CreateButton

The button widget can be used to create push buttons, checkboxes, radio buttons, and toolbar items. Buttons emit a WIDGETACTION event when pushed. Some styles use the widget state to indicate whether they are selected.

Syntax

Widget CreateButton(string text, number x, number y, number width, number height, Widget parent, number style = BUTTON_DEFAULT)

Parameter	Description
text	widget text
x	widget x position
y	widget y position
width	widget width
height	widget height
parent	parent widget
style	optional button style, can be any combination of BUTTON_CANCEL, BUTTON_CHECKBOX, BUTTON_RADIO, BUTTON_OK, BUTTON_TOGGLE, and BUTTON_TOOLBAR.

Returns

Returns a new button object.

Example

--Get the displays
local displays = GetDisplays()

--Create a window
local window = CreateWindow("Ultra Engine", 0, 0, 800, 600, displays[1], WINDOW_TITLEBAR | WINDOW_CENTER)

--Create User Interface
local ui = CreateInterface(window)

--Create buttons
local sz = window:ClientSize()
local x = (sz.x - 120) / 2
local y = 50
local sep = 40

local button = CreateButton("Button", x, y, 120, 30, ui.background)
y = y + sep

local toggle = CreateButton("Toggle", x, y, 120, 30, ui.background, BUTTON_TOGGLE)
y = y + sep

local toolbar = CreateButton("Toolbar", x, y, 120, 30, ui.background, BUTTON_TOOLBAR)
y = y + sep

local checkbox = CreateButton("Checkbox", x, y, 120, 30, ui.background, BUTTON_CHECKBOX)
y = y + sep

local radio1 = CreateButton("Option 1", x, y, 120, 30, ui.background, BUTTON_RADIO)
radio1:SetState(true)

y = y + sep
local radio2 = CreateButton("Option 2", x, y, 120, 30, ui.background, BUTTON_RADIO)

while true do
    local ev = WaitEvent()
    if ev.id == EVENT_WIDGETACTION then
        Print(Widget(ev.source).text)
    elseif ev.id == EVENT_WINDOWCLOSE then
        return 0
    end
end