improvement: better element data parsing

sonic-radiance.love/birb/modules/gui/screen.lua

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ GuiScreen:implement(ElementList)
 
 local TweenManager = require "birb.classes.time"
 
+local elementDataStruct = require "birb.structures.elementData"
+
+
 function GuiScreen:new(name, controller)
     self.controller = controller or self:getGui()
     self.name = name
@@ -69,16 +72,30 @@ end
 
 function GuiScreen:registerElements()
     local elementList = self:createElements()
-    for _, element in ipairs(elementList) do
+    for _, rawElement in ipairs(elementList) do
-        if (element.is ~= nil) then
+        if (rawElement.is ~= nil) then
-            self:addElement(element.name, element)
+            self:addElement(rawElement.name, rawElement)
-            element.screen = self
+            rawElement.screen = self
         else
-            self:addElement(element[1].name, element[1])
+            local elemData = utils.table.parse(rawElement, elementDataStruct, 3)
-            if (element[2] == false) then
+            local element = elemData.element
-                element[1].isVisible = false
+            self:addElement(element.name, element)
+            if (elemData.delay > 0) then
+                element.isVisible = false
+                element:newSwitch(elemData.delay, {"isVisible"})
+                print(elemData.delay)
             end
-            element[1].screen = self
+            if (elemData.depth ~= nil) then
+                element.depth = elemData.depth
+            end
+            print(element, element.name, elemData.depth, elemData.focus)
+            if (elemData.focus == true) then
+                element:getFocus()
+            end
+            if (elemData.keypress ~= nil) then
+                element:setKeyPressAction(elemData.keypress)
+            end
+            element.screen = self
         end
     end
 end

sonic-radiance.love/birb/structures/elementData.lua

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+return {"element", "delay", "depth", "focus", "keypress"}