[PD] Scrolllbar/dropdown list. Was: : Fixed: menubutton bug ...

[Ingo]

Hi Fred,

no scrollbar please ! ! !

But on Windows I do at least have the possibility to scroll down if not all 
values are shown.
On Linux that's not possible. I can fit 56 entries on my full HD screen and 
the rest is not accessible at all.
I suspect that this is part of the operating system ...

So, dividing the menu into several rows - if needed - would look like the best 
way to do it.
[tof/pmenu] does this but unfortunately the first column is limited to 30 
entries and the number of columns seems to be limited to 2.

Looks like [tof/pmenu] would be easier to change to do what I need by 
extending the number of entries per row and columns.
Being able to set a maximum amount of rows per column would be perfect with up 
to 4 or 5 rows.

I had downloaded the source code before but since I'm no good at these things 
I couldn't manage to change it.

Ingo


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Jan Kraan [mailto:fjkraan at xs4all.nl]
> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 1:40 PM
> To: pd-list at lists.iem.at
> Cc: ingo at miamiwave.com
> Subject: Scrolllbar/dropdown list. Was: : [PD] Fixed: menubutton bug ...
>
> Hi Ingo,
>
> A lot is possible, as Tk commands are created and executed. But do I
> understand correctly, you want a menu-dropdown list with a scrollbar?
> Your application is probably not a menu, but I would think selecting from a
> 128 or 256 items-list would call for a different GUI solution.
>
> But I can look into it to see what is possible with Tk. Don't hold your 
> breath
> and make sure to look for alternative solutions (like jmmmp/cellblock?).
>
> Greetings,
>
> Fred Jan
>
> > Hi Fred,
> >
> > [tof/menubutton] is a great extarnal !
> >
> > One thing that's on my wishlist which would be the ability to use columns.
> > I need sometimes menus with more items that fit onto a single HDMI
> > screen like
> > 128 MIDI program names or menus with up to 256 items.
> >
> > Would it be possible to add columns to fit all items onto one screen
> > without having to scroll?
> > In order to work best it should either be settable how many rows are
> > in one column or it should be set automatically according to the screen 
> > size.
> > Right now I'm getting 61 rows on Windows, if I remember correctly I
> > got 60 (?) on Debian.
> >
> > At least on my Windows mashine that I used for testing I could not
> > scroll with my mouse wheel.
> > Not sure atm if it works on Linux where I usually need to use it.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Ingo
> >
> >
> > From: Pd-list [mailto:pd-list-bounces at lists.iem.at] On Behalf Of Fred
> > Jan Kraan
> > Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 9:52 AM
> > To: pd-list at lists.iem.at
> > Subject: [PD] Fixed: menubutton bug ...
> >
> > Hi List,
> > A new version of tof, 0.2.3 is available which fixes this bug, caused
> > by my code-cleanup in 0.2.2. It is available for all the usual
> > platforms. Thanks to Oliver for finding and reporting the bug.
> > Greetings,
> > Fred Jan
> > On 12/09/2020 03.09, oliver wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > i just discovered a bug in the [menubutton] object of the TOF library,
> > in version 0.2.2
> >
> >
> > if you send a float to the [menubutton] object to recall an item by
> > index (or also if you just want to "set" it with a float), it is
> > always interpreted as 0, no matter what the sent number was.
> >
> > on the other hand, symbols work, also with the "set" method.
> >
> > this bug wasn't there in TOF version 0.2.1, i checked it on PD 0.48
> > through
> > 0.51 (both 32 and 64 bit versions)
> >
> >
> > best
> >
> > oliver
> >
> >
> >
> >
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