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GUI Text Backdrop not showing up?

So normally you would see a backdrop behind GuiTextCtrl or GuiMLTextCtrl correct? Sort of a darker blue of the default gui color.

For some reason, I'm not seeing it at all and I've tried everything. I'm working with tabs and well, I'm just getting frustrated cause I would like the backdrop to show.

I've tried layers, I've tried shadow, and just about everything else I could think of.

Any ideas what is wrong?

(And I know I don't need the 'this.' etc stuff but like I said, I was trying anything to get results.)

PHP Code:


		
			
//-------- Tab 1: :P --------//

    new GuiControl(Tab){

      profile    = GuiBlueControlProfile;

      x = 0;

      y = 50;

      width = 366;

      height = 300;

      

      

      //Buttons

      new GuiButtonCtrl("T1_BUTTON-XXXXXXX"){

        this.profile = GuiBlueButtonProfile;

        this.x = 15;

        this.y = 220;

        this.width = 110;

        this.height = 20;

        this.text = "---------";

      }

      new GuiButtonCtrl("T1_BUTTON-XXXXXXXX"){

        this.profile = GuiBlueButtonProfile;

        this.x = 128;

        this.y = 220;

        this.width = 110;

        this.height = 20;

        this.text = "-------";

      }

      new GuiButtonCtrl("T1_BUTTON-XXXXXX"){

        this.profile = GuiBlueButtonProfile;

        this.x = 241;

        this.y = 220;

        this.width = 110;

        this.height = 20;

        this.text = "-------";

      }

      

      //Texts  

      new GuiMLTextCtrl("T1_TEXT-Output") {

        this.profile = GuiBlueTextProfile;

        this.x = 10;

        this.y = 10;

        this.height = 20;

        this.text = "Text";

      }

    }

GuiTextCtrl and GuiMLTextCtrl have no background. You're probably thinking of a GuiScrollCtrl, which is often combined with a GUIMLTextCtrl.

Is there anyway I would be able to make a box behind it? I'm mostly looking for a nice aesthetic way to go about this to have some kind of backdrop behind a line of text. I'll try just tossing in a GuiScrollCtrl just to see if it gets me my results I'm looking for though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by samich (Post 1676368)

I think I know what you're saying...
Create a new Gui Control and make it look like a back box.

PHP Code:


		
			
//#CLIENTSIDE

function onCreated() {

  new GuiControl("Box") {

    useownprofile = true;

    x = 50;

    y = 50;

    width = 50;

    height = 50;

    

    profile.opaque = true;

    profile.border = 2; //White border

    profile.fillcolor = {0,0,0,150}; //Black translucent box

  }

}

Yup, everything is all good now! Just hid the scroll bars and got what I wanted. Man, I'm just too rusty to do this stuff lol

@Emera: Oh thank you for that idea too. I was able to just get what I wanted by turning off the scroll bars on a GuiScrollCtrl, but yours seems like something I might want to mess with later :P Thank you for the post!

Quote:

Originally Posted by samich (Post 1676372)

No problemo <3
I'm finding that I am starting to use this method to replace the default GUI window and use this as a container. You can draw smaller controls as buttons and other neat stuff too. I made a real quick access menu on Grime that doesn't look like a piece of crap.