite.
	t2 invokeOn: self at: t1 bottomLeft + (0 @ 10)

t2 addLine adds a line in the menu. For each option you add to the menu, like the Explore website example, the #method has to be an existing method.

jandrewg wrote:

^ trying to work, still fails

powerpoint56 wrote:

jandrewg wrote:

^ trying to work, still fails

Can you paste your code from createMenuPanel, and from yourMenu: (whatever the new menu method is)?