Positioning in game menu buttons

[jadeon12]

Hello fellow Renpy users.

I have 2 questions concerning the menu choices buttons.
When the choices appear the buttons are placed by default around the center of the window.

1.How can we change the placement of menu buttons?
like with the attached picture i want the menu buttons to appear on the characters head instead of in-front.

2.How to shrink the buttons length?
Right now it is a very long blue box, if one wants it to be shorter or the same fit as the text inside.

[IrinaLazareva]

use screen choice in screens.rpy file:

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screen choice:

    window:
        style "menu_window"
        xalign 0.5 ##<< to change the placement of menu
        yalign 0.5 ##<<

        vbox:
            style "menu"
            spacing 2

            for caption, action, chosen in items:

                if action:

                    button:
                        action action
                        style "menu_choice_button"
                        xysize(300,10) ##<<add this for changing the size of buttons 
                        text caption style "menu_choice"

                else:
                    text caption style "menu_caption"

https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screen_s ... tml#choice

[jadeon12]

use screen choice in screens.rpy file:

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screen choice:

    window:
        style "menu_window"
        xalign 0.5 ##<< to change the placement of menu
        yalign 0.5 ##<<

        vbox:
            style "menu"
            spacing 2

            for caption, action, chosen in items:

                if action:

                    button:
                        action action
                        style "menu_choice_button"
                        xysize(300,10) ##<<add this for changing the size of buttons 
                        text caption style "menu_choice"

                else:
                    text caption style "menu_caption"

https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screen_s ... tml#choice

Thank you friend.
it works i can widen and shorten the buttons also.

but all the other menu buttons show up in that position, how can i do it for this particular menu only. leaving the others in default position?

[IrinaLazareva]

but all the other menu buttons show up in that position, how can i do it for this particular menu only. leaving the others in default position?

I supose that there is simpler decision...
anyway, in screens.rpy:

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screen choice:
    window:
        style "menu_window"
        if gala:
            xalign 0.9 ##<< special menu
            yalign 0.5 ##<< special menu
        else:
            xalign 0.5 ##<< simple menu
            yalign 0.5 ##<< simple menu
#....

in script.rpy:

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define gala = False 
label start:

    menu:
        "this is a simple menu"
        "choise 1":
            pass
        "choise 2":
            pass
    $ gala = True
    menu:
        "and that is the special menu"
        "choise 3":
            pass
        "choise 4":
            pass    
    $ gala = False
    menu:
        "a simple menu, again"
        "choise 5":
            pass
        "choise 6":
            pass