Patch for [editor]/editor_gui/client/elementproperties.lua and [editor]/edf/edf.lua

edf.patch

Index: edf/edf.lua
===================================================================
--- edf/edf.lua	(revision 1024)
+++ edf/edf.lua	(working copy)
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
 	for dataField, dataDefinition in pairs(elementDefinition.data) do
 		local checkedData = edfCheckElementData(theElement, dataField, dataDefinition)
 		if checkedData == nil then
-			outputDebugString('Failed validation for ' .. elementType .. '!' .. dataField)
+			exports.editor_gui:outputMessage("Unable to create element; validation failed for "..elementType.."!"..dataField)
 			return false
 		end
 		
Index: editor_gui/client/elementproperties.lua
===================================================================
--- editor_gui/client/elementproperties.lua	(revision 1024)
+++ editor_gui/client/elementproperties.lua	(working copy)
@@ -459,7 +459,12 @@
 			spnProperties
 		)
 		guiLabelSetVerticalAlign ( controlLabel, "center" ) -- align it to the vertical center
-		guiLabelSetColor( controlLabel, layout.label.R, layout.label.G, layout.label.B ) -- colour it as the rest of labels
+		-- color label red for properties that are required and currently have no value (which will fail validation)
+		if addedParameters.required and not addedParameters.value then
+			guiLabelSetColor( controlLabel, 255, 0, 0)
+		else
+			guiLabelSetColor( controlLabel, layout.label.R, layout.label.G, layout.label.B )
+		end
 		caption[newControl] = controlLabel
 
 		-- Create the description tooltip
@@ -573,7 +578,8 @@
 			applier, --property local applier function
 			{value = initialValue,
 			 validvalues = dataDefinition.validvalues,
-			 datafield = dataField } --parameters table
+			 datafield = dataField,
+			 required = dataDefinition.required } --parameters table
 		)
 	end --for
 end
@@ -593,7 +599,10 @@
 			dataDefinition.friendlyname or dataField,
 			dataDefinition.description,
 			nil,
-			{ validvalues = dataDefinition.validvalues, datafield = dataField }
+			{ value = dataDefinition.default,
+			  validvalues = dataDefinition.validvalues,
+			  datafield = dataField,
+			  required = dataDefinition.required }
 		)
 	end
 end
@@ -611,7 +620,7 @@
 			newElementType,
 			newElementResource,
 			parametersTable,
-			false --don't attach it later
+			true -- do attach it later
 		)
 	end