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Apprentice Joined: 11 Aug 2006 Posts: 100

Excuse my ignorance on the subject but I have questions about buttons..

Right now I can basically make them display/do what I want (a few basic gauges and push buttons).

I would like to make more complex buttons.. like..

A button that would say "XXX" when a vars value is x
or would say "YYY (xyz)" when a vars value is y
etc...

I CAN do this to a limited extent with a long button name consisting of %ifs, %iskey, %member, etc... this seems hard to edit/control and kinda kludged

Am I missing something obvious?
I have not EVER used any button states, menu or multistate buttons..
I missing something obvious, I'm sure of it. Embarassed

p.s. are custom button images working in CMUD? or multicolored text on buttons?

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:16 am

There are several things it sounds like you want to do. I would suggest you post more specific examples of what you like help with. Until then you can use the #BUTTON and #GAUGE documentation to help you understand things better. You should use the package editor to create your buttons.

Apprentice Joined: 11 Aug 2006 Posts: 100

Thanks for the quick response. I only have used the package editor to create the buttons I currently have.
There is nothing really I cannot do, as I posted above. I just wondered it I was reinventing the wheel..

Here is an example of one button..
just a separator
nothing in any of the other boxes but the "name" box

%if(%iskey(@Tomspells,might),Might~(@Tomspells.might~),NO MIGHT)

Not bad, pretty quick and easy, but I have some that are much longer..

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:41 am

%if is only way to do conditional button labels that update themselves that I know of. It works, I shan't complain :)

Wizard Joined: 11 Jul 2002 Posts: 1265 Location: USA

You want a multi-state button with the button state controlled by a variable. Each state can have a different name and, a different command associated with it.

I don't know if multi-state buttons work this way in cMud yet but if you search the beta forum for my bug reports on buttons I posted a large amount on how it should work and be done with a toggle button. Toggle buttons DO work properly now and if you only have two words you want displayed a toggle is exactly what you want.