InfoLabel now uses an FTSimpleLayout to draw its text

To simplify text alignment, the InfoLabel now uses an FTSimpleLayout object
to automatically wrap text within the bounds of the OpenGLCanvas. This will
allow a welcome message and simple instructions to be displayed.

Source/Main.cpp

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public:
     {quit();}
 
     //==============================================================================
-    const String getApplicationName() { return "Open Ephys Data Acquisition Software";}
+    const String getApplicationName() { return "Open Ephys GUI";}
     const String getApplicationVersion() {return ProjectInfo::versionString;}
     bool moreThanOneInstanceAllowed() {return true;}
     void anotherInstanceStarted (const String& commandLine)

Source/UI/InfoLabel.cpp

@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@
 
 InfoLabel::InfoLabel() : xBuffer(10), yBuffer(10)
 {
+	layout.SetAlignment(FTGL::ALIGN_LEFT);
 	
+	layout.SetFont(getFont(String("miso-regular")));
+	infoString = "Welcome to the Open Ephys GUI!\n \n"
+				 "The GUI is still in the early stages of development, so we expect there to be a lot of bugs.\n \n"
+				 ;
 }
 
 InfoLabel::~InfoLabel()
@@ -64,51 +69,76 @@ void InfoLabel::drawLabel()
 {
 	
 	glViewport(xBuffer,
-		 	   yBuffer-getScrollAmount(),
+		 	   getHeight()-getTotalHeight()-yBuffer + getScrollAmount(),
 		 	   getWidth()-2*xBuffer,
-		 	   jmax(getHeight(),getTotalHeight())-2*yBuffer);
+		 	   getTotalHeight());
+		 	   //jmax(getHeight(),getTotalHeight())-2*yBuffer);
 
-	float mult = 1/float(getWidth());
+	// float mult = 1/float(getWidth());
 
-	glColor4f(0.5,0.5,0.5,0.6);
+	// glColor4f(0.5,0.5,0.5,0.6);
 
-	glBegin(GL_LINE_STRIP);
-	glVertex2f(0.1,0);
-	glVertex2f(0.1,1.0);
-	glEnd();
+	// glBegin(GL_LINE_STRIP);
+	// glVertex2f(0.1,0);
+	// glVertex2f(0.1,1.0);
+	// glEnd();
 
-	glBegin(GL_LINE_STRIP);
-	glVertex2f(0,0.1);
-	glVertex2f(1.0,0.1);
-	glEnd();
+	// glBegin(GL_LINE_STRIP);
+	// glVertex2f(0,0.1);
+	// glVertex2f(1.0,0.1);
+	// glEnd();
 
-	glBegin(GL_LINE_STRIP);
-	glVertex2f(0.9,0);
-	glVertex2f(0.9,1.0);
-	glEnd();
+	// glBegin(GL_LINE_STRIP);
+	// glVertex2f(0.9,0);
+	// glVertex2f(0.9,1.0);
+	// glEnd();
 
-	glBegin(GL_LINE_STRIP);
-	glVertex2f(0,0.9);
-	glVertex2f(1.0,0.9);
-	glEnd();
+	// glBegin(GL_LINE_STRIP);
+	// glVertex2f(0,0.9);
+	// glVertex2f(1.0,0.9);
+	// glEnd();
 
-	glColor4f(0.5,0.5,0.5,0.8);
+	
 
-	getFont(String("miso-regular"))->FaceSize(12.0f);
+	// getFont(String("miso-regular"))->FaceSize(12.0f);
 	
-	for (float x = 0.1f; x < 1.0f; x += 0.8f)
-	{
-		for (float y = 0.1f; y < 1.0f; y += 0.8f)
-		{
-			glRasterPos2f(x+0.005f,y+0.025f);
-			String s = String("(0.");
-			s += int(x*10);
-			s += String(", 0.");
-			s += int(y*10);
-			s += String(")");
-			getFont(String("miso-regular"))->Render(s);
-		}
-	}
+	// for (float x = 0.1f; x < 1.0f; x += 0.8f)
+	// {
+	// 	for (float y = 0.1f; y < 1.0f; y += 0.8f)
+	// 	{
+	// 		glRasterPos2f(x+0.005f,y+0.025f);
+	// 		String s = String("(0.");
+	// 		s += int(x*10);
+	// 		s += String(", 0.");
+	// 		s += int(y*10);
+	// 		s += String(")");
+	// 		getFont(String("miso-regular"))->Render(s);
+	// 	}
+	// }
+
+	// glColor4f(0.9,0.9,0.9,1.0);
+
+	// glRasterPos2f(7.0/float(getWidth()),0.099f);
+	// getFont(String("miso-bold"))->FaceSize(40.0f);
+	// getFont(String("miso-bold"))->Render("open ephys gui");
+
+	// glColor4f(0.3,0.3,0.3,1.0);
+
+	// glRasterPos2f(5.0/float(getWidth()),0.1f);
+	// getFont(String("miso-bold"))->FaceSize(40.0f);
+	// getFont(String("miso-bold"))->Render("open ephys gui");
+
+	glColor4f(0.3,0.3,0.3,1.0);
+
+	glRasterPos2f(15.0/float(getWidth()),0.1f);
+	getFont(String("miso-regular"))->FaceSize(18.0f);
+	layout.Render(infoString, -1, FTPoint(), FTGL::RENDER_FRONT);
+
+	//
+	//
+	//getFont(String("miso-regular"))->Render("Open Ephys GUI");
+
+
 }
 
 void InfoLabel::resized() 
@@ -116,6 +146,7 @@ void InfoLabel::resized()
 
 	//std::cout << getWidth() << " " << getHeight() 
 	//		  << std::endl;
+	layout.SetLineLength(getWidth()-45);
 
 	canvasWasResized();
 

Source/UI/InfoLabel.h

@@ -61,8 +61,12 @@ private:
 	void mouseUp(const MouseEvent& e);
 	void mouseWheelMove(const MouseEvent&, float, float);
 
+	FTSimpleLayout layout;	
+	String infoString;
+
 	JUCE_DECLARE_NON_COPYABLE_WITH_LEAK_DETECTOR (InfoLabel);
-	
+
+
 };