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tobloef
tobloef

Reputation: 1891

Change font color of TextButton on click?

I've read some tutorials and documentation on scene2d's UI capabilities, but I can't quite figure out how the skins work. I simply want a TextButton that changes color when pressed. I managed to get the background of the TextButton to change, but that's not what I wanted. It should have no background.

I would be very grateful if anyone could provide an example of how this could be done. It seems very simple, so I think I'm missing something obvious here. If a skin is involved, please write it programmatically.

Thank you.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3111

Answers (2)

Betalord
Betalord

Reputation: 129

You can also tint it, but the effect depends on the base color (if it is white, then it works perfectly, else it depends). Anyway, it's done like this:

button.getLabel().setColor(myColor);

Upvotes: 0

tobloef
tobloef

Reputation: 1891

Turns out it was as simple as I thought, it just didn't work when I tried it the first time.

When defining the TextButtonStyle you can assign downFontColor the color you want your text to be while it is being pressed. You can also assign checkedFontColor the color you want the text toggle between when pressed.

Example:

TextButtonStyle textButtonStyle = new TextButtonStyle();
textButtonStyle.font = someBitmapFont;
textButtonStyle.fontColor = Color.WHITE;
textButtonStyle.downFontColor = Color.BLACK;
//Optional color to toggle between when pressed
textButtonStyle.checkedFontColor = Color.GREEN;
final TextButton textButton = new TextButton("Text", textButtonStyle);

This will produce a white TextButton that turns black when it is pressed. When the mouse/touch is released it'll either turn green or white, depending on the state of the toggle.

Upvotes: 8

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