WoWInterface - Create a Button

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kenuvis

11-26-09 03:30 PM

Create a Button

Its so simple, but i am to silly.

i want simply create a button in lua using that:

Code:

        local button = CreateFrame("Button", "only_for_testing", mainframe)

        button:SetPoint("CENTER", mainframe, "CENTER", 0, 0)

        button:SetWidth(200)

        button:SetHeight(50)

        

        button:SetText("My Test")

        button:SetNormalFontObject("GameFontNormalSmall")

        

        button:SetNormalTexture("Interface/Buttons/UI-Panel-Button-Up")

        button:SetHighlightTexture("Interface/Buttons/UI-Panel-Button-Highlight")

        button:SetPushedTexture("Interface/Buttons/UI-Panel-Button-Down")

I see the button but the text is set to the bottomleft of the button and it seems so, i can do, whatever i want, i dont get it to the center of the button.

kenuvis

11-28-09 07:37 AM

here is my quick'n'dirty solution, but......its not realy fine.

Code:

        local fo = button:CreateFontString()

        fo:SetFont("Fonts/FRIZQT__.TTF",12)

        fo:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", button, "TOPLEFT", 200/6,-50/4)

        fo:SetText("test")

        button:SetFontString(fo)

Commands like fo:SetJustifyH will have no effekt and so, I must move it this stupid way. Hopefully, you have a better solution.

PS: I see, the button has not the size (200x50) it should have, so the text is in the middle, but the button is not right, wtf !

Xrystal

11-28-09 09:01 AM

I don't recall ever having font alignment problems on my buttons but what I always did was use a pre-defined font type on it which may have been set up correctly.

After creating the button and setting the buttons features I would then do the following:

Code:

button:SetDisabledFontObject(GameFontDisable)

button:SetHighlightFontObject(GameFontHighlight)

button:SetNormalFontObject(GameFontNormal)

kenuvis

11-28-09 10:04 AM

So, i have it all right, I must scale the texture of the Button.

here is the working script for all other having this problem:

Code:

        local button = CreateFrame("Button", nil, mainframe)

        button:SetPoint("CENTER", mainframe, "CENTER", 0, 0)

        button:SetWidth(200)

        button:SetHeight(50)

        

        button:SetText("test")

        button:SetNormalFontObject("GameFontNormal")

        

        local ntex = button:CreateTexture()

        ntex:SetTexture("Interface/Buttons/UI-Panel-Button-Up")

        ntex:SetTexCoord(0, 0.625, 0, 0.6875)

        ntex:SetAllPoints()        

        button:SetNormalTexture(ntex)

        

        local htex = button:CreateTexture()

        htex:SetTexture("Interface/Buttons/UI-Panel-Button-Highlight")

        htex:SetTexCoord(0, 0.625, 0, 0.6875)

        htex:SetAllPoints()

        button:SetHighlightTexture(htex)

        

        local ptex = button:CreateTexture()

        ptex:SetTexture("Interface/Buttons/UI-Panel-Button-Down")

        ptex:SetTexCoord(0, 0.625, 0, 0.6875)

        ptex:SetAllPoints()

        button:SetPushedTexture(ptex)

Xrystal

11-28-09 10:16 AM

Cool, glad you got it all sorted.

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