Messages/Tasks App Containers

Manages visibility of UI apps (messages, tasks) within named containers.

Overview

ui_messagesTasksAppContainers controls which sub-apps (e.g. messages, tasks) are visible inside container groups. Each container maps to a guihook trigger that notifies the CEF UI of visibility changes. Supports serialization to preserve state across sessions.

Extension path: lua/ge/extensions/ui/messagesTasksAppContainers.lua

Exports (M)

Internals

Container Registry

appContainersById = {
  ['messagesTasksApps'] = {
    apps = {
      messages = { visible = true },
      tasks    = { visible = true },
    },
    trigger = 'setMessagesTasksAppVisibility',
  }
}

Each container has a trigger string used with guihooks.trigger(...) when visibility changes.

Debug Window

When setDebug(true) is called, onUpdate renders an ImGui window showing per-container app states with show/hide/toggle buttons.

How It Works

1. Extensions or gameplay code call showApp / hideApp / toggleApp.
2. The module updates internal state and fires the container's guihook trigger.
3. The CEF/Vue UI receives setMessagesTasksAppVisibility with {appId, visible, allApps}.
4. On serialize, the visibility map is saved; on deserialize, it is restored.

Lua Examples

-- Hide the tasks app
extensions.ui_messagesTasksAppContainers.hideApp('messagesTasksApps', 'tasks')

-- Check if messages are visible
local vis = extensions.ui_messagesTasksAppContainers.getAppVisibility('messagesTasksApps', 'messages')

-- Hide all apps in the container
extensions.ui_messagesTasksAppContainers.hideAllApps('messagesTasksApps')

Hooks

Additional Exports

The following exports are available but not yet documented in detail:

• M.getAppVisibility
• M.getAvailableApps
• M.getMessagesTasksAppContainerMounted
• M.getVisibleApps
• M.hideAllApps
• M.hideApp
• M.onDeserialize
• M.onExtensionLoaded
• M.onExtensionUnloaded
• M.onMessagesTasksAppContainerMounted
• M.onMessagesTasksAppContainerUnmounted
• M.onSerialize
• M.onUpdate
• M.setAppVisibility
• M.setDebug
• M.setVerboseLogging
• M.showApp
• M.toggleApp