clickable button that interacts with workflow

[edmundchong]

Hi! Is there a way to create a simple visual button that the user can click on, overlaid on the workflow editor (with the other visualizers) while it is running, that interacts with the rest of the workflow (e.g. sends a simple value)?

I can do it in a really hacky way with a ObjectTextVisualizer with some text on it as a fake button, and using MouseMove + MouseCursor to detect when the user clicks anywhere within the boundaries of that fake button, but I can't quite generalize the coordinates of these boundaries easily across different monitor sizes.

Thanks!

[NeuroThom]

Hi Edmund. That's quite a creative hack! Would the `Button` node from `Bonsai.GUI` not serve your purpose? This node has a visualiser that appears as a button with your chosen text and font that sends an event when it is pressed. If you send this event or the result of its operation to a shared subject you can use it to enact or trigger things elsewhere in the workflow. Sent from Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>

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________________________________ From: edmundchong ***@***.***> Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 11:18:30 AM To: bonsai-rx/bonsai ***@***.***> Cc: Subscribed ***@***.***> Subject: [Bonsai] clickable button that interacts with workflow (Discussion #2228) Hi! Is there a way to create a simple visual button that the user can click on, overlaid on the workflow editor (with the other visualizers) while it is running, that interacts with the rest of the workflow (e.g. sends a simple value)? I can do it in a really hacky way with a ObjectTextVisualizer with some text on it as a fake button, and using MouseMove + MouseCursor to detect when the user clicks anywhere within the boundaries of that fake button, but I can't quite generalize the coordinates of these boundaries easily across different monitor sizes. Thanks! — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#2228>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AI6XU4OLKFB5S55VX24LTZD2YTXXNAVCNFSM6AAAAAB2YSDTOCVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ERDJONRXK43TNFXW4OZYGE4DGMBRGE>. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[edmundchong]

Hi Tom,

Thanks, this would work great! However, I can't quite see Bonsai.GUI in the package manager (across any of my package sources)--is it part of some other package?

Edit: Found it! Under nuget--Did not know of its existence. Thank you again!

[NeuroThom]

Hi Edmund. I believe it is published on nuget, so you should find it under the nuget.org source. In case it's useful, I can see it under nuget source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json. There are many very cool new features, like the ability to mash up visualisers into control panels and generally play more with the visualisers. Docs page for you here https://bonsai-rx.org/gui/index.html You'll also Sent from Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>

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[edmundchong]

thank you, this is very helpful!