GUI Button functions and properties

GUI Button functions and properties

Enabled property (inherited)
Height property (inherited)
ID property (inherited)
OwningGUI property (inherited)
SetPosition (inherited)
SetSize (inherited)
Visible property (inherited)
Width property (inherited)
X property (inherited)
Y property (inherited)

Animate (button)
GetText (button)
SetText (button)
ClipImage property
Graphic property (button)
MouseOverGraphic property (button)
NormalGraphic property (button)
PushedGraphic property (button)
TextColor property (button)

Animate (button)

(Formerly known as AnimateButton, which is now obsolete)

Button.Animate(int view, int loop, int delay, RepeatStyle)

Animates a GUI button by playing the specified view loop on it. This could be useful for Sierra-style death animations and other effects.

LOOP from VIEW will be played on the button. The DELAY specifies the speed of the animation - larger numbers are slower. This has the same values you use with the Character.Animate and Object.Animate commands.

REPEAT determines whether the animation will loop repeatedly, or just play once and stop with the last frame showing (eOnce or eRepeat are the possible values).

You can abort an animation at any time by setting the button's NormalGraphic property, or starting a new animation on the same button.

NOTE: This command destroys the button's normal, pushed and mouseover images. If you want to return the button to normal usage after playing an animation, you will have to set the Graphic properties to restore the images.

NOTE: This command does not support flipped view frames. Any frames marked as "Flipped" will in fact be drawn normally when on a button.

Example:

btnDeathAnim.Animate(6, 2, 4, eRepeat);

will animate the 'btnDeathAnim' button using loop 2 of view 6, with a delay of 4 cycles per frame, and repeat the animation continually.

See Also: Button.NormalGraphic

GetText (button)

Button.GetText(string buffer)

Gets the button's text into BUFFER.

Example:

string buffer;
btnController.GetText(buffer);
Display("The button says %s.", buffer);

will display the button's text in a message box

See Also: Button.SetText

SetText (button)

(Formerly known as SetButtonText, which is now obsolete)

Button.SetText(string newtext)

Changes the text displayed in the specified button to NEWTEXT.

Example:

btnController.SetText("Enable jibble");

will change button btnController to read 'Enable jibble'.

ClipImage property

bool Button.ClipImage;

Gets/sets whether the button clips its image to the button boundaries.

For example, if the button is sized 30x30, but its Graphic is a 50x50 image, then this property controls whether the image is allowed to spill over the edge of the button.

The default is false, ie. the image is not clipped.

Setting this to true can be useful in that it ensures that the button's image is not larger than the button's clickable area, which can cause confusion when it happens.

Example:

btnOK.ClipImage = true;

sets the btnOK button so that its image will be restrained to the button's clickable area.

See Also: Button.Graphic

Graphic property (button)

(Formerly part of GetButtonPic, which is now obsolete)

readonly int Button.Graphic;

Gets the current image on a GUI button. If a value less than 1 is returned, then no image is currently displayed on the button.

This property is read-only; in order to set the image, you must use one of the specific properties.

Example:

Display("The button is currently using sprite %d.", btnPlay.Graphic);

will display btnPlay's current sprite number.

MouseOverGraphic property (button)

(Formerly part of GetButtonPic, which is now obsolete)
(Formerly part of SetButtonPic, which is now obsolete)

int Button.MouseOverGraphic;

Gets/sets the button's mouse-over sprite. This can be -1, which indicates that the button does not have a mouse-over graphic.

Example:

Display("The button's mouse-over image is sprite %d.", btnPlay.MouseOverGraphic);

will display btnPlay's mouse-over sprite number.

NormalGraphic property (button)

(Formerly part of GetButtonPic, which is now obsolete)
(Formerly part of SetButtonPic, which is now obsolete)

int Button.NormalGraphic;

Gets/sets the button's normal sprite (ie. the graphic used when the button is not pushed and the mouse is not over it).

Note that setting this to a different sprite will change the button's size to match the size of the new sprite.

Example:

Display("The button's normal image is sprite %d.", btnPlay.NormalGraphic);

will display btnPlay's normal sprite number.

PushedGraphic property (button)

(Formerly part of GetButtonPic, which is now obsolete)
(Formerly part of SetButtonPic, which is now obsolete)

int Button.PushedGraphic;

Gets/sets the button's pushed sprite (ie. the graphic used when the button is pushed in by the user). This can be -1, which indicates that the button does not have a pushed image.

Example:

Display("The button's pushed image is sprite %d.", btnPlay.PushedGraphic);

will display btnPlay's pushed sprite number.

TextColor property (button)

int Button.TextColor;

Gets/sets the text colour used to display the button's text.

If the button is displaying an image rather than text, then this property has no effect.

Example:

btnRestart.TextColor = 15;

will change button 'btnRestart' to have white text.

See Also: Button.NormalGraphic

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