how can i bind things to textures? [Resolved] | Bedrock Add-Ons | Page 1

sly igloo Nov 26, 2025, 4:21 AM

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"variables": [
              {
                "requires": "((.4s * #title_text) = '§a§№')",
                "$formc": [
                  0,
                  1,
                  0
                ]
              },
              {
                "requires": "((.4s * #title_text) = '§b§№')",
                "$formc": [
                  0,
                  0,
                  1
                ]
              },
              {
                "requires": "((.4s * #title_text) = '§d§№')",
                "$formc": [
                  1,
                  0,
                  1
                ]
              }

i have a variable called $formc, and basically i am wanting it to change when the first four characters of my server form title text are the string i set.

it doesnt work for some reason, and i suppose its the expression

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issue with binding/variable operations

frozen acorn Nov 26, 2025, 4:26 AM

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you cant operate bindings with variables

sly igloo Nov 26, 2025, 4:27 AM

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frozen acorn you cant operate bindings with variables

what if i use the binding as a variable

frozen acorn Nov 26, 2025, 4:29 AM

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you cant do "$var": "#bind"

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but you can "#bind": "$var"

sly igloo Nov 26, 2025, 4:30 AM

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thats weird

frozen acorn Nov 26, 2025, 4:30 AM

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yea

sly igloo Nov 26, 2025, 4:31 AM

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frozen acorn but you can "#bind": "$var"

how can i use this instead

frozen acorn Nov 26, 2025, 4:32 AM

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"$var": 1,
"property_bag": {
  "#bind": "$var"
}

sly igloo Nov 26, 2025, 4:33 AM

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this is confusing

sly igloo Nov 26, 2025, 4:34 AM

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frozen acorn ``` "$var": 1, "property_bag": { "#bind": "$var" } ```

wait so if i do this, then my statements above can work?

frozen acorn Nov 26, 2025, 4:36 AM

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what are u doing with formc?

sly igloo Nov 26, 2025, 4:37 AM

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its for color property

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i want to apply the property

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so i did smt like that and made formc variable

frozen acorn Nov 26, 2025, 4:43 AM

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    "property_bag": {
        "#§a§№": [0, 1, 0, 1],
        "#§b§№": [0, 0, 1, 1],
        "#§d§№": [1, 0, 1, 1]
    },
    "bindings": [
        {"binding_name": "#title_text"},
        {
            "binding_type": "view",
            "source_property_name": "('#' + '%.8s' * #title_text)",
            "target_property_name": "#color"
        }
    ]

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add this to your element

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-# edited it, just change the .7s to .8s

sly igloo Nov 26, 2025, 4:45 AM

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ok

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why %.8s tho

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it doubles?

frozen acorn Nov 26, 2025, 4:47 AM

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short explain

sly igloo Nov 26, 2025, 4:47 AM

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ohh

frozen acorn Nov 26, 2025, 4:47 AM

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Great question! Let’s break it down carefully, because the number of bytes depends on the character encoding being used (most commonly ASCII or UTF‑8 today).

1. Character: `a`

In ASCII: a is U+0061 → 1 byte
In UTF‑8: Same as ASCII → 1 byte

2. Character: `§` (Section Sign)

Unicode code point: U+00A7
In ASCII: Not representable (ASCII only covers 0–127)
In UTF‑8: Encoded as 0xC2 0xA7 → 2 bytes

3. Character: `№` (Numero Sign)

Unicode code point: U+2116
In ASCII: Not representable
In UTF‑8: Encoded as 0xE2 0x84 0x96 → 3 bytes

✅ Total in UTF‑8

a → 1 byte
§ → 2 bytes
№ → 3 bytes

Total = 6 bytes

So, the string "a§№" uses 6 bytes in UTF‑8.

Would you like me to also show how these characters would be stored in UTF‑16 or other encodings (like ISO‑8859‑1)? That way you can compare how different systems handle them.

sly igloo Nov 26, 2025, 4:48 AM

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i see

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i forgot about the byte stuff

frozen acorn Nov 26, 2025, 4:48 AM

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yup

sly igloo Nov 26, 2025, 4:48 AM

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it works now

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thank you man

frozen acorn Nov 26, 2025, 4:49 AM

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yeah np

sly igloo Nov 26, 2025, 4:51 AM

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so property bag lets you create binds for values which can be used in binding operations?

frozen acorn Nov 26, 2025, 4:51 AM

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exactly

sly igloo Nov 26, 2025, 4:51 AM

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ah

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what does variables have to do with it

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i used this before to turn $actionbar_text into a bind

frozen acorn Nov 26, 2025, 4:52 AM

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yeah you can var -> bind using "#bind": "$var"

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but you cant do bind -> var

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like "$var": "#var"

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you cant do that

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I don't remember the reason, but it was something like the variables being parsed before the bindings.

sly igloo Nov 26, 2025, 4:53 AM

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how come it is seen done in the vanilla files?

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or is that due to hardcoded

frozen acorn Nov 26, 2025, 4:54 AM

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oh nono

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they are used just like templates ig

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like this ```json
"$visibility_binding_name": "#is_creative_mode",
"bindings": [
{
"binding_name": "$visibility_binding_name",
"binding_name_override": "#visible"
}
]

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so if i dont wanna change all, i can do "$visibility_binding_name": "#is_spectator_mode"

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-# just an example ig

sly igloo Nov 26, 2025, 4:57 AM

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ah

frozen acorn Nov 26, 2025, 4:58 AM

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idk how to explain it

sly igloo Nov 26, 2025, 4:58 AM

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yeah it seems hard to explain considering you can do one thing and cant do the other yet they look the same

frozen acorn Nov 26, 2025, 4:59 AM

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basically, "$var": "#bind" is like change every '$var' to '#bind', not $var will take the value of #bind

frozen acorn Nov 26, 2025, 4:59 AM

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sly igloo yeah it seems hard to explain considering you can do one thing and cant do the o...

yeah

sly igloo Nov 26, 2025, 5:01 AM

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btw why do you include 1 as the fourth array value in the colors

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is it not rgb?

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or can you use rgb and rgba

frozen acorn Nov 26, 2025, 5:01 AM

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rgb wont work if you use it with bindings

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instead use rgba

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but its not like if you put 0 the image will become transparent

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instead color will have no effect

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its more like a tint ig

sly igloo Nov 26, 2025, 5:02 AM

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ah

frozen acorn Nov 26, 2025, 5:02 AM

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for transparency use "alpha": 0 - 1, you can use floats

sly igloo Nov 26, 2025, 5:04 AM

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yeah ik, i love alphas

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issue with binding/variable operations [Resolved]

sly igloo Nov 26, 2025, 5:18 PM

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@frozen acorn

"property_bag": {
                        "#§a§№": "textures/ui/default_c_button",
                        "#§b§№": "textures/ui/default_c_button_blue",
                        "#§d§№": "textures/ui/default_c_button_purple"
                        "#ftexture": ""
                    },
                    "$default_button_texture": "#ftexture",
                    "$bbindings": [
                        {
                            "binding_type": "collection_details",
                            "binding_collection_name": "form_buttons"
                        },
                        {
                            "binding_name": "#title_text"
                        },
                        {
                            "binding_type": "view",
                            "source_property_name": "('#' + '%.8s' * #title_text)",
                            "target_property_name": "#ftexture"
                        }
                    ],

this should work, no? i am trying to do the same thing but this time give button textures based off of text

frozen acorn Nov 27, 2025, 2:24 AM

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i guess you are ussing @common_buttons.light_text_button or something else?

sly igloo Nov 27, 2025, 2:31 AM

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frozen acorn i guess you are ussing @common_buttons.light_text_button or something else?

i am

sly igloo Nov 28, 2025, 1:36 AM

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perhaps its #form_button_texture

sly igloo Nov 29, 2025, 2:36 AM

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how can i bind things to textures?

upper meadow Dec 15, 2025, 3:08 AM

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i have same issue

sly igloo Dec 22, 2025, 4:52 PM

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upper meadow i have same issue

were you ever able to get this working?

upper meadow Dec 22, 2025, 4:57 PM

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sly igloo <@660304982926688266> ```json "property_bag": { "#§a§№":...

$bbinding? typo $binding?

sly igloo Dec 22, 2025, 4:57 PM

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upper meadow $bbinding? typo $binding?

well i made it a variable purposely

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"bindings": "$bbindings"

upper meadow Dec 22, 2025, 4:58 PM

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sly igloo <@660304982926688266> ```json "property_bag": { "#§a§№":...

change to this ('#' + ('%.8s' * #title_text))

sly igloo Dec 22, 2025, 4:58 PM

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ok

upper meadow Dec 22, 2025, 4:59 PM

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sly igloo <@660304982926688266> ```json "property_bag": { "#§a§№":...

and delete #ftexture: " " from property bag

sly igloo Dec 22, 2025, 5:00 PM

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upper meadow and delete #ftexture: " " from property bag

yeah i figured that wasnt gonna work

upper meadow Dec 22, 2025, 5:03 PM

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sly igloo yeah i figured that wasnt gonna work

add $ftexture = ( 'textures/ui/' + #ftexture)
texture=$ftexture

all value is property bag just name of the image, not all of image path

sly igloo Dec 22, 2025, 5:05 PM

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ok thank you

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"property_bag": {
                        "#§a§№": "default_c_button",
                        "#§b§№": "default_c_button_blue",
                        "#§d§№": "default_c_button_purple"
                    },
                    "$ftexture": "('textures/ui/' + #ftexture)",
                    "$default_button_texture": "$ftexture",
                    "bindings": [
                        {
                            "binding_type": "collection_details",
                            "binding_collection_name": "form_buttons"
                        },
                        {
                            "binding_name": "#title_text"
                        },
                        {
                            "binding_type": "view",
                            "source_property_name": "('#' + ('%.8s' * #title_text))",
                            "target_property_name": "#ftexture"
                        }
                    ]

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so it should look something like this then?

pseudo plume Dec 22, 2025, 5:06 PM

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Variables can't use bindings

sly igloo Dec 22, 2025, 5:06 PM

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the code above is wrong then

pseudo plume Dec 22, 2025, 5:08 PM

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"property_bag": {
                        "#§a§№": "default_c_button",
                        "#§b§№": "default_c_button_blue",
                        "#§d§№": "default_c_button_purple"
                    },
                    
                    "$default_button_texture": "$ftexture",
                    "bindings": [
                        {
                            "binding_type": "collection_details",
                            "binding_collection_name": "form_buttons"
                        },
                        {
                            "binding_name": "#title_text"
                        },
                        {
                            "binding_type": "view",
                            "source_property_name": "('textures/ui/' + ('#' + ('%.8s' * #title_text)))",
                            "target_property_name": "#texture" // this will automatically change the texture, no need for "texture": "something"
                        }
                    ]

sly igloo Dec 22, 2025, 5:08 PM

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pseudo plume ```json "property_bag": { "#§a§№": "default_c_button", ...

oh

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but i just want to change the default texture

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does this not change the texture for every type, hover, pressed

pseudo plume Dec 22, 2025, 5:09 PM

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Well in that case you need to use the bindings separately for default_control, hover_control and pressed_control

sly igloo Dec 22, 2025, 5:09 PM

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ahhh

pseudo plume Dec 22, 2025, 5:09 PM

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pseudo plume ```json "property_bag": { "#§a§№": "default_c_button", ...

It's still wrong

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The bindings have to be directly on the image

sly igloo Dec 22, 2025, 5:12 PM

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pseudo plume ```json "property_bag": { "#§a§№": "default_c_button", ...

"default@$button_state_panel": {
"property_bag": {
                        "#§a§№": "default_c_button",
                        "#§b§№": "default_c_button_blue",
                        "#§d§№": "default_c_button_purple"
                    },
                    
                    "bindings": [
                        {
                            "binding_type": "collection_details",
                            "binding_collection_name": "form_buttons"
                        },
                        {
                            "binding_name": "#title_text"
                        },
                        {
                            "binding_type": "view",
                            "source_property_name": "('textures/ui/' + ('#' + ('%.8s' * #title_text)))",
                            "target_property_name": "#texture"
                        }
                    ]
}

would this work

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and so on for other states

pseudo plume Dec 22, 2025, 5:14 PM

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I don't think so. It depends on your $button_type_panel. If it's the image then it should work. But if you're using the template buttons it probably won't work

sly igloo Dec 22, 2025, 5:15 PM

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i see

pseudo plume Dec 22, 2025, 5:19 PM

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If you're going to use textures using bindings it's better to use custom buttons using common.button
Instead of the template buttons

sly igloo Dec 22, 2025, 5:21 PM

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pseudo plume If you're going to use textures using bindings it's better to use custom buttons...

well im kind of lazy to do that

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this is for a server form

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so i will just use the image

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actually you might be right nvm

#how can i bind things to textures? [Resolved]

1. Character: a

2. Character: § (Section Sign)

3. Character: № (Numero Sign)

✅ Total in UTF‑8

1. Character: `a`

2. Character: `§` (Section Sign)

3. Character: `№` (Numero Sign)