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GuiButtonBaseCtrl Class Reference
[Button Controls]

The base class for the various button controls. More...

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Public Member Functions

string getText ()
 Get the text display on the button's label (if any).
void performClick ()
 Simulate a click on the button.
void resetState ()
 Reset the mousing state of the button.
void setStateOn (bool isOn=true)
 For toggle or radio buttons, set whether the button is currently activated or not. For radio buttons, toggling a button on will toggle all other radio buttons in its group to off.
void setText (string text)
 Set the text displayed on the button's label.
void setTextID (string id)
 Set the text displayed on the button's label using a string from the string table assigned to the control.
Callbacks

void onClick ()
 Called when the primary action of the button is triggered (e.g. by a left mouse click).
void onDoubleClick ()
 Called when the left mouse button is double-clicked on the button.
void onMouseDown ()
 If useMouseEvents is true, this is called when the left mouse button is pressed on an (active) button.
void onMouseDragged ()
 If useMouseEvents is true, this is called when a left mouse button drag is detected, i.e. when the user pressed the left mouse button on the control and then moves the mouse over a certain distance threshold with the mouse button still pressed.
void onMouseEnter ()
 If useMouseEvents is true, this is called when the mouse cursor moves over the button (only if the button is the front-most visible control, though).
void onMouseLeave ()
 If useMouseEvents is true, this is called when the mouse cursor moves off the button (only if the button had previously received an onMouseEvent() event).
void onMouseUp ()
 If useMouseEvents is true, this is called when the left mouse button is release over an (active) button.
void onRightClick ()
 Called when the right mouse button is clicked on the button.

Public Attributes

Button

GuiButtonType buttonType
 Button behavior type.
int groupNum
 Radio button toggle group number. All radio buttons that are assigned the same groupNum and that are parented to the same control will synchronize their toggle state, i.e. if one radio button is toggled on all other radio buttons in its group will be toggled off.
caseString text
 Text label to display on button (if button class supports text labels).
string textID
 ID of string in string table to use for text label on button.
bool useMouseEvents
 If true, mouse events will be passed on to script. Default is false.

Detailed Description

The base class for the various button controls.

This is the base class for the various types of button controls. If no more specific functionality is required than offered by this class, then it can be instantiated and used directly. Otherwise, its subclasses should be used:


Member Function Documentation

string GuiButtonBaseCtrl::getText (  ) 

Get the text display on the button's label (if any).

Returns:
The button's label.
void GuiButtonBaseCtrl::onClick (  ) 

Called when the primary action of the button is triggered (e.g. by a left mouse click).

void GuiButtonBaseCtrl::onDoubleClick (  ) 

Called when the left mouse button is double-clicked on the button.

void GuiButtonBaseCtrl::onMouseDown (  ) 

If useMouseEvents is true, this is called when the left mouse button is pressed on an (active) button.

void GuiButtonBaseCtrl::onMouseDragged (  ) 

If useMouseEvents is true, this is called when a left mouse button drag is detected, i.e. when the user pressed the left mouse button on the control and then moves the mouse over a certain distance threshold with the mouse button still pressed.

void GuiButtonBaseCtrl::onMouseEnter (  ) 

If useMouseEvents is true, this is called when the mouse cursor moves over the button (only if the button is the front-most visible control, though).

void GuiButtonBaseCtrl::onMouseLeave (  ) 

If useMouseEvents is true, this is called when the mouse cursor moves off the button (only if the button had previously received an onMouseEvent() event).

void GuiButtonBaseCtrl::onMouseUp (  ) 

If useMouseEvents is true, this is called when the left mouse button is release over an (active) button.

Note:
To trigger actions, better use onClick() since onMouseUp() will also be called when the mouse was not originally pressed on the button.
void GuiButtonBaseCtrl::onRightClick (  ) 

Called when the right mouse button is clicked on the button.

void GuiButtonBaseCtrl::performClick (  ) 

Simulate a click on the button.

This method will trigger the button's action just as if the button had been pressed by the user.

void GuiButtonBaseCtrl::resetState (  ) 

Reset the mousing state of the button.

This method should not generally be called.

void GuiButtonBaseCtrl::setStateOn ( bool  isOn = true  ) 

For toggle or radio buttons, set whether the button is currently activated or not. For radio buttons, toggling a button on will toggle all other radio buttons in its group to off.

Parameters:
isOn If true, the button will be toggled on (if not already); if false, it will be toggled off.
Note:
Toggling the state of a button with this method will not not trigger the action associated with the button. To do that, use performClick().

Reimplemented in GuiCheckBoxCtrl.

void GuiButtonBaseCtrl::setText ( string  text  ) 

Set the text displayed on the button's label.

Parameters:
text The text to display as the button's text label.
Note:
Not all buttons render text labels.
See also:
getText
setTextID
void GuiButtonBaseCtrl::setTextID ( string  id  ) 

Set the text displayed on the button's label using a string from the string table assigned to the control.

Parameters:
id Name of the variable that contains the integer string ID. Used to look up string in table.
Note:
Not all buttons render text labels.
See also:
setText
getText
GuiControl::langTableMod
LangTable

Internationalization


Member Data Documentation

Button behavior type.

Radio button toggle group number. All radio buttons that are assigned the same groupNum and that are parented to the same control will synchronize their toggle state, i.e. if one radio button is toggled on all other radio buttons in its group will be toggled off.

The default group is -1.

Text label to display on button (if button class supports text labels).

ID of string in string table to use for text label on button.

See also:
setTextID
GuiControl::langTableMod
LangTable

If true, mouse events will be passed on to script. Default is false.



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