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UIButton

A UIControl for a button, should be inside client context. Inherits from UIControl.

Properties

Property Name Return Type Description Tags
text string Returns the button's label text. Read-Write
fontSize integer Returns the font size of the label text. Read-Write
isInteractable boolean Returns whether the Button can interact with the cursor (click, hover, etc). Read-Write
shouldClipToSize boolean Whether or not the button and its shadow should be clipped when exceeding the bounds of this control. Read-Write
shouldScaleToFit boolean Whether or not the button's label should scale down to fit within the bounds of this control. Read-Write

Functions

Function Name Return Type Description Tags
GetButtonColor() Color Gets the button's default color. None
SetButtonColor(Color) None Sets the button's default color. None
GetHoveredColor() Color Gets the button's color when hovered. None
SetHoveredColor(Color) None Sets the button's color when hovered. None
GetPressedColor() Color Gets the button's color when pressed. None
SetPressedColor(Color) None Sets the button's color when pressed. None
GetDisabledColor() Color Gets the button's color when it's not interactable. None
SetDisabledColor(Color) None Sets the button's color when it's not interactable. None
GetFontColor() Color Gets the font's color. None
SetFontColor(Color) None Sets the font's color. None
SetImage(string brushMUID) None Sets the image to a new MUID. You can get this MUID from an Asset Reference. None
SetFont(string fontId) None Sets the button's text to use the specified font asset. None
GetShadowColor() Color Returns the color of the button's drop shadow. None
SetShadowColor(Color) None Sets the color of the button's drop shadow. None
GetShadowOffset() Vector2 Returns the offset of the button's drop shadow in UI space. None
SetShadowOffset(Vector2) None Sets the offset of the button's drop shadow in UI space. None

Events

Event Name Return Type Description Tags
clickedEvent Event<UIButton> Fired when button is clicked. This triggers on mouse-button up, if both button-down and button-up events happen inside the button hitbox. None
pressedEvent Event<UIButton> Fired when button is pressed. (mouse button down) None
releasedEvent Event<UIButton> Fired when button is released. (mouse button up) None
hoveredEvent Event<UIButton> Fired when button is hovered. None
unhoveredEvent Event<UIButton> Fired when button is unhovered. None

Examples

Example using:

clickedEvent

pressedEvent

releasedEvent

hoveredEvent

unhoveredEvent

text

This example will demonstrate how you can listen for the various events of a UI button object. This example will also show you how to change the text in a UI Button by using the text property of the UI Button.

-- Make the cursor visible
UI.SetCursorVisible(true)

--Allow the cursor to interact with UI
UI.SetCanCursorInteractWithUI(true)

-- Get the UI button object so that its events can be listened to
local propUIButton = script:GetCustomProperty("UIButton"):WaitForObject()

-- This function will be called whenever the button is click
function OnClick(button)
    print("The button has been pressed")
end

-- This function will be called whenever the player presses down on the button
function OnPress(button)
    -- Change the text displayed by the button
    button.text = "Button is being held"
end

-- This function will be called whenever the player releases their mouse after having
-- held it down over the button
function OnRelease(button)
    -- Change the text displayed by the button
    button.text = "Button was released"
end

-- This function will be called whenever the mouse passes over the button
function OnHover(button)
    -- Change the text displayed by the button
    button.text = "Mouse is over button"
end

-- This function will be called whenever your mouse passes off of the button
function OnUnhover(button)
    -- Change the text displayed by the button
    button.text = "Mouse off of button"
end

-- Bind the "OnClick" function to the "clickedEvent" of the button so that clicking on the
-- button fires the "OnClick" function
propUIButton.clickedEvent:Connect(OnClick)

-- Bind the "OnPress" function to the "pressedEvent" of the button so that the "OnPress" function
-- is fired immediately after the mouse is held down and on top of the button
propUIButton.pressedEvent:Connect(OnPress)

-- Bind the "OnRelease" function to the "releasedEvent" of the button. This will cause the "OnRelease" function
-- to be fired whenever the left mouse button is released while the mouse is above the button
propUIButton.releasedEvent:Connect(OnRelease)

-- Bind the "OnHover" function to the "hoverEvent" of the button. This will cause the "OnHover" function to be
-- fired whenever the mouse passes over the button.
propUIButton.hoveredEvent:Connect(OnHover)

-- Bind the "OnUnhover" function to the "unhoveredEvent" of the button. THis will cause the "OnUnhover" function to
-- be fired whenever the mouse leaves the button.
propUIButton.unhoveredEvent:Connect(OnUnhover)

See also: CoreObject.GetCustomProperty | UI.SetCursorVisible


Example using:

SetButtonColor

unhoveredEvent

This example will will show you how to change the color of a button by using the SetButtonColor method. It's important to remember that colors in Core use red, gree, and blue values between 0 and 1 as opposed to values between 0 and 255.

-- Make the cursor visible
UI.SetCursorVisible(true)

--Allow the cursor to interact with UI
UI.SetCanCursorInteractWithUI(true)

-- Get the UI Button object
local propUIButton = script:GetCustomProperty("UIButton"):WaitForObject()

-- The button will switch to this color when the mouse leaves the button
local MouseOffColor = Color.New(0.5, 0.2, 0.4)

-- This function will be called whenever the mouse leaves the button and set
-- the color of the button to the color of "MouseOffColor"
function OnUnhover(button)
    button:SetButtonColor(MouseOffColor)
end

-- Bind the "OnUnhover" function to the "unhoveredEvent" of the button. THis will cause the "OnUnhover" function to
-- be fired whenever the mouse leaves the button
propUIButton.unhoveredEvent:Connect(OnUnhover)

See also: Color.New | CoreObject.GetCustomProperty | UI.SetCursorVisible


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Last update: October 8, 2021