GuiControl clone is partially broken

[capnlove]

When using Guicontrol.clone(), some information from the original Guicontrol is copied over to the new object while other elements are not.

Elements not being copied to the clone :

• Profile
• HorizSizing and VertSizing.

This occurs regardless of the boolean argument passed to the function, which is supposed to determine if dynamic fields are copied to the new object.

[lilligreen]

I'm surprised that any of the static fields specific to GuiControl are being copied - there is no copyTo method for GuiControl or any other Gui class. Only the fields that get inherited from SimObject have this implemented.

I haven't tried a fix yet, but as a starting point I would look at how the copyTo methods are built for scene objects and assets and write a similar function that would apply to GuiControl.

[capnlove]

The advantage of this would be to use .taml Gui profiles as templates, from which you could easily instance copies of.

[lilligreen]

Small update: I have a local branch where the profile field is successfully cloned. Next step is to implement copying for the rest of the fields. This is actually a massive amount of work - in addition to reformatting I'm also going back and adding missing script methods as well (hello getProfile). Writing out to Taml is still completely broken.

[capnlove]

I wouldn't list this as a priority, just a "would be nice to have" feature. Maybe documenting the work required would help someone who wants to get their hands dirty.