<type name="Panel" category="classfunc" is="class"> <name>Panel</name> <summary> This is the base panel for every other [VGUI](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:⤶ It contains all of the basic methods, some of which may only work on certain VGUI elements. See also <page>Panel Hooks</page>.⤶ ⤶ 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" ) ``` </summary> </type>