User:NXTBoy/Scripts/GUI
A Gui framework. Untested.
function StringAndTableReciever(f, defaultString)
return function(stringOrTable)
if type(stringOrTable) == "string" then
return function(t) return f(stringOrTable, t) end
else
return f(defaultString, stringOrTable)
end
end
end
function instanceMaker(object, init)
return StringAndTableReciever(function(name, properties)
local i = Instance.new(object)
for prop, value in pairs(properties) do
if type(prop) == "function" then
i[prop]:connect(function(...)
return prop(b, ...)
end)
end
end
(init or function() end)(i)
return i
end, object)
end
HGroup = StringAndTableReciever(function(name, item)
local group = Instance.new("Frame")
group.Name = name
--Space out children
local xSize = 1 / #items
for x, item in ipairs(items) do
if type(item) == "function" then
item = item({})
end
item.Size = UDim2.new(xSize, 0, 1, 0)
item.Position = UDim2.new(xSize*(x - 1), 0, 0, 0)
item.Parent = group
end
--Return the container
return group
end, "Horizontal Group")
VGroup = StringAndTableReciever(function(name, item)
local group = Instance.new("Frame")
group.Name = name
--Space out children
local ySize = 1 / #items
for y, item in ipairs(items) do
if type(item) == "function" then
item = item({})
end
item.Size = UDim2.new(1, 0, ySize, 0)
item.Position = UDim2.new(0, 0, ySize*(y - 1), 0)
item.Parent = group
end
--Return the container
return group
end
Button = instanceMaker("TextButton", function(self)
self.Text = self.Name
end)
Text = instanceMaker("TextLabel", function(self)
self.Text = self.Name
end)
Example usage:
VGroup "Window" {
Text "Hello" {FontSize = Enum.FontSize.Size24},
Text "Are you sure you want to do this?",
HGroup "Controls" {
Button "Yes" {MouseButton1Click = function(b) print("Yes clicked!") end},
Button "No" {MouseButton1Click = function(b) print("No clicked!") end}
}
}
