[Scripting Question] Making Certain Text Scroll in the Jukebox

[NoahAbc12345]

So, I haven't found anything regarding to scrolling text in Essentials. Honestly, I'm kind of picky when it comes to certain things, and for some reason, this is one of them.

This is the Jukebox from inside the Pokégear. I don't like the text squished together, so I was thinking if it was somehow possible to maybe make the text scroll from one side to another, and repeat in order prevent the text from being squished together or having longer names be cut off. Now, I could make the names shorter, but I really don't want to, but if I can't I guess I will.

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!


Nevermind, I figured it out. Among various minor changes in PScreen_Jukebox, Vendily and I ended up adding some code to SpriteWindow_text.

class Window_CommandPokemonScroll < Window_CommandPokemon
  attr_accessor(:offset)
  def drawItem(index,count,rect)
    pbSetSystemFont(self.contents) if @starting
    rect=drawCursor(index,rect)
    if self.index==index && self.offset
      pbDrawShadowText(self.contents,rect.x-self.offset,rect.y,rect.width,rect.height,
         @commands[index],self.baseColor,self.shadowColor)
    else
      pbDrawShadowText(self.contents,rect.x,rect.y,rect.width,rect.height,
         @commands[index],self.baseColor,self.shadowColor)
    end
  end

  def index=(value)
    self.offset=0 # reset when index changes
    super # call the normal code
  end
  
  def update
    self.offset ||= 0 # Initialize to 0 if not set.
    tmpbitmap=BitmapWrapper.new(1,1)
    pbSetSystemFont(tmpbitmap)
    txtwidth=tmpbitmap.text_size(@commands[self.index]).width # how big of a line is it?
    self.offset += (txtwidth>=475) ? 4:0
    self.offset=0 if self.offset>txtwidth # reset when it gets to the end
    refresh2 # new refresh method
    super
  end
  
  def drawCursor(index,rect)
      return Rect.new(rect.x+16,rect.y,rect.width-16,rect.height)
  end
  
def refresh2
    @item_max = itemCount()
    dwidth  = self.width-self.borderX
    dheight = self.height-self.borderY
    self.contents = pbDoEnsureBitmap(self.contents,dwidth,dheight)
    self.contents.fill_rect(itemRect(self.index),Color.new(50,50,255)) # Change the color to the way it was in drawCursor
    drawItem(self.index,@item_max,itemRect(self.index))
  end
end

The end result turned out to be...

Thanks for those that viewed, and another thanks to Vendily for helping me over at the Discord.