Invisable Buttons

[timsta97]

How can I make a button invisible but still clickable? I had tried to use GUISetState( $hButton, 32 ), but that hides the button and dosn't make it usable. Any thoughts?

Edited August 24, 2009 by timsta97

[Yashied]

How can I make a button invisible but still clickable? I had tried to use GUISetState( $hButton, 32 ), but that hides the button and dosn't make it usable. Any thoughts?

Move the button outside the window client area. For example, to the point with coordinates (-100; -100).

[AdmiralAlkex]

Use an empty label.

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

GUICreate("Test", 640, 320)
$InvisibleButton = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 320, 0, 320, 480)
GUISetState()

While 1
    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case $InvisibleButton
            MsgBox(0, "You pressed on:", $InvisibleButton)
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

[timsta97]

Use an empty label.

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

GUICreate("Test", 640, 320)
$InvisibleButton = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 320, 0, 320, 480)
GUISetState()

While 1
    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case $InvisibleButton
            MsgBox(0, "You pressed on:", $InvisibleButton)
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

If I use a label with no text, won't it show a grey box if I put a picture in the background?

[picea892]

This should work for you. Just hide the lines

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=89034&st=0&p=639786&#entry639786

[timsta97]

I don't know, is there possibly an easier way?

[Melba23]

timsta97,

By chance I have just posted a very simple example of how to use Malkey's "invisible button" here. It is easy to do - just take a look and ask if anything is unclear. >_<

M23

[timsta97]

To me it seems like your talking to me like a child, Melba23. I only asked because I needed a faster way to do it. The UDFs that were offered were great, but time consuming to use. Thanks for all your help, but I don't need to do that task that badly.

[Melba23]

timsta97,

When picea892 showed you malkey's UDF, you asked:

is there possibly an easier way

I had a ready made script showing how easy Malkey's idea could be to implemented in a script - I thought you might be interested, so I offered it as an example. If you believe that doing so was

talking to me like a child

then I assure you it was not - it was a genuine offer of help.

I do enough talking to children (and those who act like them >_<) to do more than I must!

M23

[billthecreator]

if your putting a picture behind it. just have GUIGetMsg($picture) no button, or label, or if not

add this under the label: GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT).

Edited August 26, 2009 by billthecreator

[GEOSoft]

if your putting a picture behind it. just have GUIGetMsg($picture) no button, or label, or if not

add this under the label: GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT).

I have a hunch he's trying to do image mapping by setting a background image. Then if you click on an area in the image, it will perform a function. Personaly I think that he would be better off to embed an html page and use standard image mapping to get what he wants.

[patmo141]

if your putting a picture behind it. just have GUIGetMsg($picture) no button, or label, or if not

add this under the label: GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT).

yeah....that was easy. Thanks for this example.