Button

A button players can click on. Inherits all properties from Label.

Tips

If you set the labelText to a value starting with # the corresponding translated string will be looked up and displayed instead. Try to keep in mind that strings in other languages can have different lengths.

Properties

Properties Inherited from Button

• command: Determines which argument to use on the OnCommand event when pressed.
• default: A boolean that determines if this button is to be activated when the user presses the enter or space bar keys. Only one such button can exist.
• selected: A boolean that determines if this button appears to have been selected.
• sound_armed: Determines what sound the button makes when hovered over.
• sound_depressed: Determines what sound the button makes when pressed upon.
• sound_released: Determines what sound the button makes when released
• defaultFgColor_override: Button specific foreground color option.
• defaultBgColor_override: Button specific foreground color option.
• armedFgColor_override: Foreground color when hovering.
• armedBgColor_override: Background color when hovering.
• depressedFgColor_override: Foreground color when depressed.
• depressedBgColor_override: Background color when depressed.
• selectedFgColor_override: Foreground color when selected.
• selectedBgColor_override: Background color when selected.
• keyboardFocusColor_override: Color when element has keyboard focus.
• blinkFgColor_override: Color when blinking.

Properties Inherited from Label

• labelText: Determines the text that the label will display.
• textAlignment: Determines the alignment of the label. Valid values are north-west, north, north-east, west, center, east, south-west, south and south-east.
• associate: Allows the label to be associated with another control. Fill in the fieldName of the element you want to focus on when this label is clicked.
• dulltext: A boolean that determines if text should be displayed in a dull manner. Cannot be used together with brighttext.
• brighttext: A boolean that determines if text should be displayed in a bright manner. Cannot be used together with dulltext.
• font: Determines the font used by the label. Use the font name as defined in the SourceScheme.res file.
• wrap: Determines if your label wraps around the available space.
• centerwrap: Same as above, except it also works for centered text.
• textinsetx: Additional horizontal offset space from whichever side it is aligned.
• textinsety: Additional vertical offset space from whichever side it is aligned.
• disabledfgcolor2_override: Sets the foreground color when the label is disabled.

Properties Inherited from Panel

• fieldName: Determines the name of the control.
• xpos: Determines the horizontal offset from the top left (by default) of the parent panel.
• ypos: Determines the vertical offset from the top left (by default) of the parent panel.
• wide: Determines the width of the control.
• tall: Determines the height of the control.
• zpos: Determines the depth of the panel. Deeper panels are drawn first. Lower numbers = deeper.
• pinCorner: The pinned corner is the one positioned at xpos/ypos. Values are: TOPLEFT (default), TOPRIGHT, BOTTOMLEFT, BOTTOMRIGHT
• pinnedCornerOffsetX:
• pinnedCornerOffsetY:
• unpinnedCornerOffsetX:
• unpinnedCornerOffsetY:
• visible: Determines if the control will be drawn.
• enabled: Determines if the control is enabled. Used by controls higher up the chain (like Buttons).
• ignoreScheme:
• tabPosition: Determines the tab order of the control.
• tooltiptext: Determines the tooltip text to show when you hover over this control.
• paintbackground: Paint the background color of this control.
• paintBackgroundType:
• paintborder: Paint the border of this control.
• autoResize: Sets which edges of the panel can be resized. Values are: 0 (NO, default), 1 (RIGHT), 2 (DOWN), 3 (DOWNANDRIGHT)
• fgcolor_override: Sets the foreground color
• bgcolor_override: Sets the background color

Example

"Button"
{
	"ControlName"		"Button"
	"fieldName"		"Button"
	"xpos"			"120"
	"ypos"			"20"
	"wide"			"82"
	"tall"			"24"
	"autoResize"		"0"
	"pinCorner"		"3"
	"visible"		"1"
	"enabled"		"1"
	"tabPosition"		"2"
	"labelText"		"#Button_Text"
	"textAlignment"		"west"
	"dulltext"		"0"
	"brighttext"		"0"
	"wrap"			"0"
}

See Also

• https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Understanding_VGUI2_Resource_Files#Button