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Hello,

I want to equip a script with a floating GUI, waiting for my input. I got everything running, except this one thing:

I have a list, e.g. menu_entries = ["Entry 1", "Entry 2", "Entry 3"] and I want to turn this list into a drop-down menu, where I can choose an option from, e.g. "Entry 2". In this special case, the entries are contexts from the current scene.

I was browsing through the SDK and the forum, but couldn't make this one work so far. Maybe I've just overseen something minor.

Thanks for your support,
Gerd

Hello,

Here is an example to get you started:

python code

menu_entries = ['Entry 1', 'Entry 2', 'Entry 3']

class ListButtonListener(ix.api.EventObject):

    def __init__(self, list_button):
        """ Constructor"""

        # init parent class EventObject
        ix.api.EventObject.__init__(self)
        # store the button we are connecting to so that we can reference it later
        self.list_button = list_button
        # connect the listener (self) to the list selection change event
        self.connect(self.list_button, 'EVT_ID_LIST_BUTTON_SELECT', self.on_list_item_selected)

    def on_list_item_selected(self, sender, event_id):
        """Event handler for the list button"""

        selected_index = self.list_button.get_selected_item_index()
        selected_label = self.list_button.get_selected_item_name()
        print('Selected entry is: index = {}, label = "{}"'.format(selected_index, selected_label))


def show_custom_gui():
    # create the parent window
    window = ix.api.GuiWindow(ix.application, 0, 0, 400, 300, "List Button Test")

    # create the list button and the entries
    list_button = ix.api.GuiListButton(window, 0, 0, 200, 20)
    for i, entry in enumerate(menu_entries):
        # select the 1st and set the others unselected
        selected = True if i == 0 else False
        list_button.add_item(entry, selected)

    # init list button listener
    list_listener = ListButtonListener(list_button)

    # show the window and loop until closed
    window.show()
    while window.is_shown():
        ix.application.check_for_events()


# Run it
show_custom_gui()

GuiListButton documentation: https://www.clarissewiki.com/4.0/sdk/cl ... utton.html

Cheers,

Amazing! Thank you so much for the code. I really didn't think of creating a drop-down list this way.