[SOLVED] What is the proper way to use styles and style_prefix

[RicharDann]

I'm trying to implement styles to be able to test properties easily and reuse them in multiple screens, but I can't get the style_prefix property to work. Here's a simplified example of my current code:

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screen talk_menu():
    
    style_prefix 'talk'
    frame:
        align (.1,.5)
        has vbox
        textbutton _("Chat") action NullAction()
        textbutton _("Nevermind") action Return()
        
style talk_textbutton:
    xalign .5

I want every textbutton in the screen to take position and other properties from style talk_textbutton. If I manually add xalign .5 to every button, it works, but that would defeat the purpose specially if I decide to change fonts or other properties later, I would have to do so for every screen element, which would be very time consuming and error-prone. This might be a bug, but I have the feeling that either I misunderstand how style_prefix works or am I missing something.

[Vladya]

Hi. Your logic is correct, but the keywords are not. If you want to specify button properties for textbutton, use the postfix "button", if the text properties, use "button_text".

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screen talk_menu():

    style_prefix 'talk'
    frame:
        align (.1,.5)
        has vbox
        textbutton _("Chat") action NullAction()
        textbutton _("Nevermind") action Return()

style talk_button:
    xalign .5

style talk_button_text:
    size 100

[RicharDann]

Ah, I see what I did wrong. I incorrectly assumed textbutton was a separate element from button, when it is actually just a button with a text label.
Thank you so much for your help!