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Dmitriy27445167miri
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December 20, 2022
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To create and interact with user interface elements

  • December 20, 2022
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Greetings to everyone!
When I call a dialog, I need to pass it the value of the text (StaticText). EditText would like the text to be typed from the center (justify: "center").

I wrote the code for such a window in two versions.
in the first case, I cannot assign a value (StaticText).
In the second version, I cannot make the text in the EditText field aligned in the center.

How to make any of the options work?

 

 

var myTxt = 'figny';

// version1
var w = new Window( "dialog { \
    orientation: 'row', \
    st: StaticText {text:myTxt}, \
    pb: Button { text: 'OK' }, \
    et: EditText { characters:15, justify:'center' } \
    }");
w.show(); 

// version2
win = new Window('dialog');
win.orientation = 'row';
win.st = win.add('statictext', undefined, myTxt);
win.bt = win.add('button', undefined, 'ok');
win.et = win.add('edittext');
win.et.characters = 15;
win.et.justify = 'center';
win.show();

 

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Correct answer CarlosCanto

these are all the different ways of using the name property

var win = new Window( 'dialog' );
chInk_10 = win.add( 'checkbox {text:"ink_10", visible:false, properties:{name:"ten"}}' );

// access element by finding the element
var check10 = win.findElement("ten"); // this also works with a name like 10
check10.visible = true;

alert("or by chaining its name: \n\nVisible: " + win.ten.visible); // this won't work with a numeric name, variable names should not start with numbers in general

alert("or by targeting the parent's children name: \n\nVisible: " + win.children["ten"].visible); // name:10 will also work here

win.show();

 

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pixxxelschubser
pixxxelschubser
Braniac
December 30, 2022

 

 

Hi everyone!
I will continue to ask questions in this topic so as not to create a new one …


By @Dmitriy27445167miri

 

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    Dmitriy27445167miriAuthor
    Known Participant
    December 30, 2022

    Yes, I have already understood my mistake. Excuse me as a newcomer to the forum.
    I will not do this again!

      pixxxelschubser
      pixxxelschubser
      Braniac
      December 30, 2022

      That's not a problem at all. We were all newcomers here once.
      😉

       

       

      Question:
      Could @CarlosCanto 's answer help solve your second problem?

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      Dmitriy27445167miriAuthor
      Known Participant
      December 29, 2022

      Hi everyone!
      I will continue to ask questions in this topic so as not to create a new one...
      How do I access a management object by its unique name defined in its properties?
      I would like to use a variable as a name when accessing.
      For example, I create a checkbox with the unique name 10.

      var win = new Window( 'dialog' );
chInk_10 = win.add( 'checkbox {text:"ink_10", visible:false, properties:{name:10}}' );
      CarlosCanto
      CarlosCantoCorrect answer
      Braniac
      December 30, 2022

      these are all the different ways of using the name property

      var win = new Window( 'dialog' );
chInk_10 = win.add( 'checkbox {text:"ink_10", visible:false, properties:{name:"ten"}}' );

// access element by finding the element
var check10 = win.findElement("ten"); // this also works with a name like 10
check10.visible = true;

alert("or by chaining its name: \n\nVisible: " + win.ten.visible); // this won't work with a numeric name, variable names should not start with numbers in general

alert("or by targeting the parent's children name: \n\nVisible: " + win.children["ten"].visible); // name:10 will also work here

win.show();

       

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        Dmitriy27445167miriAuthor
        Known Participant
        December 30, 2022

        thank you for your time on my problem.
        I had to organize a search for checkboxes by name. And I decided this as follows: I added letters to the number in the name.

        As I understand, if you use only digits in the name, then the value of the variable converted String() cannot be substituted as an argument in the function findElement()

        var win = new Window( 'dialog' );
chInk_1 = win.add( 'checkbox {text:"ink_10", properties:{name:"ch1"}}' );
// many more checkboxes
chInk_10 = win.add( 'checkbox {text:"ink_10", properties:{name:"ch10"}}' );

for (i = 1; i < 2; i++ ) { // loop, as an example of a variable change
var nameCh = 'ch' + String(i);
win.findElement(nameCh).value = true;
}
win.show();
        Charu Rajput
        Charu Rajput
        Braniac
        December 20, 2022

        Try following

        var myTxt = 'figny';

// version1
var w = new Window("dialog { \
    orientation: 'row', \
    st: StaticText {text:'" + myTxt + "'},\
    pb: Button { text: 'OK' }, \
    et: EditText { characters:15, justify:'center' } \
    }");
w.show();

// version2
win = new Window('dialog');
win.orientation = 'row';
win.st = win.add('statictext', undefined, myTxt);
win.bt = win.add('button', undefined, 'ok');
win.et = win.add('edittext {text: "", characters: 15, justify: "center", active: true}');
win.show();
        Best regards
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          Dmitriy27445167miriAuthor
          Known Participant
          December 20, 2022

          Great!!!
          I still need to know a lot about script writing rules

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            Dmitriy27445167miriAuthor
            Known Participant
            December 20, 2022

            Fixed the first option. it works

            var myTxt = 'figny';


var w = new Window( "dialog { \
    orientation: 'row', \
    des: StaticText { characters:5 }, \
    pb: Button { text: 'OK' }, \
    et: EditText { characters:15, justify:'center' } \
    }");
w.des.text = myTxt;
w.show();
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