Authors CurseForge

Usually I use "info.checked = variable == 'value'" to simulate radio buttons with checkmarks within a dropdown menu.

Now, the problem is I want to set "info.keepShownOnClick = true" and find a way to refresh the checkmarks at the current menu level when an item is clicked.

Below is an ugly attempt to do this but it seems to conflict with the Blizzard's handling of checkmarks and only works half of the time.

[php]
local function SetOption(frame, var, val, checked)
config[var] = val or checked -- works with "radio" & "check"

-- ugly attempt to refresh checkmarks
local sub = strsub(frame:GetName(), 1, 19)
for i = 1, 5 do
local menuFrame = _G[ sub .. tostring(i) ]
local checkmark = _G[ sub .. tostring(i) .. "Check" ]
checkmark:SetTexture(menuFrame == frame and "Interface\\Buttons\\UI-CheckBox-Check" or "")
end

-- --> something to clear the menu lines
-- dropdown_init(nil, UIDROPDOWNMENU_MENU_LEVEL)
end


local options = {
{ text = format( "|cffffb366Ara|r Reputations (%s)", GetAddOnMetadata( "Ara_Broker_Reputations", "Version") ), isTitle = true },
{ text = "Block display", submenu = {
{ text = "ASCII Bar", var = "blockDisplay", type = "radio", val = "ascii", submenu = {
{ text = "Single Color", var = "asciiBar", type = "radio", val = "singleColor" },
{ text = "Dual Colors", var = "asciiBar", type = "radio", val = "dualColors" }, } },
{ text = "Text", var = "blockDisplay", type = "radio", val = "text", submenu = {
{ text = levels[6].." - 7500/12000 ", var = "textInfo", type = "radio", val = "standingValues" },
{ text = levels[6].." - 62%", var = "textInfo", type = "radio", val = "standingPerc" }, } } } },
{ text = "Tooltip bars", submenu = {
{ text = "Standard", var = "tipDisplay", type = "radio", val = "standard" },
{ text = "Double Wide", var = "tipDisplay", type = "radio", val = "doubleWide" } } },
{ text = "Hide Hints", var = "hideHints", type = "check" }
}


dropdown_init = function(self, level)
level = level or 1
for i, v in ipairs( level > 1 and UIDROPDOWNMENU_MENU_VALUE or options ) do
local info = UIDropDownMenu_CreateInfo()
info.text = v.text
info.isTitle = v.isTitle
if v.type == "radio" then
info.checked = config[v.var] == v.val
info.func, info.arg1, info.arg2 = SetOption, v.var, v.val
info.keepShownOnClick = true -- TRY
elseif v.type == "check" then
info.checked = config[v.var]
info.func, info.arg1 = SetOption, v.var
info.keepShownOnClick = true
end
info.hasArrow = v.submenu ~= nil
info.value = v.submenu
UIDropDownMenu_AddButton( info, level )
end
end
[/php]

Is there a way to clear the lines of the current menu level and call the dropdown init function to redraw the menu, or something clever ?

Sorry for my bad explanations. :(

what i do is record the last entry selected, then uncheck it as part of the selection function and record the current entry as being selected.

wrap your function call with a local function that handles this stuff for you since it'll have access to all the local variables of your menu.

personally, i tend to avoid the dynamic init system unless my menus are truly dynamic.

I don't understand what that's supposed to do. :confused:
Can you throw some code, or an addon where you're doing that ? :p


EDIT: I found that

_G["DropDownList"..UIDROPDOWNMENU_MENU_LEVEL].numButtons = 0
dropdown_init(nil, UIDROPDOWNMENU_MENU_LEVEL)

works for most of the radio button menus. Unfortunatly it doesn't work if a radio button has a sub-menu as shown below:

Quote from ara2

I don't understand what that's supposed to do. :confused:
Can you throw some code, or an addon where you're doing that ? :p


EDIT: I found that

_G["DropDownList"..UIDROPDOWNMENU_MENU_LEVEL].numButtons = 0
dropdown_init(nil, UIDROPDOWNMENU_MENU_LEVEL)

works for most of the radio button menus. Unfortunatly it doesn't work if a radio button has a sub-menu as shown below:

i don't have any code in front of me, but you can look at lilsparky's workshop. i have a rudimentary dropdown menu registration system in that. handles radio buttons and submenus, but it's not a dynamic system -- you register everything once, then build your menu table and call easymenu to open your menu over and over. from there, the menus are self-sustaining (they check/uncheck, handle callbacks, etc).

I tried LilSparky's Workshop but it's not what Im looking for.

I want that checking a menu entry:
- keep the menu entry shown (keepShownOnClick = true)
- uncheck the other menu entries of this level

Thank you Xinhuan, you're always very helpful :) (although it's still ugly :p).