Button

Simple button with text

To create a simple button with text you should do something like this:

#![allow(unused)]
fn main() {
extern crate fyrox;
use fyrox::{
    core::pool::Handle,
    gui::{button::ButtonBuilder, widget::WidgetBuilder, UiNode, UserInterface},
};
fn create_button(ui: &mut UserInterface) -> Handle<UiNode> {
    ButtonBuilder::new(WidgetBuilder::new())
        .with_text("Click me!")
        .build(&mut ui.build_ctx())
}
}

How to create a button using custom dimensions (100x100) and custom text alignment (Vertical centered and Horizontal right aligned):

#![allow(unused)]
fn main() {
extern crate fyrox;
use fyrox::{
    core::pool::Handle,
    gui::{button::ButtonBuilder, widget::WidgetBuilder, UiNode, UserInterface, HorizontalAlignment, VerticalAlignment, text::TextBuilder},
};
fn create_button(ui: &mut UserInterface) -> Handle<UiNode> {
    ButtonBuilder::new(
        WidgetBuilder::new()
            .with_width(100.0)
            .with_height(100.0),
    )
    .with_content(
        TextBuilder::new(WidgetBuilder::new())
            .with_text("Click me!")
            .with_horizontal_text_alignment(HorizontalAlignment::Right)
            .with_vertical_text_alignment(VerticalAlignment::Center)
            .build(&mut ui.build_ctx()),
    )
    .build(&mut ui.build_ctx())
}
}

A button with image

More fancy-looking button with an image as a background could be created using this code snippet:

#![allow(unused)]
fn main() {
extern crate fyrox;
use fyrox::{
    core::pool::Handle,
    engine::resource_manager::ResourceManager,
    gui::{
        button::ButtonBuilder, image::ImageBuilder, widget::WidgetBuilder, UiNode,
        UserInterface,
    },
    utils::into_gui_texture,
};
fn create_fancy_button(ui: &mut UserInterface, resource_manager: ResourceManager) -> Handle<UiNode> {
    let ctx = &mut ui.build_ctx();

    ButtonBuilder::new(WidgetBuilder::new())
        .with_back(
            ImageBuilder::new(WidgetBuilder::new())
                .with_texture(into_gui_texture(
                    resource_manager.request_texture("path/to/your/texture"),
                ))
                .build(ctx),
        )
        .with_text("Click me!")
        .build(ctx)
}
}

Message handling

When clicked, a button sends a ButtonMessage::Click message, you can catch it in your code and do something useful:

#![allow(unused)]
fn main() {
extern crate fyrox;
use fyrox::{
    core::pool::Handle,
    event_loop::ControlFlow,
    gui::{button::ButtonMessage, message::UiMessage, UiNode},
    plugin::PluginContext,
};

struct Game {
    button: Handle<UiNode>,
}

impl Game {
    fn on_ui_message(
        &mut self,
        context: &mut PluginContext,
        message: &UiMessage,
        control_flow: &mut ControlFlow,
    ) {
        if let Some(ButtonMessage::Click) = message.data() {
            if message.destination() == self.button {
                //
                // Insert your code clicking handling code here.
                //
            }
        }
    }
}
}

Using a button to exit the game

This example shows how to create a button that will close your game.

#![allow(unused)]
fn main() {
extern crate fyrox;
use fyrox::{
    core::pool::Handle,
    event_loop::ControlFlow,
    gui::{
        button::{ButtonBuilder, ButtonMessage},
        message::UiMessage,
        text::TextBuilder,
        widget::WidgetBuilder,
        UiNode, UserInterface,
    },
    plugin::PluginContext,
};

struct Game {
    quit_button_handle: Handle<UiNode>,
}

fn create_button(ui: &mut UserInterface) -> Handle<UiNode> {
    ButtonBuilder::new(WidgetBuilder::new())
        .with_content(
            TextBuilder::new(WidgetBuilder::new())
                .with_text("Quit")
                .build(&mut ui.build_ctx()),
        )
        .build(&mut ui.build_ctx())
}

impl Game {
    fn new(ctx: PluginContext) -> Self {
        Self {
            quit_button_handle: create_button(ctx.user_interface),
        }
    }

    fn on_ui_message(
        &mut self,
        context: &mut PluginContext,
        message: &UiMessage,
        control_flow: &mut ControlFlow,
    ) {
        if let Some(ButtonMessage::Click) = message.data() {
            if message.destination() == self.quit_button_handle {
                *control_flow = ControlFlow::Exit;
            }
        }
    }
}
}