one more ConfigUI level

can I add configUI in a configUI?

like here - indicated with "<==== this one"

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   <Device type="custom" id="sceneExample">
      <Name>Scene</Name>
      <ConfigUI>
         <Field id="sourceDeviceMenu" type="menu">
            <Label>Device to add to scene:</Label>
            <List class="self" method="sourceDevices" dynamicReload="true"/>
         </Field>
         <ConfigUI>       <==== this one
             <Field id="addDevice" type="button">
                <Label/>
               <Title>Add Device</Title>
              <CallbackMethod>addDevice</CallbackMethod>
              </Field>
         </ConfigUI>   <==== this one end
         
         <Field id="memberDeviceList" type="list">
            <Label>Devices in scene:</Label>
            <List class="self" method="memberDevices" dynamicReload="true"/>
         </Field>
      </ConfigUI>
   </Device>
</Devices>



Karl
this one does not work..

[matt (support)]

Nope, only one per device definition.

I recall seeing something like that in one of the plugins that there was a sub menu somewhere but I can't find it..

anyway thanks ...


Karl

[matt (support)]

You can bind the visibility of controls to the value of a popup menu. So when item 1 is selected in the popup some other fields are visible, when item 2 is selected other fields are visible, etc. Like what you are doing now, but instead of binding to checkboxes you can bind to a popup (and its value). You could also have Next and Previous buttons which have plugin defined callback actions that increment/decrement the selected value in a popup. If you go the Next/Previous button route, then you could also make the popup invisible if you wanted to (so its purpose would only be to server as a visibility binding target for the controls, not an end user visible UI control).

Matt,
the increase/decrease value is a great idea!
That would solve most of my challenges as some displays depend on more than one input value (e.g. device and expert mode vs plot and expert mode)

I have indigoplot running as a device - it was actually very easy just changed some validatePrefsConfigUi to the device equiv.
But I don't use any device functions yet. Still doing all data management myself..

Thanks

Karl