How do you turn a button into a different colour when its pressed?

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I've added a button, what I want it to do is simply toggle between true and false and have it change colour to indicate that when pressed.

How do you do that?

[hpkeong]

Hi

Each button has many variable for you to control:

- PressedFill

- PressedColor

You can make changes over the color as you wish.

TQ

[CarlosFigueira]

If you want to change the color of the button while it's pressed, you can change the PressedColor (for the font color) and PressedFill (for the background color) of the button.

If you want to use the button as a toggle so that anytime it is pressed it will change the color of either the button itself or another control, you can use a context variable that is toggled in the OnSelect handler of the button. For example, if you want to use the button to toggle the color of itself and another control (say, a text box), you would use those formulas:

Button1.OnSelect: UpdateContext({ toggleValue: !toggleValue })
Button1.Color: If(toggleValue, Color.White, Color.Yellow)
Button1.Fill: If(toggleValue, Color.Blue, Color.Green)
TextBox1.Color: If(toggleValue, Color.Black, Color.White)
TextBox1.Fill: If(toggleValue, Color.White, Color.Black)

[MarkieRMT]

You can find the options mentioned by the other users by:

• selecting the button
• going to 'View'
• click on 'Advanced'
• in the advanced-section, click on the small arrow at the bottom of the section

[Anonymous]

It came up with an error, I copy and pasted it into the Action On Select part.

Thanks for you help everyone with this

[hpkeong]

Hi

You might have misunderstood Carlos.

1. Select the Button (which you wish to click), you can see OnSelect (Left Hand Side pane), and fill-in

UpdateContext({togglevalue: !togglevalue}) next to the box of fx.b

2. On the Left Pane again, look for Color & Fill and fill-in as:

Color (of the font inside the Button)...box next to fx: If(togglevalue, Color.White, Color. Yello})...or any color you wish

Fill... (fill of the Button)...box next to fx: If(togglevalue, Color.Green, Color.Red).....or any color you wish

TextBox1 (Color, Color, Border,...). as above

and any other.

You can change almost everything as long the you had accomplished No. 1: UpdateContext({togglevalue: !togglevalue}).

Note:

1. togglevalue is a Context Variable, you assign to the Button to toggle true and false when you click.

2. ! means reverse to the first value. If true, then false, if false, then true, and vice versa.

3. This Context Variable only works in the SAME SCREEN.

3. If(togglervalue,....) here togglevalue measn true

Hope this can clarify the whole scenario from Carlos.

[Anonymous]

Bugger, I realy don't know what I'm doing here. I think I made a mess of it :0(

[hpkeong]

Hi

I did more mistake than you and misunderstood of what they said initially.

If you are catching up faster than be before.

Keep it up....Will always share to learn together.

Have a beautiful Sunday.

(Listen to Bonnie M)

[JC75]

Ok how woud you expand this to cycle through say 3 colours? I have a round shape, that each time the user selects it, i want it to cycle through Green, Orange, Red.

[hpkeong]

Hi @JC75

You have to use:

- Timer

- Set the Circle.Fill = 

            If(Timer1_1.Value <= 1000, Color.Green, Timer1_1.Value > 1000 && Timer1_1.Value <= 2000, Color.Orange, Color.Red)

Then, set your own Duration, Repeat, Autostart, ....

Example: Circle.OnSelect = UpdateContext({clickme1: !clickme1})

where clickme1 is the variable for Timer1_1

- Timer1_1.Start = clickme1.

Anyway, it is up to you to design.

Click on circle, and start

Hope this helps.

TQ