Can I add multistate to a single button

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• Richard Haseltine Posts: 96,738

  September 2021

  A DzButton has only the two states, but there are other controls you could use:

  DzComboBox (http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/scripting/api_reference/object_index/combobox_dz) supports multi-state
  DzComboEdit (http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/scripting/api_reference/object_index/comboedit_dz) supports multi-state and text selection (and optionally editing)
  DzCheckListItem (http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/scripting/api_reference/object_index/checklistitem_dz) supports tri-state
  DzEnumSlider (http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/scripting/api_reference/object_index/enumslider_dz) provides multi-state in a labeled integer value
• ghost_of_delete_key Posts: 24

  September 2021 edited September 2021

  You could simply do it in a slot connected to the button's clicked signal.

  Just increment a variable each click, the fourth click resetting the value.

  Try this out, see if it does what you want:

   

  (function () {

   

      // a dialog

      var wDlg = new DzDialog();

      wDlg.caption = "tri-state button";

      wDlg.width = 200;

      wDlg.height = 200;

   

      //a button

      var wTriButton = new DzPushButton(wDlg);

   

      // set the initial state of the button

      var nState = 0; // <--- THIS hold the button state, read it from wherever

      wTriButton.text = "Off";

   

      // make it pretty

      var wLayout = new DzGridLayout(wDlg);

      wLayout.addWidget(wTriButton, 1, 1, 1, 1);

   

      // connect a toggle counter

      connect(wTriButton, "clicked()", doToggle);

   

      // records the state of the button for each click

      function doToggle() {

   

          nState += 1;

          if (nState > 2) {

              nState = 0;

          }

   

          //update the button text

          updateButton();

      }

   

      // updates the button text based on the toggle state

      function updateButton() {

   

          var txt = "";

          switch (nState) {

              case 0:

                  txt = "Off";

                  break;

              case 1:

                  txt = "On";

                  break;

              case 2:

                  txt = "Auto";

                  break;

          }

   

          // set the button's text

          wTriButton.text = txt;

      }

   

      wDlg.exec();

  })();

   

  edited text("Off") to "Off" so it "just works"

  Post edited by ghost_of_delete_key on September 2021
• TheMysteryIsThePoint Posts: 2,887

  September 2021

  Qt's UI guidelines say that to select exactly one from a set of mutually exclusive options you users would expect to see radio buttons inside a group because all the choices are apparent, or a combo box if space is a premium. I think a command button might be slightly confusing because a command button is supposed to initiate an action, and it won't be obvious to the user what the button does, what the states are, etc..

  In your case, I think a combobox is most appropriate.
• Tugpsx Posts: 732

  September 2021

  @ghost_of_delete_key Thanks this is what i was looking for but as TheMysteryIsThePoint said it may be best to present the users with the combobox rather than having to explain that the button has 3 states. It was a good Idea at one point. I will find future use for the assisted code again Thanks.
• ghost_of_delete_key Posts: 24

  September 2021

  Darwin called this...

  Evolution.