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How could I build display boxes in modal window basing on radiobox selection

Atong — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 08:07:40 GMT

My code is like below, it works well if I click option 1 and 2 one by one, but multiple list box would be generated after I continuously click the option 1 which would make my users confused. How could I optimize the code? Many thanks.

Another two question are:

1. If I delete a panel box, would the boxed(like text box) be deleted too or just not displayed?

2. How could I get the hierarchy of a modal window?


dt = Current Data Table();

If( Is Empty( dt ),
	Stop(),
	nc = N Col( dt )
);



openDTs = {};
For( i = 1, i <= N Table(), i++,
	Insert Into( openDTs, Data Table( i ) << getname )
);

tableSelBox = Expr(
	//Panel Box( "Select Limit Table", 
	
	lbtableSel = List Box( openDTs, width( 150 ), nlines( 6 ), maxselected( 1 ), ), 
		
		
	//),

);

nw = New Window( "Auto Plot",
	modal,
	hb = H List Box(
		V List Box(
			Panel Box( "Mode Selection",
				Spacer Box( size( 100, 0 ) ),
				rbMethod = Radio Box(
					{"With Current Limit", "Without Current Limit"},
					rbSel = rbMethod << get selected;
					dbAfterpb = colSelLstBox << Next();				

					If( rbSel == "With Current Limit",
						pb << Sib Append( tableSelBox ),

					);
					
					If( rbSel == "Without Current Limit", 

						dbAfterpb << Delete;
						lbtableSel << Delete
					),

				),

			), 


			Panel Box( "Action",
				Spacer Box( size( 100, 0 ) ),
				okBb = Button Box( "OK", Stop() ), 
			
				cancelBb = Button Box( "Cancel", Stop() ),

			), 

		), 
		
		pb = Panel Box( "Select Columns",
			colSelLstBox = Filter Col Selector( dt, nlines( Min( nc, 13 ) ) ), 

		), 
		
		pb << Sib Append( tableSelBox ), 
		

	), 
		
);

Re: How could I build display boxes in modal window basing on radiobox selection

jthi — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 08:22:29 GMT

What would you like the user to be able to do?

1. If you delete the Panel Box() objects inside should also be deleted (use << Delete Box on your panel box and try what returns you get from the old references inside it, they are something like DisplayBox[] instead of DisplayBox[FilterColSelector] for example).

2. Which hierarchy? If you wish to see the Tree Structure or Properties, removing modal temporarily is easiest option

Re: How could I build display boxes in modal window basing on radiobox selection

Ressel — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 09:45:22 GMT

Maybe this is just me, but it would be a lot easier to understand your problem if you could share a table belonging to your script.

Re: How could I build display boxes in modal window basing on radiobox selection

Atong — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 12:45:21 GMT

When I click option "With Current Limit"，a new list box would show up at the right of panel "Select Columns", if I click option “Without Current Limit”, the list box would be deleted, if I click option 1 --> option 2 --> option 1 --> option 2, it works well. But if I click option1 multipe times, multiple list boxes would show up, this would make my user confused, below is the image shows that 4 list boxes are generated after I click 'option 1' 4 times.

Re: How could I build display boxes in modal window basing on radiobox selection

Atong — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 12:51:06 GMT

Sorry for making you confused. The problem I met is not related to certain table but a UI development question.

I mean that how to use radio box to generate display boxes, like when click option 1 is to generate a list box A, option 2 is to generate a list box B, option 3 do nothing. What's more, if I click option 1 and then click option 2, the list box A would be deleted and a new list box B would show up.

In my code, all things work well if I click option 1 --> option 2 --> option 1 --> option 2.... but if I click option1 multipe times, multiple list boxes would show up, this would make my user confused, below is the image shows that 4 list boxes are generated after I click 'option 1' 4 times.

Re: How could I build display boxes in modal window basing on radiobox selection

jthi — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 12:56:08 GMT

You can maybe add additional check when With Current Limit is the option to check if lbtableSel is empty

If(rbSel == "With Current Limit" & is empty(lbtableSel),

Re: How could I build display boxes in modal window basing on radiobox selection

Atong — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 23:40:16 GMT

Thanks, your code works well in non-modal mode.

In modal mode, if I click option 1 --> option 2 -- > option 1, the list box will not show up, but when I tried additional option 2 --> option 1, it shows up! Basing on my investigation, I found seems there is a non visible List Box behind panel colSelLstBox, I can't call it and detele it, but after option 2 is operated 2 times, it will be finally deleted, so option 1 can work. So interesting....

My final solution in modal mode is to add a size(0,0) spacer box then I can get the handler of it, judge if it exist, delete or generate.