Button UI Control

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A button control is used to place a press button on the rollout which the user can click, typically to perform some task.

The syntax is:

button <name> [<caption>] [images:<image_spec_array>] [toolTip:<string>] [border:<boolean>] [iconName:<filename> iconSize:<point3>]

The default alignment of button items is #center .

EXAMPLE:

rollout test_buttons "Testing Buttons"
(
  button theButton iconName:@"PolyTools\TransformTools\PB_CW" iconSize:[20,20]
  button theBorderlessButton "I am a button, too!" border:false
  on theButton pressed do
    messagebox "Remember: Never press unknown buttons!"
)
createDialog test_buttons 150 60

Parameters:

images:

An image-specification array for providing bitmap images for the button. If this is specified, the <caption> is ignored and the contents of the button are replaced with the bitmaps.

See Image Buttons for details

toolTip:

Provides text for a tooltip for the button; there is no tooltip if not supplied.

border:

When set to true or not specified, the button will be drawn with a border. This was the default behavior prior to 3ds Max 2009.

When set to false, the button will be drawn without a border, making it one with the UI background. If the button is enabled, the border will appear when the button is pressed, or upon mouseover.

iconName:

The filename of an icon to use as an image on the button. If iconName is specified, the caption is ignored. The iconSize specifies the iconName size at 100% DPI scaling. If not specified, the default [24,24] is assumed.

iconSize:

The size of the icon specified by iconName at 100% DPI scaling.

Properties:

<button>.images <Array>

Sets the image-specification array for the button.

This property is write-only.

Setting the value to undefined will set the control back to displaying its caption rather than images in .

See Image Buttons for details

<button>.tooltip <String>

Gets or sets the tooltip string of the button.

EXAMPLE:

rollout test "Test"
(
  button btn_test "Test" tooltip:"This is a tooltip"
)
createDialog test
--> Rollout:test
--> true
test.btn_test.tooltip -- get the tooltip string
--> "This is a tooltip"
test.btn_test.tooltip = "Now you can get and set the tooltip!"
--> "Now you can get and set the tooltip!"
test.btn_test.tooltip -- get the new tooltip string
--> "Now you can get and set the tooltip!"

Events

on <button> pressed do <expr>

Called when the user clicks the button.

on <button> rightclick do <expr>

Called when the right mouse button is released over the button.

Button UI Control

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