here is textbox V3 beta with smooth scrolling
im also going to add a maxChar property and will have the ability to actualy edit the textbox without having to backspace and loose everything
after this is complete i will also add passwordChar and multiline
just insert the code where the old textbox class was
i will also add more to this class as the day goes on.
----------------------textbox-------------------------------------------

textbox = class()

function textbox:init(x, y, width, text, textcolor, tbcolor, parent, selected)
self.parent = parent
self.x = x + parent.x
self.y = y + parent.y
self.xoff = x
self.yoff = y
self.width = width
if self.width < 10 then
self.width = 10
end
self.height = 11
self.text = text
self.textcolor = textcolor
self.tbcolor = tbcolor
self.selected = selected
self.cury = self.y + 1
self.curx = self.x + 1
self.curh = (self.y + self.height) - 1
self.parent = parent
self.type = "txt"
self.stwid = 0

self.dIndex = 1
self.initial = true
self.bsflag = false


table.insert(parent.controls, self)
end
function textbox:paint(gc)

self.stwid = gc:getStringWidth(self.text)

if self.initial == true then
local dtext = self.text
while gc:getStringWidth(dtext) >= self.width - 1 do
dtext = string.sub(dtext, 2)
end
self.initial = false
self.dIndex = string.find(self.text, dtext)
else
while gc:getStringWidth(string.sub(self.text, self.dIndex)) >= self.width and self.bsflag == false do
self.dIndex = self.dIndex + 1
self.dText = string.sub(self.text, self.dIndex)
end
if self.bsflag == true then
self.text = string.sub(self.text, 1, string.len(self.text) - 1)
if string.len(self.text) > string.len(string.sub(self.text, self.dIndex)) then
self.dIndex = self.dIndex - 1
while gc:getStringWidth(string.sub(self.text, self.dIndex)) >= self.width do
self.dIndex = self.dIndex + 1
self.dText = string.sub(self.text, self.dIndex)
end
end
end
end
self.bsflag = false

gc:setColorRGB(unpack(self.tbcolor))
gc:drawRect( self.x, self.y, self.width + 3, self.height)
gc:setColorRGB(unpack(self.textcolor))
gc:setFont("sansserif", "r", 8)
self.stwid =
gc:drawString( string.sub(self.text, self.dIndex), self.x + 4, self.y + 3, "middle")
gc:setColorRGB(unpack(color.black))
self.cury = self.y + 1
self.curx = self.x + gc:getStringWidth(string.sub(self.text, self.dIndex)) + 3
self.curh = (self.y + self.height) - 1
gc:drawLine(self.curx, self.cury, self.curx, self.curh)
end
function textbox:charIn(ch)
if self.selected then
self.text = self.text..ch
end
platform.window:invalidate(self.x, self.y, self.width + 2, self.height)
end
function textbox:backspaceKey()
self.bsflag = true
platform.window:invalidate(self.x, self.y, self.width + 2, self.height)
end

function textbox:click()
if self.selected then
self.selected = false
else
for _, tb in pairs(self.parent.controls) do
if tb.type == "txt" then
tb.selected = false
end
end
self.selected = true
end
end
function textbox:checkClick(x, y)
if y >= self.y and y <= self.y + self.height and x >= self.x and x <= self.x + self.width then
self:click()
end
end

an example:
wndIX = form(1, 1, 160, 160, true, "Title", color.white, color.brickred, true, false, false)
tb1 = textbox(3, 3, 100, "Hello Omnimaga, i now scroll smoothly!", color.black, color.black, wndIX, false)

Since creation of tables for menu bars and tabs are hard and tedious, i decided to write a tool in java to make it simpler.
As of right now only part of it works (the tab creation part) because that is the time ive had.
Once this tool is complete I will distribute it with all new versions of WZGUILIB.
It works on Windows and it should work on Mac and Linux, but I dont know for sure since i dont have any of those operating systems.

This will generate a tabData.lua file in the directory of the jar file.
If you have questions just ask

Nice to see there is still progress
Also, 3.2 should be out in 1-2 weeks.

So I had an Idea...
As of right now to create a control and add it to a window you have to do this:
form1 = form(....)
child1= control(..., form1) -- form 1 is the parent control
I am thinking about change this to:
form1 = form(....)
child1 = control(...)
form1.addChild(child1)
where you can also do this:
form1.addChild(control(.....))

hmm maybe you were using a diffrent version...
any way i posted a dev version of wz in this post:

I thought I would leak the dev version of 3.1, there isnt alot of new stuff, but trust me, there is more coming!!
dont worry about all of the stuff in the on.create method, in fact you could uncomment most of the stuff and it would all work
also even though it says wzpack_3d, there isnt much 3d, i ended up doing most of my testing there

Also make sure you paste the examples that I post in the on.create event

Download this lua file, and then tell me the controls you would like to have examples on.

Also with the new release I will have a "Programming with WZGUILIB" document to explain the controls in depth and tell how to make your own.

to answer your first question:
I may add a "NO_FRAME" flag that would emulate having no forms which would require no moding, OR I could try to make a way for you to do that that would allow you to have the same functionality as a form, but it would not even use a form.
either way I will work on it and pm you or post a solution, it shouldnt be that hard.

Also I did make a drawable trackbar that accepts events but it just dosent do anything usefull yet.

So after I found out that os 3.2 seems to draw things out diffrently than the os's < 3.2. Well I guess that the light at the end of the tunnel is that I can add some new stuff to the current controls.

not realy, some of the strings dont draw out in the same place as they used to. All I did was change on.create to on.construction in the "UseThisFile.lua" file I uploaded and I got rid of platform.gc() along time ago, but that is ok because it gives me a real good reason to go back and change the looks of some controls.

yea, I will.
Also it seems to be with the third paramater of the gc:drawString function