SettingsCategory - get labels

Hitcher · 2012-03-22 23:00

I want to do something different with the group 3 stuff and would really like to be able to get the labels but Control.GetLabel(-100) doesn't return anything.

Is there a way to retrieve these controls?

ie ControlGroup(3).GetLabel(-100)

Or am I just going to have to revert to showing the actual strings with visible conditions?

Thanks.

`Black · 2012-03-23 00:11

What do you want to achieve exactly? I also tried to get the label of the group but it seems impossible.

Hitcher · 2012-03-23 00:31

I'd like a horizontal wraplist that's centrally focused. Rolleyes

**jmarshall** · 2012-03-23 00:56

Well, you don't know how many there are in each category, so even if you could get them (which I presume you probably can) you'd need to know how many there are anyway, though I guess you could check for empty labels or something.

Control.GetLabel(-100) is what you want - not sure whether it'll go through or not though!

pecinko · 2012-03-23 01:49

(2012-03-23 00:31)Hitcher Wrote: I'd like a horizontal wraplist that's centrally focused.

I have tried something like that (tried using horizontal grouplist with 3 items) but I did not like navigation when spincontrol is active in grouplist="5". I.e. with buttons, pressing right would move focus to new section, but with spincontrol you move to "texturedown" first, which I found a bit annoying and confusing.

Maybe it's just me.

Hitcher · 2012-03-23 08:26

(2012-03-23 00:56)jmarshall Wrote: Control.GetLabel(-100) is what you want - not sure whether it'll go through or not though!

First thing I tried and it doesn't return anything - is it because it's a negative or something else?

Thanks.

**jmarshall** · 2012-03-23 10:33

Yeah, that's exactly the issue.

Not sure how to best handle this - I'm not sure if a container can give everything needed to operate things. Will ponder.

Cheers,
Jonathan

Hitcher · 2012-03-23 19:09

Update: I've managed to by-pass the hard-coded default control using <onload>Control.SetFocus(7000)</onload> so my wraplist gets focus and I've manually filled the labels because GetLabel doesn't work but I've now stumbled upon another problem - I can't get the wraplist to control the grouplist and change the sections.

Neither Control.Move or Control.Message work.

Ideas?

Thanks.

pecinko · 2012-03-23 19:51

Use grouplist for nav and send control.move to wraplist? Hide grouplist off screen or with fade anim.

Hitcher · 2012-03-23 20:06

Already tried that but the grouplist can't/wont send them.

Hitcher Skilled Skinner Posts: 9,976 Joined: Aug 2007 Reputation: 67 Location: Eastleigh, UK	2012-03-22 23:00 Post: #1 I want to do something different with the group 3 stuff and would really like to be able to get the labels but Control.GetLabel(-100) doesn't return anything. Is there a way to retrieve these controls? ie ControlGroup(3).GetLabel(-100) Or am I just going to have to revert to showing the actual strings with visible conditions? Thanks.
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`Black Skilled Skinner Posts: 2,070 Joined: Apr 2009 Reputation: 51 Location: Germany	2012-03-23 00:11 Post: #2 What do you want to achieve exactly? I also tried to get the label of the group but it seems impossible.
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Hitcher Skilled Skinner Posts: 9,976 Joined: Aug 2007 Reputation: 67 Location: Eastleigh, UK	2012-03-23 00:31 Post: #3 I'd like a horizontal wraplist that's centrally focused.
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Hitcher Skilled Skinner Posts: 9,976 Joined: Aug 2007 Reputation: 67 Location: Eastleigh, UK	2012-03-23 08:26 Post: #6 (2012-03-23 00:56)jmarshall Wrote: Control.GetLabel(-100) is what you want - not sure whether it'll go through or not though! First thing I tried and it doesn't return anything - is it because it's a negative or something else? Thanks.
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pecinko Member+ Posts: 3,067 Joined: Dec 2008 Reputation: 29 Location: Prague / Belgrade	2012-03-23 19:51 Post: #9 Use grouplist for nav and send control.move to wraplist? Hide grouplist off screen or with fade anim. My skins: Quartz Amber (This post was last modified: 2012-03-23 19:53 by pecinko.)
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Hitcher Skilled Skinner Posts: 9,976 Joined: Aug 2007 Reputation: 67 Location: Eastleigh, UK	2012-03-23 20:06 Post: #10 Already tried that but the grouplist can't/wont send them.
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