Re: Question on Dynamic with "DockedCell"
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- Subject: [mg104148] Re: Question on Dynamic with "DockedCell"
- From: Adam Griffith <adamg at wolfram.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:29:20 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <200910200854.EAA06280@smc.vnet.net>
I would suggest placing the code for the menus in a DynamicModule. Notebook[........ , DockedCells->Cell[BoxData[ToBoxes at DynamicModule[..... all code.....], "DockedCell"]] -Adam Jason Ledbetter wrote: > Folk, > I'm attempting to create a dynamically-appearing set of choices/menus using > ButtonBar in a notebook window but I've been unable to get the desired > affect to date. I've cobbled together the following code which almost does > what I'm looking for but I could use some pointers in getting the rest of > the way. > > The goal here is for the "topMenu" items to appear when the notebook is > first instantiated and for the "secondMenu" option to appear when a > "topMenu" option is selected. As it stands now, I'm having to start with the > "secondMenu" option pre-defined to a bogus value. > > If I were to abstract my goal some more, I'm trying to figure out how to > dynamically add/remove RowBox items that include ButtonBars from the > notebook based on options that are selected. > > I'm guessing that I somehow need to programmatically generate the contents > of a Dynamically wrapped RowBox (e.g., Dynamic[RowBox[...]]) but I'm not > quite sure how to go about that just yet. > > Any help is greatly appreciated... > > Here's what I have thus far: > > --snip-- > Module[ > > {topMenu, secondMenu}, > > topMenu = {"option1", "option2"}; > secondMenu = {"No option selected"}; > > menuChoice[choice_] := Module[{}, > Switch[choice, > "option1", secondMenu = {"one", "selected"}, > "option2", secondMenu = {"two", "selected"}, _, Print[choice] > ]]; > > CreateWindow[DockedCells -> Cell[ > RowBox[ > { > ToBoxes[ > ButtonBar[ToString[#] :> menuChoice[#] & /@ topMenu] > ], > ToBoxes[ > Dynamic[ > ButtonBar[ToString[#] :> menuChoice[#] & /@ secondMenu] > ] > ] > } > ], > "DockedCell"], > TextAlignment -> Center > ] > ]; > > --snip-- > > > thanks, > > > -jbl >
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- Question on Dynamic with "DockedCell"
- From: Jason Ledbetter <jasonbrent@gmail.com>
- Question on Dynamic with "DockedCell"