- This module is made for making better elements for LuaRT.
- It's less buggy than betterElements and more powerful.
- Docs
⚠️ | Supports LuaRT 1.9.0, probably does not work in older versions.
- If you only need Update function you can use
betterUI:forceUpdateWithoutWindow(). You can manually add Window withbetterUI.currentlyEditingWindow. canvas:onMouseUp(x,y,b)does not work on LuaRT 2.0.1 x64,confirmed by Sam. You can useUser32.dllviaCmodule of LuaRT to access user inputs. See the example at docs/C.md.
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You can use onHover,onLeave,onMouseUp,onClick, and onRightClick on any element,unlike betterElements.
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New Brush object for creating easy gradient and image brushes.
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New Color object for easy use of colors.
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New Event object for easy event handling and interact with elements.
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New Enum object for easy use of pre-defined constants.
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Much better syntax for understanding.
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Much better global betterUI.
- It's so easy to use,just require it from your main script.
require("betterUI")
local Win = Window{
name = "BetterUI";
x = 0;
y = 0;
width = 300;
height = 300;
style = Enum.WindowStyle.Fixed;
visible = true;
bgcolor = "#000000FF";
}
-- Returns LuaRT Window Object.
Win:center()
local label = Label{
x = 10;
y = 0;
textcolor = "#FFFFFFFF";
font = "Arial";
fontsize = 35;
fontweight = 400;
visible = true;
text = "BetterUI Example";
stroke = 2;
strokecolor = "#119600FF";
}
-- Returns Control_Table of Label. It's a table that controls properties of the label not the object because canvas:print() returns void.
label:center()
label.onHover = function()
print(MousePosition())
end
--Event and Enum are global objects of BetterUI.
Event:onFire(Enum.EmbeddedEvents.windowOnKey, function(key)
if key == "VK_ESCAPE" then
betterUI:kill() --Kills all objects.
end
end)
Update(function(dt) --Using internal timer of LuaRT. (sys.clock)
local fps = math.floor(1000 / dt)
Win:status("FPS: " .. fps)
end)- Nearly all elements using same system for creating and editing,for example:
local ELEMENT = Element{
x = 0;
y = 0;
width = 100;
height = 100;
visible = true;
bgcolor = "#000000FF";
textcolor = "#FFFFFFFF"; -- If element has text.
text = "Hello"; -- If element has text.
font = "Arial"; -- If element has text.
fontsize = 12; -- If element has text.
fontweight = 400; -- If element has text.
fontstyle = "normal"; -- If element has text.
stroke = 2; -- If element is Label,if not you need to use Border element.
strokecolor = "#119600FF"; -- If element is Label,if not you need to use Border element.
radius = 10;
zindex = 0; -- Almost all elements have zindex.
}