GUI Scripting: BindDef

This page is part of a series. See GUI Script Language for overview.

A bindDef permits binding particular keys to particular functions. In TDM, it is used just In the Controls submenu of the main menu system.

Features Shared with All GuiDef Types

• GUI Scripting: Properties in Common
• GUI Scripting: User Variables
• GUI Scripting: Event Handlers, excluding those specific to top-level windowDefs.

Additional Properties of BindDefs

® = A property known as a "register", that can be altered at runtime by binding it to a GUI:: parameter, or in a "set" or "transition" script command. Other properties cannot be so altered.

bind® "key [ 'name_of_bound_item' ] "

Sets the bind that will be changed when the player edits their key bindings. Default "" (i.e., unbound).

bind "_impulse10" // Heavily used in mainmenu_settings_controls.gui
bind "inventory_hotkey '#str_02397'" // "Compass”