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Show/Hide a GUI button

by Robert S. · in Torque Game Engine · 11/06/2005 (9:24 am) · 3 replies

Hi,
I have a GuiBitmapButtonCtrl in my playerGUI.gui which doesn't always have to be visible. Depending on the content of the scene, it can be visible or hidden.

Please tell me how I can control it via script. I tried the following, but it doesn't work:

playerGui.gui:
.........................
$Button_ToShowHide = new GuiBitmapButtonCtrl() {......}
.........................
in my server script I tried the following, but without success because $Button_ToShowHide is null:
$Button_ToShowHide.visible = true; or
$Button_ToShowHide.visible = false;

Thank you.
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Torque Owner Kevin Johnson
#1
11/06/2005 (11:00 am)
This should be enough to get ya started
www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=resource&page=view&qid=1839

Torque 3D Owner James Spellman
#2
11/07/2005 (8:08 am)
Have you tried:

new GuiBitmapButtonCtrl( Button_ToShowHide) {
  ...
  visible = "0";  // not seen by default
};

elsewhere...

Button_ToShowHide.setVisible( true);

GuiControl's setVisible method not only sets the visibility state, but also sets its update flag and a couple other things. You might also want to call setActive( false) so that your user can't click on an invisible button. Watch out for a bug, though. Some controls can get stuck if they're disabled while in a mouse-down state.

Torque Owner Robert S.
#3
11/08/2005 (5:24 am)
Thank you very much for your answers. They really helped me.