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<panel>⤶ <name>Panel</name>⤶ <description>⤶ This is the base panel for every other VGUI panel.⤶ ⤶ It contains all of the basic methods, some of which may only work on certain VGUI elements. As their functionality is provided at the game's C/C++ level rather than by its Lua script extension, they are unfortunately unavailable for most practical purposes, however, they can still be obtained in a way similar to that provided by the <page>baseclass</page> library:⤶ ⤶ ```⤶ -- Create a new panel type NewPanel that inherits all of its functionality from DLabel,⤶ -- but has a different SetText method than DLabel does - all without the hassle of that⤶ -- old DLabel's default text getting in the way. Fun stuff.⤶ ⤶ local PANEL = {}⤶ ⤶ function PANEL:Init()⤶ ⤶ self:SetText_Base( "" )⤶ self:SetText( "Time for something different!" )⤶ ⤶ end⤶ ⤶ function PANEL:Paint( aWide, aTall )⤶ ⤶ local TextX, TextY = 0, 0⤶ local TextColor = Color( 255, 0, 0, 255 )⤶ ⤶ surface.SetFont( self:GetFont() or "default" )⤶ surface.SetTextColor( TextColor )⤶ surface.SetTextPos( TextX, TextY )⤶ surface.DrawText( self:GetText() )⤶ ⤶ end⤶ ⤶ -- And here we go:⤶ PANEL.SetText_Base = FindMetaTable( "Panel" ).SetText⤶ ⤶ function PANEL:SetText( aText ) ⤶ ⤶ self.Text = tostring( aText ) ⤶ ⤶ end⤶ ⤶ function PANEL:GetText() ⤶ ⤶ return self.Text or "" ⤶ ⤶ end⤶ ⤶ vgui.Register( "NewPanel", PANEL, "DLabel" )⤶ ```⤶ ⤶ </description>⤶ ⤶ </panel>⤶ ⤶

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