custom LuaGui

[mfoo]

Hi,

is there a way to hide, modify or extend the LuaGui from an entity when its .opened (e.g constant-combinator)? Trying to add a custom gui when you open an entity, but .top or .left seems weird for that purpose (for now) and .center would work i guess if you could hide the original gui.

any suggestions?
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[Adil]

No you can't close/hide or modify the opened gui of core game.

One of alternatives is to bind a custom input event to some simple key combination and use that event to open the gui if needed.

example

data.lua

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local button={
	type = "custom-input",
	name = "open-proxy-gui",
	key_sequence = "SHIFT + E",
	consuming = "none"
}
data:extend{button}

control.lua

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script.on_event("open-proxy-gui",proxy_gui.on_E_button)

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proxy_gui={
	on_E_button=function(event)
		local pindex=event.player_index
		local p=game.players[pindex]
		local e=game.players[pindex].selected
		
		if e and e.name=='proxy-chest' and p.force==e.force then
			proxy_gui.open(pindex,e)
		end
	end

[mfoo]

ya i read that too just thought there was a more elegent way, thanks though