Friendsmanager

Based on game build 714014 | Last updated: 2026-03-08

Overview

FriendsManager is a UI widget component responsible for rendering and managing the friends and party interface. It provides tabs for viewing online friends, managing party membership, displaying party chat history, and handling incoming party invites. It integrates with TheNet to fetch network state and trigger party-related actions like inviting, joining, leaving, and chatting.

Usage example

local GetFriendsManager = require("widgets/friendsmanager")
local fm = GetFriendsManager()
fm:Show()
fm:SwitchToPartyTab()

Dependencies & tags

Components used: None (this is a widget, not an entity component). Tags: None identified.

Properties

Property	Type	Default Value	Description
windowwidth	number	220	Total width of the manager window in pixels.
windowheight	number	360	Total height of the manager window in pixels.
margin	number	20	Outer margin around the window.
padding	number	10	Inner padding for content area.
lineheight	number	14	Vertical spacing unit for text elements.
buttonheight	number	28	Height reserved for tab buttons.
contentwidth	number	190	Width of the content area (windowwidth - 2 * padding).
contentheight	number	262	Height of the content area (windowheight - 2 * padding - buttonheight).
tab	string	"friends" or "party"	Current active tab ("friends" or "party").
friendstab	FriendsTab widget	—	Reference to the friends tab sub-widget.
partytab	PartyTab widget	—	Reference to the party tab sub-widget.

Main functions

SwitchToFriendsTab()

• Description: Switches the active view to the friends tab. Hides the party tab and shows the friends tab if the manager is visible.
• Parameters: None.
• Returns: Nothing.

SwitchToPartyTab()

• Description: Switches the active view to the party tab. Hides the friends tab and shows the party tab if the manager is visible.
• Parameters: None.
• Returns: Nothing.

ReceiveInvite(inviter, partyid)

• Description: Handles an incoming party invite by displaying it in the party tab. If successful, it switches to the party tab to show the invite.
• Parameters:
  inviter (string) — Name of the player who sent the invite.
  partyid (number) — Unique identifier for the party being invited to.
• Returns: Nothing.

ReceivePartyChat(chatline)

• Description: Appends a party chat message to the chat history display in the party tab.
• Parameters:
  chatline (table) — A table containing name (string) and message (string) keys, with optional netid.
• Returns: Nothing.

RefreshFriendsTab()

• Description: Forces the friends tab to immediately refresh its list of friends by fetching from TheNet.
• Parameters: None.
• Returns: Nothing.

RefreshPartyTab()

• Description: Forces the party tab to immediately refresh its party list and chat history.
• Parameters: None.
• Returns: Nothing.

Kill()

• Description: Removes this widget from its parent and hides it. Typically used on manager shutdown or reinitialization.
• Parameters: None.
• Returns: Nothing.

Events & listeners

• Listens to: None (this widget does not register inst:ListenForEvent calls; it responds to TheNet events indirectly via TheNet:GetPartyTable(), TheNet:GetFriendsList(), etc.).
• Pushes: None (this widget does not fire custom events via inst:PushEvent).