Description
'hide textbox'The hide textbox action hides the dialog text box, leaving only the background, characters and other visuals on screen. It’s perfect for letting a dramatic scene, a CG, or an animation breathe without the interface in the way. Bring the text box back with show textbox.
Action ID: Hide::TextBox
Reversible: Yes
Requires User Interaction: No
Behavior
When hide textbox runs:
- The
<text-box>component’shiddenstate is set totrue, so the box animates out of view. - The engine records
textboxHidden: truein its game state, so the text box stays hidden across saving and loading. - The game automatically advances to the next statement.
On rollback, the text box is shown again.
Usage
monogatari.script ({
'Start': [
'show scene cliff with fadeIn',
'show character e normal at center with fadeIn',
'e Here it is. Everything we worked for.',
'hide textbox',
'wait 2500',
'show textbox',
'e Worth every step.',
'end'
]
});TIP
The text box is also toggled by the player at any time with the quick-menu Hide
button. Use hide textbox when you want to script that beat, for example during a
reveal or a panning background.
IMPORTANT
hide textbox sets a persistent state: the text box stays hidden — even while later
dialog lines run — until you call show textbox. Always show the
box again before the next line you want the player to read, or that dialog will be
set on a box that is still invisible.
Related Actions
- Show Text Box - Bring the dialog text box back
- Text Box - The dialog component this action toggles
- Wait - Hold on the scene while the text box is hidden