gui.Combobox

Syntax

gui.Combobox(parent:object, varname:string, name:string, options:string)

Parameters

parent A gui object.

varname Varname of this object.

name Label of object.

string Value of the item(s).

Return value

Return the selected index value of the item starting with 0.

Example

local ecb_misc = gui.Reference("MISC");
local ecb_gui = gui.Tab(ecb_misc, "ecb_gui", "Example Combobox");


-- Creating the object with a single item

local ecb_combobox_a = gui.Combobox(ecb_gui, "ecb_combobox_a", "Hmmm! Pretty Items", "Item 1");


-- Creating the object with multiple item(s)

local ecb_items = {"Item1", "Item2", "Item3", "Item4"};
local ecb_combobox_b = gui.Combobox(ecb_gui, "ecb_combobox_b", "Hmmm! Pretty Items", unpack(ecb_items));

-- Return selected value
callbacks.Register("Draw", function()
    local ecb_value_a = ecb_combobox_a:GetValue();
    local ecb_value_b = ecb_combobox_b:GetValue();
    print("ecb_value_a: " .. ecb_value_a);
    print("ecb_value_b: " .. ecb_value_b);
end);

Simple combobox listener

local ecb_misc = gui.Reference("MISC");
local ecb_gui = gui.Tab(ecb_misc, "ecb_gui", "Example Combobox");


-- Creating the object with a single item
local ecb_combobox_a = gui.Combobox(ecb_gui, "ecb_combobox_a", "Hmmm! Pretty Items", "Item 1");


-- We are gonna keep track of the last value
local ecb_value_a = ecb_combobox_a:GetValue();


-- Creating the object with multiple item(s)
local ecb_items = {"Item1", "Item2", "Item3", "Item4"};
local ecb_combobox_b = gui.Combobox(ecb_gui, "ecb_combobox_b", "Hmmm! Pretty Items", unpack(ecb_items));


-- We are gonna keep track of the last value
local ecb_value_b = ecb_combobox_b:GetValue();


-- Return selected value
callbacks.Register("Draw", function()
    -- We are gonna check for a value and see if it has changed
    if ecb_value_a ~= ecb_combobox_a:GetValue() then
        ecb_value_a = ecb_combobox_a:GetValue();
        ecb_combobox_a_Changed();
    end


    -- We are gonna do it again for the b value!
    if ecb_value_b ~= ecb_combobox_b:GetValue() then
        ecb_value_b = ecb_combobox_b:GetValue();
        ecb_combobox_b_Changed();
    end
end);


function ecb_combobox_a_Changed()
    print(ecb_value_a);
end


function ecb_combobox_b_Changed()
    print(ecb_value_b);
end

How to add more items to a combobox or set new ones

-- Setting new items
-- Example 1
ecb_combobox_a:SetOptions("value1", "value2");


-- Example 2
local items = {"value1", "value2"};
ecb_combobox_a:SetOptions(unpack(items));


-- Adding items from a prior combobox is harder and requires having an array of the items you had in it. In this cause you would just add to an array and use unpack(items) like shown above.