What is the correct way to handle button text colourisation?

crooksy88

I have a button:

_agreeButton = new Button();
_agreeButton.defaultSkin = _whiteQuad;
_agreeButton.downSkin = _redQuad;
_agreeButton.name = "_agreeButton";
_agreeButton.addEventListener( starling.events.Event.TRIGGERED, onTriggered );
_agreeButton.label = "I agree";
_agreeButton.defaultLabelProperties.textFormat = new BitmapFontTextFormat( Main.FONT_BOLD, 25, 0xFF0000);

This displays a white texture (_whiteQuad) with red text.

On the down state the red texture (_redQuad) displays but I want the text to be white?

Importantly when the button changes from the down state I need the text to revert back to red.

Is there a method of setting this up (without using a theme).

Thanks,

Mark

joshtynjala

_agreeButton = new Button();
_agreeButton.defaultSkin = _whiteQuad;
_agreeButton.downSkin = _redQuad;
_agreeButton.name = "_agreeButton";
_agreeButton.addEventListener( starling.events.Event.TRIGGERED, onTriggered );
_agreeButton.label = "I agree";
_agreeButton.fontStyles = new TextFormat(Main.FONT_BOLD, 25, 0xFF0000);
_agreeButton.setFontStylesForState(ButtonState.DOWN, new TextFormat(Main.FONT_BOLD, 25, 0xFFFFFF));

By the way, it's not necessary, but if you wanted the code to have a similar style throughout, you could change the downSkin to setSkinForState():

_agreeButton.setSkinForState(ButtonState.DOWN, _redQuad);