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[Kapryagos]

Hello, I'm new here.

I just started having a look at WME and I wonder: Is it possible to write text into the response box (no response, merely some text introducing the responses)?
What I would like to do would be an RP-style dialogue system like in the the old Black Isle games, rather like a "log" of dialogues.

Thanks for helping me out.

[Mnemonic]

Yes, absolutely. The response box is a window, so you can edit it in WindowEdit and add any new controls to it. And those are then accessible from scripts.

[Kapryagos]

Thanks!
I'll have to learn understanding how to access it then. The "GetResponsesWindow" command is a bit unclear to me since I don't see how access the actual response box with it. Trying to define a "var dlg = Game.GetResponsesWindow;" within the dialogue function did not work, so I guess with that command I merely pointed to the window itself instead of its response box? 

[Mnemonic]

You actually want to reference the window. But GetResponsesWindow is a function so the proper syntax would be:

var dlg = Game.GetResponsesWindow();

Once you have the reference to the window, you can access its controls. (var someControl = dlg.GetControl("control name"); )

[Kapryagos]

Thank you very much! : D

[Kapryagos]

Is it possible that the response box itself is blocked from being manipulated by script?? Because although I manage to manipulate the window itself and all its controls, it seems that it doesn't work to write:

var dlgr = dlgw.GetControl("Response box");

Adding a script to the response box in WindowEdit and either trying the same thing there or using a "this."-pointer didn't work either to maipulate the response box itself.
(All I want to do is changing the Y position of the response box to after my custom text-box above...)

Can you help me?

[Mnemonic]

No, you can't manipulate the response area itself from scripts.