<function name="SetMaterial" parent="Material" type="panelfunc"> <ispanel>yes</ispanel> <description> Sets the material used by the panel. <note>If the material is not showing up as the correct size, try setting the Material panel's `AutoSize` variable to **false**</note> </description> <realm>Client</realm> <args> <arg name="matname" type="string">The file path of the material to set (relative to &quot;garrysmod/materials/&quot;).</arg> <arg name="matname" type="string">The file path of the material to set (relative to "garrysmod/materials/").</arg> </args> </function> <example> <description>Creates a Material panel and sets the material to a screen space effect.</description> <code> -- Black background panel BGPanel = vgui.Create("DPanel") BGPanel:SetSize(200, 200) BGPanel:Center() BGPanel:SetBackgroundColor(Color(0, 0, 0, 255)) local mat = vgui.Create("Material", BGPanel) mat:SetPos(5, 5) mat:SetSize(190, 190) -- It's not really good to use a models material for VGUI drawing -- But it looks good enough for a quick demo mat:SetMaterial("models/screenspace") -- Stretch to fit mat.AutoSize = false </code> <output><image src="Material_SetMaterial_example1.jpg"/></output> </example>