<function name="CreateFromTable" parent="vgui" type="libraryfunc"> <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) 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) 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)⤶ ⤶ local my_custom_panel = vgui.RegisterTable( CustomPanel, "Panel" ) -- Register the panel class from a table⤶ ⤶ local panel = vgui.CreateFromTable( my_custom_panel ) -- Create an instance of the panel⤶ panel:SetPos( 50, 50 )⤶ </code> </example>