All Me Buttons Are Broke

Solar2D Widgets
#1

Downloaded the latest build as I wanted to have a play with iCloud but all my widget buttons are not displaying properly in any of my apps.

Is there something I can quickly do to fix them ?

Some of my buttons are text only and some are my own images.

Dave

#2

Downloaded the latest build as I wanted to have a play with iCloud but all my widget buttons are not displaying properly in any of my apps.

Is there something I can quickly do to fix them ?

Some of my buttons are text only and some are my own images.

Dave

Please see the migration guide from widget v1 > widget v2.0: http://docs.coronalabs.com/daily/api/library/widget/migration.html

Also the new widget button docs: http://docs.coronalabs.com/daily/api/library/widget/newButton.html

Finally the widget 2.0 docs: http://docs.coronalabs.com/daily/api/library/widget/

Properties changed names, etc.

#3

Well them links offered no help at all.

Am getting grey buttons with black borders on all my buttons, even ones with graphics.

I changed default to defaultFile, didn’t effect anything.

Only renewed last week and am slowly losing the will to live!

Dave

#4

Can you show me some code please?

Also what daily build are you using?

#5 
      adWilliamHill = widget.newButton{         defaultfile = "images/williamhill.png",         width = 400,         height = 90,         onRelease = adWilliamHill\_Click     }     adWilliamHill.x = display.contentCenterX     adWilliamHill.y = 10
#6 
      local characterShopButton = widget.newButton{         label = "Character shop",         font = "Dadhand",         labelColor = { default={ 0, 0, 0, 255 }, over={ 255 } },         defaultColor = { 255, 255, 255, 255 },         overColor = { 255, 255, 255, 200 },         strokeColor = { 102,102,255, 255 },         strokeWidth = 0,         emboss = true,         width = 160,         height = 44,         fontSize = 24,         onRelease = characterShopButton\_Click     }     characterShopButton.x = storyboard.globals.leftX + 120     characterShopButton.y = storyboard.globals.topY + 120
#7

You have defaultfile not defaultFile. In that example

#8

This bottom post is how my apps currently use widgets.

Sorry for multiple posts, wouldnt let me put them in one.

Dave

#9

Creating buttons via vector objects was removed and replaced with 9 slice button creation. 

Also, if you are on a deadline and don’t have time to migrate right now, you can still use the old widget library: https://github.com/coronalabs/widget-v1

#10

Ok fixed the first one, thanks.

What do you mean via vector objects ?

That button is just text with no graphics.

Dave

#11

By vector objects I am specifically talking about: defaultColor, overColor, strokeWidth.

Currently with widget 2.0 if you want to create a text only button you have to provide a transparent image that matches your texts width/height. Plans for text only buttons are in the works

#12

Anyway I can use the old widgets or are we forced to widgets 2 ?

Dave

#13

You can still use the old widget library if you wish:

https://github.com/coronalabs/widget-v1

Hope all this helps.

#14

It’s not if I want, I have no choice.

There is now way am going through every button and creating a graphic for it.

EDIT: That works perfectly, all my buttons are back. Thanks.

Dave

#15

I am aiming to add support back for text only buttons in widget v2.0 very shortly. 

We weren’t aware that it was a commonly used feature whilst developing widget 2.0.

Sorry for any inconvenience, I presume this is the only issue have have preventing you from using widget 2.0?

#16

Any new app I would use Widgets 2.0 but for older apps, it’s too much hassle to change them.

Dave

#17

Hit another problem :frowning:

I use steppers in this app and widget-v1.lua doesn’t have them.

Can anyone remember what build they where added in ?

I need to make a quick mod to a old game and will just download that build to do it.

EDIT: Think I will be ok with 1033, widgets 2.0 appeared in 1034.

Cheers,

Dave

#18

Just a quick update on this now I have had more time to think and have a play with my code.

I am using the latest public release, so I didn’t need to go back to 1033 as I said above.

For my scenes that used text buttons with no background I used widget-v1, for everything else I used widget 2.0. The reason I used buttons with no background was I used a custom font that looks like handwriting. The buttons then look like writing and not a button (hard to understand but look up “Winning Post” on the app store and see the titlescreen screen shot).

Luckily on the scenes that used steppers I didn’t have text buttons, they where graphics. So just a quick change from default to defaultFile (capital F, thanks Danny!).

The other thing that tripped me up on a older app was I was using -

OnRelease = mybuttonEvent

Then in mybuttonEvent, the first line was -

if event.type == “release”

But for widget 2.0 I had to change it to == “began”

Hope this helps.

Dave

#19

Downloaded the latest build as I wanted to have a play with iCloud but all my widget buttons are not displaying properly in any of my apps.

Is there something I can quickly do to fix them ?

Some of my buttons are text only and some are my own images.

Dave

Please see the migration guide from widget v1 > widget v2.0: http://docs.coronalabs.com/daily/api/library/widget/migration.html

Also the new widget button docs: http://docs.coronalabs.com/daily/api/library/widget/newButton.html

Finally the widget 2.0 docs: http://docs.coronalabs.com/daily/api/library/widget/

Properties changed names, etc.

#20

Well them links offered no help at all.

Am getting grey buttons with black borders on all my buttons, even ones with graphics.

I changed default to defaultFile, didn’t effect anything.

Only renewed last week and am slowly losing the will to live!

Dave