LuaContainerProto

This type represents the prototype for control containers, encapsulating all of its fields and methods.

This is just a prototype and must be constructed into a LuaContainerControl. You may use self inside any overridden methods to access the underlying LuaContainerControl.

__call

Constructor

Constructs the control container prototype.

Arguments

None

Returns

Type	Description
LuaContainerProto	The prototype

Example

local proto = gui.LuaContainerProto()

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onControlAdded

MethodOverridable

Called whenever a control is added to this container.

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
control	Control	The new control

Returns

Nothing.

Example

function proto:onControlAdded(control)
    local element = control:Cast() -- Cast to underlying type (checkbox, slider ...)
    
    if control.type == gui.ControlType.CHECKBOX then
        element:GetValue():Set(true) -- Initialize all checkboxes inside this container with true.
        self:Reset()
    end
end

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onControlRemoved

MethodOverridable

Called whenever a control is removed from this container.

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
control	Control	The old control

Returns

Nothing.

Example

function proto:onControlRemoved(control)
    print('Removed:', control:GetLabel().text)
end

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onRenderPostChildren

MethodOverridable

Called after all children have been rendered.

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
contents	Layer	The main drawing layer
scrollbar	Layer	The secondary drawing layer
mins	Vec2	The top left corner of the container
maxs	Vec2	The bottom right corner of the container

Returns

Nothing.

Example

function proto:onRenderPostChildren(contents, _, mins, maxs)
    contents:AddRect(draw.Rect(mins, maxs), draw.color.Black():ModA(0.5))
end