SadConsole 8.0.0

02/24/2019 V8.0

Special thanks to the SadConsole Discord on all the feedback provided. Shout to the GoRogue project.

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File changes:

• SadConsole and SadConsole.Universal have been replaced by the SadConsole for .NET Standard library.

Code changes:

• Overhaul of the theme system.
• Overhaul of the SurfaceBase/ScreenObject/Console system.
• Changed Listbox.Slider to Listbox.Scrollbar. Also changed any property that used the word Slider to ScrollBar
• Window messagebox and prompts have a library parameter to theme. If not specified, uses the default theme.
• [Fixed #165] Window stealing mouse focus from scrollbar (thanks VGA256)
• [Fixed #164] Controls should be aware of what theme is being used
• Upgraded to MonoGame 3.7
• Renamed base types and removed some others
• SurfaceBase is now CellSurface and not abstract
• ScreenObject is now Console and inherits from SurfaceBase
• Console is now ScrollingConsole.
• AnimatedSurface is now AnimatedConsole.
• LayeredSurface is now LayeredConsole and has a new subtype, CellSurfaceLayer.
• Mouse input works on all objects that inherit from Console, which is everything besodes CellSurface.
• Added new ConsoleComponent types.
• Consoles have a collection of Components that can hook into Update, Draw, Keyboard, Mouse methods.
• EntityManager is now a ConsoleComponent.
• Instructions reimplemented as ConsoleComponents.
• InstructionSet has fluent-type methods to construct the set. See the SplashScreen console in the demo project.
• [Fixed #199] New PredicateInstruction (thanks VGA256)
• SurfaceBase.DefaultBackground is now Black instead of Transparent. You may need to use console.DefaultBackground = Color.Transparent; console.Clear(); to restore old behavior.
• Control.CanFocus is now respected.
• Fixed CellSurface JSON converter.
• Fixed ControlsConsole renderer not respecting viewport.
• Fixed inputbox not working with nummbers.
• Redesigned ListboxItemTheme to be passable on Listbox ctor.
• Consoles no longer use a cached drawcall.
• Window resize option Settings.ResizeMode now supports Fit. (Thanks ajhmain)
• Console.CalculatedPosition is now in pixels. Consoles of different font sizes now play nice with parenting. Things will be offset properly now.
• Settings.ResizeWindow method allows you to easily resize the game window.
• Added TextBox.KeyPressed event to allow you to cancel input of keys on a textbox.
• MouseWheel support has been added to the listbox control.
• Listbox.SingleClickItemExecute has been added to allow the ItemExecute event to trigger without a doubleclick.