A user interface button/toggle live.text object is a user interface object used to create buttons and toggles. Cycling '74 Live M4L U/I Messages in TEXT_HERE Item Index TEXT_HERE Item Symbol TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE A bang message will toggle the state of the object. A bang message will toggle the state of the object. If it is off, it will switch on and output a 1. If it is on, it will switch off and output a 0. Toggle the button, send its text and a 0/1 message In the toggle mode, any non-zero number will toggle the button to the "on" position, send the button text out the middle outlet and send a 1 out the left outlet. A zero sets the toggle to the "off" position, sends the button text out the middle outlet and sends a 0 out the left outlet. Toggle the button, send its text and a 0/1 message Converted to int. Store, display, and output a value The word assign, followed by a floating point value, causes that value to be stored and displayed and sent out the live.text object's outlet. If the Parameter Visibility attribute is set to Stored Only, the assign message will not add the new value to the Live application’s undo chain. Restore and output the initial value Restore and output the initial value. Highlight the text, send the text and a bang In button mode, a mouse click on live.text highlights it for as long as the mouse is held down, sending the text out the second outlet and a bang message out the left outlet.
In toggle mode, a mouse click behaves the same as a live.toggle. When the mouse is clicked, the live.text object will send a 1 out the left outlet if the cursor is inside of the live.text object's rectangle, and a 0 if it is not. The button text is also sent out the second outlet on mouse click. Send the current value out the outlet Sends the current value out the outlet. Toggle the state without sending output In the toggle mode, the set messages toggles the "on" or "off" state without sending anything out the outlets. The word set, followed by any non-zero number, sets toggle to on. The message set 0 sets it to "off". Choose a button by name and toggle it without causing output In the toggle mode, the word setsymbol, followed by a symbol that specifies a button text item, causes live.text to display that symbol and act as though the object were toggled to that state. Choose a button by name and toggle it In the toggle mode, the word symbol, followed by a symbol that specifies a button text item, causes live.text to display that symbol and sends the current values out the outlets. A raw normalized value (between 0. and 1.) A raw normalized value (between 0. and 1.) received in the inlet is converted to a real value, and then functions like any other received int value in toggle mode. Active mode enable Toggles the object's active mode. When active is set to 0, the mouse action does not cause output and the inactive colors are used. Background color off (active) Sets the background color off displayed when the active attribute is set to 1. Background color on (active) Sets the background color on displayed when the active attribute is set to 1. Text color (Off) Sets the display color for the live.text object's text in RGBA format. Text color (On) Sets the display color for the live.text object's text when it is on. Appearance Defines the display style. The options are:

0: Default. The text appears with the boundaries of the text box.
1: Label. The text box appears as a square button, with the text appearing to the right. TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE Automation Off Label Sets the automation "off" label that will appear in Live. Automation On Label Sets the automation on label that will appear in Live. Background color off (inactive) Sets the background color "off" displayed when the active attribute is set to 0. Background color on (inactive) Sets the background color on displayed when the active attribute is set to 0. Border color Sets the display color for the live.text object's border in RGBA format. Border color (focus) Sets the display color for the live.text object's border in RGBA format. Mode Sets the button mode. Button modes are:

0: Button mode
1: Toggle (switch) mode TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE Images Files Sets the paths for pictures used when the usepicture attribute is set to 1. Bitmap images such as PNG or vectorized images (SVG) can be used. Round-ness of Box Corners Set the roundness of the border Text Off Label Sets the button label when the button is in the off state. Text color (inactive) Sets the display color for the live.text object's text when the active attribute is set to 0. Text On Label Sets the button label when the button is in the "on" state. Bang when a transition occurs The parameter automation of live.text stores 0 and 1 values. The transition attribute specifies when a bang will be sent to the outlet. TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE Use Pictures Toggles the use of pictures instead of text for display. Note that you need to provide enough pictures by setting the pictures attribute properly.