[ANSWERED]ConfigUI Checkbox Description?

In my Devices configUI, I have a field e.g.:

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<Field type="checkbox" id="checkboxSample" defaultValue="true">
   <Label>Checkbox:</Label>
   <Description>What's on the right side of the checkbox</Description>
</Field>


Is it possible to dynamically modify the Description from a plugin at run time and if so how?

[jay (support)]

It's possible. If you implement the following method in your plugin you can modify the XML directly:

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def getDeviceConfigUiXml(self, typeId, devId):
   if typeId in self.devicesTypeDict:
      return self.devicesTypeDict[typeId][u"ConfigUIRawXml"]
   return None


I'm showing the default implementation here - so you can get your xml by getting self.devicesTypeDict[typeId][u"ConfigUIRawXml"] then edit it to change the description and return the changed version. As you can see, the device id is also passed through in case you need to examine the device instance to see how to modify the XML.

Not pretty, but doable.

Thanks Jay

Am I correct in assuming that you can only alter the text using this method prior to the ConfigUi dialogue being displayed?

Can it be used (or is there a way) for the dialogue to be altered on a button press for example?

[jay (support)]

Correct - it can't be changed while the dialog is running, only upon load of the dialog.