DropDown Menus

[TULOA]

I have been trying to create a wrapper function to make a dropdown list by using a table as the master container. I can get the main level to populate but not the following lists.

I am trying to make it run off the following table layout:

menuList = {text, hasArrow, function, menuList}

it will parse through and use the text and function if hasArrow is false. Otherwise it runs through the text and hasArrow and menuList.

The examples I found otherwise I havent been able to adapt to work. Mainly because I dont fully understand the level building for sublevels.

[Torhal]

Have you consulted this guide?

[TULOA]

Originally Posted by Torhal Have you consulted this guide?

Yes cant seem to adapt it to my needs... I dont populate it off a random or set generation like that and I dont pass a list. It needs to allow a table in place of "Games" and run through the table to set all the elements.

I tried to replace the elseif menuList == "Games" and make it instead:

else
    for a,b in pairs(menuList[2]) do
        info.func = menuList[1]
        info.text = menuList[2][a]
        UIDropDownMenu_AddButton(info, level)
    end
end

The above is a rough cut estimation of what I remember but is basically what I did. All it did was add to the end of the 1st level.

[TULOA]

If someone can help out with a more direct function running off a table I would appreciate it. I just had one more idea I am going to try and if it works I will post it back here.

Otherwise I will still be looking.

[TULOA]

Originally Posted by TULOA If someone can help out with a more direct function running off a table I would appreciate it. I just had one more idea I am going to try and if it works I will post it back here. Otherwise I will still be looking.

Ok I wiggled something up that I can improve off of:

Following Requires: menuList, SubList with texts in menuList as keys.

	local info = UIDropDownMenu_CreateInfo()
		
		if level == 1 then
			for a,b in pairs(menuList) do
				info.text = b[1]
				info.hasArrow = b[2]
				
				UIDropDownMenu_AddButton(info, level)
			end
		elseif level == 2 then
			
			for a,b in pairs(menuList[UIDROPDOWNMENU_MENU_VALUE][3]) do
				info.text = b
				info.func = OnClick
				
				UIDropDownMenu_AddButton(info, level)
			end
		end

Edit: Fixed to run off one table.

[TULOA]

So my new question becomes...:

How can I make that function infinitely nesting?

Heres the sample table I used in the function above:

testMenuList = {Greetings = {"Greetings", true, {"hi", "hello", "good day"}}, Farewells = {"Farewells", true, {"bye", "goodbye", "later"}}}