[Solved] Can we use lists and variables inside of styles?

[henvu50]

Can we use lists and variables inside of styles?

This works:

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screen test():
   textbutton "yo":
     text_font "fonts" + font_files[cycleFontIndex]
     action NullAction()

But this doesn't work, it says font_files is not defined, even though it works up above.

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style test33:
    font "fonts" + font_files[cycleFontIndex]

Anyone know why? Are we not allowed to use a list or variable in a style?

[hell_oh_world]

you can use variables as long as the variables are defined before the style is called for parsing. it's just a matter of init order.
even though you make it work, your styles won't be dynamic since styles are only called once during initialization.
style the displayable in the screen itself if you want to make it dynamic.

[Ocelot]

even though you make it work, your styles won't be dynamic since styles are only called once during initialization.

You can change and rebuild styles during gameplay. Though simply not messing with style definitions and changing style based on some variable is still better.