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rexui-shapes-and-states

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Use this skill when building RexUI visual skins, shape backgrounds, roundRectangle, ninePatch, ninePatch2, QuadShape, triangle, customShapes, imageBox, lazyLoadImageBox, circleMaskImage, alphaMaskImage, statesImage, statesText, statesBitmapText, statesRoundRectangle, statesNinePatch, statesNineSlice, statesBarRectangle, circularProgress, lineProgress, roundRectangleProgress, customProgress, aioSpinner, canvas, chart, cover, fullWindowRectangle, or fullWindowZone. Triggers on: RexUI skin, RexUI state, RexUI shape, statesImage, statesRoundRectangle, roundRectangle, ninePatch, progress, imageBox.

QUICK START

How to use this skill

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RexUI Shapes And States

Use this skill for RexUI visual building blocks: backgrounds, scalable image skins, state-aware button skins, image containers, progress displays, and canvas/chart wrappers.

Use This First

Choose the visual component:

NeedUse
Common rounded background for labels/dialogs/panelsroundRectangle
Canvas-backed rounded backgroundroundRectangleCanvas
Scalable textured backgroundninePatch or ninePatch2
Triangle toggle arrowtriangle
Custom vector drawingcustomShapes
State-aware image iconstatesImage
State-aware textstatesText or statesBitmapText
State-aware rounded backgroundstatesRoundRectangle
State-aware scalable textured backgroundstatesNinePatch or statesNineSlice
State-aware progress/bar backgroundstatesBarRectangle
Image fitted into a UI boximageBox or lazyLoadImageBox
Circular or alpha-masked imagecircleMaskImage or alphaMaskImage
Circular progress ringcircularProgress
Linear progress barlineProgress
Rounded rectangle progressroundRectangleProgress; verify gotcha first
Custom progress drawingcustomProgress
Loading spinneraioSpinner
Canvas object or Chart.js wrappercanvas or chart
Full-screen overlay/input layercover, fullWindowRectangle, fullWindowZone

For layout placement, use rexui-layout-sizers. For button events that drive state changes, use rexui-basic-widgets.

Required Setup

This skill assumes RexUI is available as this.rexUI. If not, use rexui-setup-and-factory.

References

Read these only when needed:

  • references/shape-catalog.md: component chooser, factory signatures, source files, and factory-name gotchas.
  • references/skin-states.md: active/hover/disable state style fields and button-state wiring.
  • references/progress-recipes.md: progress bars, spinners, custom progress, and image wrappers.

Core Rules

  • Prefer roundRectangle for simple generated UI skins; use ninePatch when the visual must come from a texture.
  • Use state-aware objects only for visual state; drive setActiveState(), setHoverState(), and setDisableState() from button/list/dialog events.
  • Do not store selection only in the visual state object. Keep state in the owning button/list model and apply it to the skin.
  • Call .layout() after placing shape/state objects inside RexUI sizers, labels, buttons, dialogs, or panels.
  • Create opaque backgrounds before content when manually composing objects that share Phaser display-list depth.
  • Use value, setValue(), or easeValueTo() for progress components; values are normalized from 0 to 1 unless mapped with min/max arguments.
  • Use package imports only in full setup examples; local templates/ui/... paths are source-map paths.

Source File Map

  • templates/ui/roundrectangle/RoundRectangle.d.ts
  • templates/ui/roundrectanglecanvas/RoundRectangleCanvas.d.ts
  • templates/ui/ninepatch/NinePatch.d.ts
  • templates/ui/ninepatch2/NinePatch.d.ts
  • templates/ui/quadshape/QuadShape.d.ts
  • templates/ui/triangle/Triangle.d.ts
  • templates/ui/customshapes/CustomShapes.d.ts
  • templates/ui/canvas/Canvas.d.ts
  • templates/ui/imagebox/ImageBox.d.ts
  • templates/ui/lazyloadimagebox/LazyLoadImageBox.d.ts
  • templates/ui/circlemaskimage/CircleMaskImage.d.ts
  • templates/ui/alphamaskimage/AlphaMaskImage.d.ts
  • templates/ui/statesimage/StatesImage.d.ts
  • templates/ui/statestext/StatesText.d.ts
  • templates/ui/statesbitmaptext/StatesBitmapText.d.ts
  • templates/ui/statesroundrectangle/StatesRoundRectangle.d.ts
  • templates/ui/statesninepatch/StatesNinePatch.d.ts
  • templates/ui/statesnineslice/StatesNineSlice.d.ts
  • templates/ui/statesbarrectangle/StatesBarRectangle.d.ts
  • templates/ui/circularprogress/CircularProgress.d.ts
  • templates/ui/circularprogresscanvas/CircularProgressCanvas.d.ts
  • templates/ui/lineprogress/LineProgress.d.ts
  • templates/ui/lineprogresscanvas/LineProgressCanvas.d.ts
  • templates/ui/roundrectangleprogress/RoundRectangleProgress.d.ts
  • templates/ui/customprogress/CustomProgress.d.ts
  • templates/ui/aiospinner/AIOSpinner.d.ts
  • templates/ui/chart/Chart.d.ts
  • templates/ui/cover/Cover.d.ts
  • templates/ui/fullwindowrectangle/FullWindowRectangle.d.ts
  • templates/ui/fullwindowzone/FullWindowZone.d.ts

Related Skills

  • rexui-setup-and-factory: plugin setup and factory discovery.
  • rexui-components-catalog: choose the correct component family.
  • rexui-layout-sizers: place visual objects in layouts.
  • rexui-basic-widgets: buttons, labels, tabs, and value controls.
  • rexui-scroll-lists-and-tables: state skins inside reusable cells.
  • rexui-interactions-and-effects: hover/click/gesture effects that drive visual states.