Simple Fast Inventory (SFINV) is a mod found in Minetest Game that is used to create the player's inventory formspec. SFINV comes with an API that allows you to add and otherwise manage the pages shown.
Whilst SFINV by default shows pages as tabs, pages are called pages because it is entirely possible that a mod or game decides to show them in some other format instead. For example, multiple pages could be shown in one formspec.
SFINV provides the aptly named sfinv.register_page
function to create pages.
Simply call the function with the page's name and its definition:
sfinv.register_page("mymod:hello", {
title = "Hello!",
get = function(self, player, context)
return sfinv.make_formspec(player, context,
"label[0.1,0.1;Hello world!]", true)
end
})
The make_formspec
function surrounds your formspec with SFINV's formspec code.
The fourth parameter, currently set as true
, determines whether the player's
inventory is shown.
Let's make things more exciting; here is the code for the formspec generation part of a player admin tab. This tab will allow admins to kick or ban players by selecting them in a list and clicking a button.
sfinv.register_page("myadmin:myadmin", {
title = "Tab",
get = function(self, player, context)
local players = {}
context.myadmin_players = players
-- Using an array to build a formspec is considerably faster
local formspec = {
"textlist[0.1,0.1;7.8,3;playerlist;"
}
-- Add all players to the text list, and to the players list
local is_first = true
for _ , player in pairs(minetest.get_connected_players()) do
local player_name = player:get_player_name()
players[#players + 1] = player_name
if not is_first then
formspec[#formspec + 1] = ","
end
formspec[#formspec + 1] =
minetest.formspec_escape(player_name)
is_first = false
end
formspec[#formspec + 1] = "]"
-- Add buttons
formspec[#formspec + 1] = "button[0.1,3.3;2,1;kick;Kick]"
formspec[#formspec + 1] = "button[2.1,3.3;2,1;ban;Kick + Ban]"
-- Wrap the formspec in sfinv's layout
-- (ie: adds the tabs and background)
return sfinv.make_formspec(player, context,
table.concat(formspec, ""), false)
end,
})
There's nothing new about the above code; all the concepts are covered above and in previous chapters.
You can receive formspec events by adding a on_player_receive_fields
function
to a sfinv definition.
on_player_receive_fields = function(self, player, context, fields)
-- implement this
end,
on_player_receive_fields
works the same as
minetest.register_on_player_receive_fields
, except that context
is given
instead of formname
. Please note that SFINV will consume events relevant to
itself, such as navigation tab events, so you won't receive them in this
callback.
Now let's implement the on_player_receive_fields
for our admin mod:
on_player_receive_fields = function(self, player, context, fields)
-- text list event, check event type and set index if selection changed
if fields.playerlist then
local event = minetest.explode_textlist_event(fields.playerlist)
if event.type == "CHG" then
context.myadmin_selected_idx = event.index
end
-- Kick button was pressed
elseif fields.kick then
local player_name =
context.myadmin_players[context.myadmin_selected_idx]
if player_name then
minetest.chat_send_player(player:get_player_name(),
"Kicked " .. player_name)
minetest.kick_player(player_name)
end
-- Ban button was pressed
elseif fields.ban then
local player_name =
context.myadmin_players[context.myadmin_selected_idx]
if player_name then
minetest.chat_send_player(player:get_player_name(),
"Banned " .. player_name)
minetest.ban_player(player_name)
minetest.kick_player(player_name, "Banned")
end
end
end,
There's a rather large problem with this, however. Anyone can kick or ban players! You need a way to only show this to players with the kick or ban privileges. Luckily SFINV allows you to do this!
You can add an is_in_nav
function to your page's definition if you'd like to
control when the page is shown:
is_in_nav = function(self, player, context)
local privs = minetest.get_player_privs(player:get_player_name())
return privs.kick or privs.ban
end,
If you only need to check one priv or want to perform an 'and', you should use
minetest.check_player_privs()
instead of get_player_privs
.
Note that the is_in_nav
is only called when the player's inventory formspec is
generated. This happens when a player joins the game, switches tabs, or a mod
requests for SFINV to regenerate.
This means that you need to manually request that SFINV regenerates the
inventory formspec on any events that may change is_in_nav
's result. In our
case, we need to do that whenever kick or ban is granted or revoked to a player:
local function on_grant_revoke(grantee, granter, priv)
if priv ~= "kick" and priv ~= "ban" then
return
end
local player = minetest.get_player_by_name(grantee)
if not player then
return
end
local context = sfinv.get_or_create_context(player)
if context.page ~= "myadmin:myadmin" then
return
end
sfinv.set_player_inventory_formspec(player, context)
end
minetest.register_on_priv_grant(on_grant_revoke)
minetest.register_on_priv_revoke(on_grant_revoke)
A player enters a tab when the tab is selected and leaves a tab when another tab is about to be selected. It's possible for multiple pages to be selected if a custom theme is used.
Note that these events may not be triggered by the player. The player may not even have the formspec open at that time. For example, on_enter is called for the home page when a player joins the game even before they open their inventory.
It's not possible to cancel a page change, as that would potentially confuse the player.
on_enter = function(self, player, context)
end,
on_leave = function(self, player, context)
end,
To add content to an existing page, you will need to override the page and modify the returned formspec.
local old_func = sfinv.registered_pages["sfinv:crafting"].get
sfinv.override_page("sfinv:crafting", {
get = function(self, player, context, ...)
local ret = old_func(self, player, context, ...)
if type(ret) == "table" then
ret.formspec = ret.formspec .. "label[0,0;Hello]"
else
-- Backwards compatibility
ret = ret .. "label[0,0;Hello]"
end
return ret
end
})