<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>⤶ <realm>Client and Menu</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><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 local 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 ipairs( 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><image src="RichText_InsertColorChange_example2.png"/></output> </example>