rexui-basic-widgets

Development

Use this skill when building basic RexUI widgets such as labels, buttons, gridButtons, fixWidthButtons, tabs, sliders, checkboxes, toggleSwitch, numberBar, knob, badgeLabel, titleLabel, simpleLabel, or settings panels. Triggers on: RexUI label, RexUI button, RexUI buttons, RexUI tabs, RexUI slider, RexUI checkbox, RexUI toggle, RexUI settings panel, RexUI knob, RexUI numberBar.

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RexUI Basic Widgets

Use this skill for common RexUI controls used in HUDs, settings panels, menus, and compact tool surfaces.

Use This First

Choose the widget family:

Need	Use
Background + icon + text + action	`label`
Button list	`buttons`
Button grid	`gridButtons`
Wrapping buttons	`fixWidthButtons`
Tab controls	`tabs`
Linear numeric input	`slider`
Circular numeric input	`knob`
Icon + slider + value text	`numberBar`
Binary option	`checkbox` or `toggleSwitch`

For layout-only work, use rexui-layout-sizers first. For popups or modal flows, use rexui-dialogs-and-popups.

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/widget-catalog.md: what each widget is for and where its public API lives.
references/basic-widget-recipes.md: reduced recipes for labels, buttons, tabs, sliders, and choice controls.
references/events.md: common button/value events and state handling.

Core Rules

Most widgets are RexUI sizers internally; call .layout() after creation.
Build button visuals with label unless the user needs a custom game object.
Use buttonsType: 'radio' for single selection and buttonsType: 'checkboxes' for multi-selection.
Use setValueCallback to reflect selected state in button visuals.
Use valuechangeCallback or valuechange events for slider, knob, and numberBar.
Use package imports only in full setup examples; local templates/ui/... paths are source-map paths.

Source File Map

templates/ui/label/Label.d.ts
templates/ui/buttons/Buttons.d.ts
templates/ui/gridbuttons/GridButtons.d.ts
templates/ui/fixwidthbuttons/FixWidthButtons.d.ts
templates/ui/tabs/Tabs.d.ts
templates/ui/slider/Slider.d.ts
templates/ui/numberbar/NumberBar.d.ts
templates/ui/knob/Knob.d.ts
templates/ui/checkbox/Checkbox.d.ts
templates/ui/toggleswitch/ToggleSwitch.d.ts
templates/ui/utils/buttongroup/Buttons.d.ts

Related Skills

rexui-setup-and-factory: plugin setup and factory discovery.
rexui-components-catalog: choose the right component family.
rexui-layout-sizers: layout composition.
rexui-dialogs-and-popups: modal and popup workflows.
rexui-shapes-and-states: state-aware skins and visual primitives.