awesome/lib/awful/widget/button.lua.in

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-- @author Julien Danjou <julien@danjou.info>
-- @copyright 2008-2009 Julien Danjou
-- @release @AWESOME_VERSION@
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local setmetatable = setmetatable
local type = type
local button = require("awful.button")
local capi = { image = image,
               widget = widget,
               mouse = mouse }

module("awful.widget.button")

--- Create a button widget. When clicked, the image is deplaced to make it like
-- a real button.
-- @param args Standard widget table arguments, plus image for the image path or
-- the image object.
-- @return A textbox widget configured as a button.
function new(args)
    if not args or not args.image then return end
    local img_release
    if type(args.image) == "string" then
        img_release = capi.image(args.image)
    elseif type(args.image) == "image" then
        img_release = args.image
    else
        return
    end
    local img_press = img_release:crop(-2, -2, img_release.width, img_release.height)
    args.type = "imagebox"
    local w = capi.widget(args)
    w.image = img_release
    w:buttons(button({}, 1, function () w.image = img_press end, function () w.image = img_release end))
    function w.mouse_leave(s) w.image = img_release end
    function w.mouse_enter(s) if capi.mouse.coords().buttons[1] then w.image = img_press end end
    return w
end

setmetatable(_M, { __call = function(_, ...) return new(...) end })

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