---
title: "Block UI skin: API"
package: "@phaser-ae/ui-skin-block"
tier: Free
version: 3.0.0-2
released: 2026-10-18
updated: 2026-10-21
description: "The modern flat 3D button for every ui widget, a clean colour face on a solid lip it presses into, with no outline and no gloss."
url: https://phaser.io/packs/ui-skin-block/api
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

# Block UI skin: API

`@phaser-ae/ui-skin-block` — Block game UI: the modern flat 3D button, a clean colour face on a solid lip it presses into, no outline and no gloss.

## The pack

### `uiSkinBlock`

```ts
function uiSkinBlock(options: UiSkinOptions = {}): Pack<{}>
```

Pack `ui-skin-block`: the block game UI skin — flat colour on a solid lip, no outline or gloss: the modern flat 3D button. Registers the theme 'block' (made with these options:
its main colour, surface colour, corners, lip, role colours and extra colours) for `game.ui.theme = 'block'`,
and the material, so `game.skins.make({ material: 'block', … })` makes more. Requires `ui-skins`.

## Constants

### `UI_SKIN_BLOCK`

```ts
const UI_SKIN_BLOCK: UiSkinMaterialDef
```

The block material: flat colour on a solid lip, no outline or gloss: the modern flat 3D button. For `buildUiSkin`, `validateUiSkin` and tools; a game composes the pack instead.

---

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