Add Option to Highlight Current Active Work Cell

Languages/English/Keyed/Keyed-English.xml

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
     <WorkTab.PlayCrunchTip>Play a crunchy sound when a pawn is assigned to a job they are not skilled at?</WorkTab.PlayCrunchTip>
     <WorkTab.DisableScrollwheel>Disable Scrollwheel</WorkTab.DisableScrollwheel>
     <WorkTab.DisableScrollwheelTip>Disable the scrollwheel functions (when hovering over skills)</WorkTab.DisableScrollwheelTip>
+    <WorkTab.HighlightActiveWorkCells>Highlight Active Work Cells</WorkTab.HighlightActiveWorkCells>
+    <WorkTab.HighlightActiveWorkCellsTip>Highlight the grid squares in the work tab when the pawn is actually working that job right now.</WorkTab.HighlightActiveWorkCellsTip>
     <WorkTab.VerticalLabels>Vertical labels</WorkTab.VerticalLabels>
     <WorkTab.VerticalLabelsTip>Display work labels vertically</WorkTab.VerticalLabelsTip>
     <WorkTab.FontFix>Fix vertical fonts</WorkTab.FontFix>

Source/Core/Settings.cs

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ public class Settings: ModSettings {
         public static  bool   playSounds             = true;
         public static  bool   TwentyFourHourMode     = true;
         public static  bool   verticalLabels         = true;
+        public static  bool   highlightActiveWorkCells;
         private static string _defaultPriorityBuffer = defaultPriority.ToString();
 
         // public static bool sharedFavourites = true;
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ public static void DoWindowContents(Rect rect) {
                                      "WorkTab.PlayCrunchTip".Translate());
             options.CheckboxLabeled("WorkTab.DisableScrollwheel".Translate(), ref disableScrollwheel,
                                      "WorkTab.DisableScrollwheelTip".Translate());
+            options.CheckboxLabeled("WorkTab.HighlightActiveWorkCells".Translate(), ref highlightActiveWorkCells,
+                                     "WorkTab.HighlightActiveWorkCellsTip".Translate());
             bool verticalLabelsBuffer = verticalLabels;
             options.CheckboxLabeled("WorkTab.VerticalLabels".Translate(), ref verticalLabelsBuffer,
                                      "WorkTab.VerticalLabelsTip".Translate());
@@ -87,6 +90,7 @@ public override void ExposeData() {
             Scribe_Values.Look(ref playCrunch, "PlayCrunch", true);
             Scribe_Values.Look(ref disableScrollwheel, "DisableScrollwheel");
             Scribe_Values.Look(ref verticalLabels, "VerticalLabels", true);
+            Scribe_Values.Look(ref highlightActiveWorkCells, "HighlightActiveWorkCells");
             Scribe_Values.Look(ref _fontFix, "FontFix", true);
 
             // apply font-fix on load

Source/PawnColumns/PawnColumnWorker_WorkGiver.cs

@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ public override void DoCell(Rect rect, Pawn pawn, PawnTable table) {
 
             WorkGiverDef workgiver = WorkGiver;
 
+            if (Settings.highlightActiveWorkCells)
+            {
+                bool doingNow = (pawn.CurJob?.workGiverDef?.defName == workgiver?.defName);
+                if (doingNow)
+                {
+                    GUI.color = Color.white;
+                    GUI.DrawTexture(rect.ContractedBy(-2f), DrawUtilities.getActiveHighlightBox());
+                }
+            }
+
             // create rect in centre of cell, slightly offsetting left to give the appearance of aligning to worktype.
             Vector2 pos = rect.center - (new Vector2( WorkGiverBoxSize, WorkGiverBoxSize ) / 2f);
             Rect box = new Rect( pos.x - 2f, pos.y, WorkGiverBoxSize, WorkGiverBoxSize );

Source/PawnColumns/PawnColumnWorker_WorkType.cs

@@ -82,6 +82,16 @@ public override void DoCell(Rect rect, Pawn pawn, PawnTable table) {
             bool incapable = IncapableOfWholeWorkType( pawn );
             WorkTypeDef worktype  = def.workType;
 
+            if (Settings.highlightActiveWorkCells)
+            {
+                bool doingNow = (pawn.CurJob?.workGiverDef?.workType?.defName == worktype?.defName);
+                if (doingNow)
+                {
+                    GUI.color = Color.white;
+                    GUI.DrawTexture(rect.ContractedBy(-2f), DrawUtilities.getActiveHighlightBox());
+                }
+            }
+
             // create rect in centre of cell
             Vector2 pos = rect.center - (new Vector2( WorkTypeBoxSize, WorkTypeBoxSize ) / 2f);
             Rect box = new Rect( pos.x, pos.y, WorkTypeBoxSize, WorkTypeBoxSize );

Source/Utilities/DrawUtilities.cs

@@ -70,6 +70,25 @@ public static void DrawWorkBoxBackground(Rect box, Pawn pawn, WorkTypeDef workty
             _drawWorkBoxBackgroundMethodInfo.Invoke(null, new object[] { box, pawn, worktype });
         }
 
+        private static Texture2D activeHighlightBox;
+        public static Texture2D getActiveHighlightBox()
+        {
+            if (activeHighlightBox != null)
+            {
+                return activeHighlightBox;
+            }
+            Color color = Color.magenta;
+            Texture2D startingExample = WidgetsWork.WorkBoxOverlay_PreceptWarning;
+            int width = startingExample.width;
+            int height = startingExample.height;
+            Texture2D texture = new Texture2D(width, height);
+            Color[] pixels = Enumerable.Repeat(color, width * height).ToArray();
+            texture.SetPixels(pixels);
+            texture.Apply();
+            activeHighlightBox = texture;
+            return activeHighlightBox;
+        }
+
         public static string PriorityLabel(int priority) {
             /**
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