How To | Changing the color of a button using Lua scripting
Learn how to change the color of a button in a user interface by using Lua scripting, allowing you to customize the appearance of your buttons in Lua-based applications.
Procedure
This steps below describe a simple way to change the color of a button using Lua Scripting. This can be useful to visual determine the state of a controls by color.
- Drag the scripting component Text Controller into the design.
- Add a control to the Text Controller. Set the control to Toggle.
- Name the button “Btn”.
- Open the script editor. Copy this code snippet into your script:
Controls["Btn"].EventHandler = function() --This line captures the state change of the button press and runs function
if Controls["Btn"].Boolean == true then --This line looks at the button presses state to determine if true or not
Controls["Btn"].Color = "Green" --sets buttoncolor to Green when true
else
Controls["Btn"].Color = "Red" --sets button color to Red when false
end
end
Color can be applied to buttons, faders, knobs and text box colors and others .