<function name="CreateFromTable" parent="vgui" type="libraryfunc"> <description>Creates a panel from table. Typically used with <page>vgui.RegisterFile</page> and <page>vgui.RegisterTable</page>.</description> <description>Creates a panel from a table, used alongside <page>vgui.RegisterFile</page> and <page>vgui.RegisterTable</page> to efficiently define, register, and instantiate custom panels.</description> <realm>Client and Menu</realm> <file line="54-L73">lua/includes/extensions/client/panel/scriptedpanels.lua</file> <args> <arg name="metatable" type="table">Your PANEL table.</arg> <arg name="parent" type="Panel" default="nil">Which panel to parent the newly created panel to.</arg> <arg name="name" type="string" default="nil">Custom name of the created panel for scripting/debugging purposes. Can be retrieved with <page>Panel:GetName</page>.</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="Panel">The created panel, or `nil` if creation failed for whatever reason.</ret> </rets> </function> ⤶ ⤶ <example>⤶ <code>⤶ -- custom_panel.lua⤶ local CustomPanel = {⤶ Init = function(self)⤶ self:SetSize(200, 100)⤶ end,⤶ ⤶ Paint = function(self, w, h)⤶ surface.SetDrawColor(0, 255, 0, 255)⤶ surface.DrawRect(0, 0, w, h)⤶ end,⤶ }⤶ ⤶ -- Register the panel and return the table for later use in another file⤶ return vgui.RegisterTable(CustomPanel, "Panel")⤶ ⤶ ⤶ ⤶ -- other_file.lua⤶ local my_custom_panel = include("custom_panel.lua") -- Include the custom panel definition⤶ local panel = vgui.CreateFromTable(my_custom_panel) -- Create an instance of the panel⤶ panel:SetPos(50, 50)⤶ </code>⤶ ⤶ </example>