[PD] Fixed: pmenu list length

[Fred Jan Kraan]

Hi Ingo,

Thanks for testing and the report. It is always great to hear from a 
happy user.

Greetings,

Fred Jan

> Hi Fred,
>
> after having tested [tof/pmenu] v.0.2.4 first on Windows7 I just added it to
> my current project in Linux.
> Works great on Windows and Linux!
>
> I'm so happy! This will improve and simplify my graphical user interface so
> much now!
>
> Thanks a lot, Fred! I really appreciate your effort!
> Ingo
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Fred Jan Kraan [mailto:fjkraan at xs4all.nl]
>> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 9:23 PM
>> To: Ingo; pd-list at lists.iem.at
>> Subject: Re: Scrolllbar/dropdown list. Was: : [PD] Fixed: menubutton bug ...
>>
>> Hi Ingo,
>>
>> Version 0.2.4 will be available from deken tomorrow (you can fetch it now
>> from https://puredata.info/Members/fjkraan/software/tof/0.2.4/).
>>
>> The proper way is set the maximum length first and only then fill the list.
>> The
>> menu will be "interesting" if you mix the add and max_column_height
>> messages.
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Fred Jan
>>
>>> Fred,
>>>
>>> it would be really fantastic if you could look into fixing pmenu.  :-)
>>>
>>> I'm constantly trying to avoid large dropdown menus - even though I
>>> need them - because no object that I know of can handle it properly.
>>>
>>> Ingo
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Fred Jan Kraan [mailto:fjkraan at xs4all.nl]
>>>> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 5:46 PM
>>>> To: Ingo; pd-list at lists.iem.at
>>>> Subject: Re: Scrolllbar/dropdown list. Was: : [PD] Fixed: menubutton bug
>> ...
>>>> Hi Ingo,
>>>>
>>>> Indeed a scrollbar on a dropdown-menu wouldn't be very good GUI
>>>> design practice.
>>>>
>>>> The pmenu should be easier to adapt. I guess the original intention
>>>> to have it start a new column every 30th item, but that doesn't work.
>>>> I could try to fix this and make the max-column-length an option.
>>>> Maybe even keep the current behaviour if no max-column-length is
>>>> specified to keep backward compatible. It might be someone depends on
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, the COLUMNBREAK = 30 is in pmenu_w.h.
>>>>
>>>> Greetings,
>>>>
>>>> Fred Jan
>>>>
>>>>> 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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