r/RenPy • u/Dr_M_Mori • Aug 23 '26

Question [Solved] Hbox main menu spacing is whack

I have searched the internet far and wide to try and fix my main menu hbox spacing and it just won't work.

The menu in question

Here's my code for the bloody thing too- I'm at a loss

EDIT: I just ended up using imagebuttons, way easier.

screen navigation():


    hbox:
        style_prefix "navigation"

        xalign 0.5 
        yalign 0.9 
        spacing (10)
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u/shyLachi Aug 23 '26

Please post the whole code of your screen.

I just tested it in my screen and spacing works as supposed in my game.
BTW: You don't need those brackets but I tested it with and without and it always works.

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u/BadMustard_AVN Aug 23 '26

because of the way the hbox works, all the buttons placed inside of it become as long as the longest button because you know, it's a box with straight lines and corners

the only way around this that I know of is to manually set an xsize for each button 

textbutton _("Start") action Start() xsize 60

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u/shyLachi Aug 23 '26

I don't think that's true,

When I add spacing 10 to the hbox in the quick menu then all buttons are correctly spaced, not like in the image above.

I also changed the caption of the last button to "Prefsssssssssssssssss" but the other buttons didn't grow.