<function name="InsertColorChange" parent="Panel" type="classfunc"> <description>Inserts a color change in a <page>RichText</page> element, which affects the color of all text added with <page>Panel:AppendText</page> until another color change is applied.</description> <realm>Client</realm> <args> <arg name="r" type="number">The red value (0 - 255).</arg> <arg name="g" type="number">The green value (0 - 255).</arg> <arg name="b" type="number">The blue value (0 - 255).</arg> <arg name="a" type="number">The alpha value (0 - 255).</arg> </args> </function> <example> <description>Creates a RichText panel with color coding on certain segments of text.</description> <code> -- Create a window frame TextFrame = vgui.Create("DFrame") TextFrame:SetSize(200, 200) TextFrame:Center() TextFrame:SetTitle("Colored text") TextFrame:MakePopup() -- RichText panel local richtext = vgui.Create("RichText", TextFrame) richtext:Dock(FILL) richtext:SetVerticalScrollbarEnabled(false) -- Text blocks richtext:InsertColorChange(255, 255, 192, 255) richtext:AppendText("This is an example of ") richtext:InsertColorChange(0, 255, 0, 255) richtext:AppendText("color coding ") richtext:InsertColorChange(255, 255, 192, 255) richtext:AppendText("different segments of text throughout a ") richtext:InsertColorChange(255, 200, 0, 255) richtext:AppendText("Rich Text panel.\n\n") richtext:InsertColorChange(64, 0, 255, 255) richtext:AppendText("Here is another line of text shown in the color ") richtext:InsertColorChange(128, 0, 255, 255) richtext:AppendText("purple.") -- When the panel is ready for layout, apply font and background color function richtext:PerformLayout() self:SetFontInternal("Trebuchet18") self:SetBGColor(Color(0, 16, 32)) end </code> <output></output>⤶ <output><image src="RichText_InsertColorChange_example1.png"/></output>⤶ </example> <example> <description>Word by word coloring using <page>string.Explode</page> and random colors.</description> <code> -- Create a window frame TextFrame = vgui.Create("DFrame") TextFrame:SetSize(300, 200) TextFrame:Center() TextFrame:SetTitle("Randomly Colored Words") TextFrame:MakePopup() -- RichText panel local richtext = vgui.Create("RichText", TextFrame) richtext:Dock(FILL) richtext:SetVerticalScrollbarEnabled(false) local txt = "Here's a fun example involving word by word text coloring. ".. "Each word is separated by a space, colored, and appended to the Rich Text panel individually. ".. "The colors are randomly generated shades of red, orange, yellow, and pink." local txt_tbl = string.Explode(" ", txt, false) for _, word in pairs(txt_tbl) do richtext:InsertColorChange(255, math.random(0, 255), math.random(0, 255), 255) richtext:AppendText(word.." ") end function richtext:PerformLayout() self:SetFontInternal("GModNotify") self:SetBGColor(Color(32, 16, 0)) end </code> <output></output>⤶ <output><image src="RichText_InsertColorChange_example2.png"/></output>⤶ </example>