Button:constructor(parent, caption, [x], [y], [width], [height])constructor


The Button constructor returns a Button value representing a push button on the parent object.

Parameters

parent

An object that will own the Button. Parent objects can be any of Window, Groupbox, TabItem and Panel

caption

A string representing the Button's text.

[x]

An optional number that indicates the Button horizontal position, in pixels. Zero means the left border of the parent.

[y]

An optional number that indicates the Button vertical position, in pixels. Zero means the top border of the parent.

[width]

An optional number that indicates the Button width in pixels, autosized to fit text content if omitted.

[height]

An optional number that indicates the Button height in pixels, autosized to fit text content if omitted.

Return value

The constructor returns a new Button instance.

Example

--! luart-extensions import ui -- create a simple Window local win = ui.Window("Button.constructor() sample", 320, 200) -- create a Button on this window, with "LuaRT" as text, at the x position 130, and y position 80 local button = ui.Button(win, "LuaRT", 130, 80) win:show() -- update the user interface until the user closes the Window repeat ui.update() until not win.visible