yoo, really fucking big update. its uhh, TEXT. really difficult

editor/ui.lua

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ui.theme = {
     text        = {0.90, 0.90, 0.90},
     text_dim    = {0.50, 0.50, 0.55}, -- low-key forgot
     accent      = {0.27, 0.52, 0.90}, -- low-key also forgot
-    hover       = {0.22, 0.22, 0.25},
+    hover       = {0.22, 0.25, 0.35},
     active      = {0.20, 0.40, 0.75}, -- i low-key forgot again, probably made for when a toggle or something is turned on
 }
 
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ ui.events = {}
 ui._wasDown  = false
 ui._focused  = nil
 ui._inputs   = {}
-
+ui._claimedFocus = false
+ui._clickConsumed = false
 
 function ui.emit(event)
     ui.events[event] = true -- should change to a custom ID soon to prevent conflicts.
@@ -26,9 +27,15 @@ function ui.on(event)
     return ui.events[event] == true
 end
 
-function ui.flush()
+function ui.flush() -- all issues is because of this btw (joke, kinda. bunch of bugs from it)
-    ui._wasDown = love.mouse.isDown(1)
+    local isDown = love.mouse.isDown(1)
+    if isDown and not ui._wasDown and not ui._claimedFocus then
+        ui._focused = nil
+    end
+    ui._wasDown = isDown  -- update AFTER using it
+    ui._claimedFocus = false
     ui.events = {}
+    ui._clickConsumed = false
 end
 
 function ui.panel(x, y, w, h) -- this thingy magic panel creator makes a ui with outline. (x pos, y pos, width, height)
@@ -51,37 +58,74 @@ function ui.button(x, y, w, h, text)
         love.graphics.rectangle("line", x, y, w, h)
         ui.text(x, y, w, h, text)
     else
-        ui.text(x, y, w, h, text) -- just normal text
+        ui.textPanel(x, y, w, h, text) -- just normal text with a background
     end
 
-    if hovered and love.mouse.isDown(1) and not ui._wasDown then
+    if hovered and love.mouse.isDown(1) and not ui._wasDown and not ui._clickConsumed then
         ui.emit(text)
+        ui._clickConsumed = true
     end
 
-    return hovered -- returns hovered
+    return hovered -- returns hovered, this means hovered is returned. and hovered being returned means it returns what hovered is
 end
 
-function ui.text(x, y, w, h, text) -- expand on this, havent fully read the text documentation so i dont know if i should have more    
+function ui.textPanel(x, y, w, h, text) -- expand on this, havent fully read the text documentation so i dont know if i should have more    
-    ui.panel(x,y,w,h)
+    ui.panel(x, y, w, h)
+    ui.text(x, y, w, h, text)
+end
+
+function ui.text(x, y, w, h, text)
+    local font = love.graphics.getFont()
+    local _, lines = font:getWrap(text, w)
+    local lineCount = #lines
+    local lineHeight = font:getHeight()
+    local totalHeight = lineCount * lineHeight
+    local startY = y + (h - totalHeight) / 2
+
+    love.graphics.setScissor(x, y, w, h)
     love.graphics.setColor(ui.theme.text)
-    love.graphics.printf(text, x, y + h/2-7, w, "center")
+    love.graphics.printf(text, x, startY, w, "center")
+    love.graphics.setScissor()  -- limits drawing space.
 end
 
-function ui.textInput(x,y,w,h,placeholder)
+function ui.textInput(x, y, w, h, placeholder) -- two days for this to work...
-    if ui.on(placeholder) then
+    local text = ui._inputs[placeholder] or ""
-        ui.button(x,y,w,h,tostring(ui._inputs[ui._focused]))
+    local focused = ui._focused == placeholder
+    local mousex, mousey = love.mouse.getPosition()
+    local clickedInside = mousex > x and mousex < x + w and mousey > y and mousey < y + h
+
+    if love.mouse.isDown(1) and not ui._wasDown and clickedInside then
+        ui._focused = placeholder
+        ui._claimedFocus = true
+    end
+
+    if focused then
+        ui.panel(x, y, w, h)
+        if text == "" then
+            local font = love.graphics.getFont()
+            local lineHeight = font:getHeight()
+            local startY = y + (h - lineHeight) / 2
+            love.graphics.setColor(ui.theme.text_dim)
+            love.graphics.printf(placeholder, x + 4, startY, w - 8, "left")
         else
-        ui.button(x,y,w,h,placeholder)
+            ui.text(x, y, w, h, text)
+        end
+    else
+        ui.button(x, y, w, h, text == "" and placeholder or text)
     end
 end
 
-function love.textinput(t)
+
-    ui._inputs[ui._focused] = (tostring(ui._inputs[ui._focused] or "")) .. t
+function ui.textinput_char(t)
+    if ui._focused then
+        ui._inputs[ui._focused] = (ui._inputs[ui._focused] or "") .. t
+    end
 end
 
-function love.keypressed(key)
+function ui.textinput_backspace()
-    if key == "backspace" then
+    if ui._focused then
-        ui._inputs[ui._focused] = ui._inputs[ui._focused]:sub(tostring(ui._inputs[ui._focused]):len())
+        local str = ui._inputs[ui._focused] or ""
+        ui._inputs[ui._focused] = str:sub(1, -2)
     end
 end
 

main.lua

@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ function love.load()
     
 end
 
+function love.textinput(t)
+    ui.textinput_char(t)
+end
+
+function love.keypressed(key)
+    if key == "backspace" then
+        ui.textinput_backspace()
+    end
+end
+
 function love.update(dt)
     
 end