Nova API

-- API Stuff




local UI = NewUI() -- Created the initial UI

UI:New(Type) -- Type can be TextButton, TextLabel, TextBox, ImageButton, or ImageLabel
-- Returns the new object

UI:Draw() -- Draws the UI.

UI:Listen() -- Listens for button presses, text box presses, etc.

UI:StopListen() -- Stops listening

UI:Output(Function) -- What listen outputs to, so you don't need to parallel two functions.
-- Parameters are Event, P1, P2, P3, P4, P5

-- Specific to all elements

Element = UI:New("TextLabel")

Element:Size(x, y)
Element:GetSize()

Element:Position(x, y)
Element:GetPosition()

Element:BackgroundColor(col)
Element:ShowBackground(Bool)

Element:Visible(Bool)
Element:GetVisible()

Element:ZIndex(Num) -- Set the ZIndex. The higher the ZIndex the higher the elements layer will be.
Element:GetZIndex()

Element:Active(Bool)
Element:GetActive()

Element:New(Type) -- Type is the Type. Same as UI:New(), but it's within the element.
-- Doing something like ChildElement:Position(1, 1) will set the position to the top corner of the
-- parent element. Use this for efficiency and optimizing code. Like only drawing that one element
-- so it doesn't have to redraw everything else. It will draw all of the children, and setting the visiblity
-- will also apply to the children.

Element:Draw() -- Draws the element on the screen.

-- Image type specific functions

Image = UI:New("ImageLabel") -- ImageLabel or ImageButton
Image:Image(ImageT) -- ImageT is the loaded image. ImageT = paintutils.loadImage("filename")

-- Button type specific functions

Button = UI:New("TextButton") -- ImageButton or TextButton

Button:Button1Click(Function) -- Function is the Function called when mouse button 1 is pressed. The
-- parameters are X position, Y position.
-- Other functions are Button2Click and Button3Click.

Button:GetButton1Click() -- Returns the function you set, if you haven't set one it returns nil
-- Other functions are GetButton2Click and GetButton3Click


Button:MouseDrag1(Function) -- Function is the function called when mouse button1 is dragged. Parameters
-- are X position and Y position.
-- Other functions are MouseDrag2 and MouseDrag3

Button:GetMouseDrag1() -- Same as GetButton1Click()
-- Other functions are GetMouseDrag2 and GetMouseDrag3


-- Text specific functions

Text = UI:New("TextLabel") -- TextLabel, TextButton, or TextBox

Text:Text(Tex) -- Tex is the string you want to set the text to.

Text:SetXAlignment(Dir) -- Dir is the position you want the text. It can  be "left", "right", or "center"

Text:SetYAlignment(Dir) -- Dir is the position you want the text. It can  be "top", "bottom", or "center"

Text:GetXAlignment() -- 1 is left, 3 is right, 2 is center
Text:GetYAlignment() -- 1 is top, 2 is center, 3 is bottom

Text:ShowText(Bool) -- true or false
Text:GetShowText() -- returns true or false

Text:MultiLine(Bool) -- Allows multiline
Text:GetMultiLine() -- returns true or false

Text:GetText()

Text:TextColor(col) -- colors.red, colors.blue, etc.
Text:GetTextColor()

Text:MouseScroll(Function) -- Function for MouseScroll. Parameters are direction, x, y

-- TextBox sepcific

Box = UI:New("TextBox")

Box:ActiveTextColor(col) -- Color that shows when text is active.
Box:EnterPress(Function) -- Function called when enter is pressed.
Box:GetEnterPress()

Box:ClearTextOnFocus(Bool) -- true or false
Box:GetClearTextOnFocus()

Box:Focus() -- Make the box the focused element
Box:StopFocus() -- Stop making it focused

Box:TextChar(Char) -- Similar to read(Char). Makes the text shown the character. Box:TextChar("*") for a password
Box:GetTextChar()