MultiListButton (Javadocs: controlP5)

+Example

/**
 * ControlP5 MultiList
 * by andreas schlegel, 2009
 */

import controlP5.*;

ControlP5 controlP5;
MultiList l;

void setup() {
  size(400,400);
  frameRate(30);
  controlP5 = new ControlP5(this);
  
  // add a multiList to controlP5.
  // elements of the list have default dimensions
  // here, a width of 100 and a height of 12
  l = controlP5.addMultiList("myList",0,10,100,12);
  
  // create a multiListButton which we will use to
  // add new buttons to the multilist
  MultiListButton b;
  b = l.add("level1",1);
  
  // add items to a sublist of button "level1"
  b.add("level11",11).setLabel("level1 item1");
  b.add("level12",12).setLabel("level1 item2");

  b = l.add("level2",2);
  
  int cnt = 100;
  
  // add some more sublists.
  for(int i=0;i<10;i++) {
    MultiListButton c = b.add("level2"+(i+1),20+i+1);
    c.setLabel("level2 item"+(i+1));
    c.setColorBackground(color(64 + 18*i,0,0));
    
    if(i==4) {
    // changing the width and the height of a button
    // will be inherited by its sublists.
    c.setWidth(100);
    c.setHeight(20);
    }
    cnt++;
    
    if(i==4) {
      for(int j=0;j<10;j++) {
        cnt++;
        MultiListButton d;
        d = c.add("level2"+i+""+j,250+j+1);
        d.setLabel("level2 item"+(i+1)+" "+"item"+(j+1));
        d.setColorBackground(color(64 + 18*j,(64 + 18*j)/2,0));
        d.setId(cnt);
        d.setWidth(200);
      }
    }
  }
  
  MultiListButton cc = (MultiListButton)controlP5.controller("level21");
  cc.setHeight(40);
}


void controlEvent(ControlEvent theEvent) {
  println(theEvent.controller().name()+" = "+theEvent.value());  
  // uncomment the line below to remove a multilist item when clicked.
  // theEvent.controller().remove();
}


void draw() {
  background(0);
}

void keyPressed() {
  if(controlP5.controller("level23")!=null) {
    println("removing multilist button level23.");
    controlP5.controller("level23").remove();
  }
}

Method Summary
`MultiListButton`	`add(java.lang.String theName, float theValue)` add a new button to the sublist of this multilist button.
`void`	`addToXMLElement(ControlP5XMLElement theElement)`
`void`	`close()`
`void`	`close(MultiListInterface theInterface)`
`int`	`getDirection()`
`void`	`mouseReleasedOutside()`
`boolean`	`observe()`
`void`	`open()`
`void`	`remove()` remove a controller from controlP5.
`Controller`	`setHeight(int theHeight)` set the height of a multlist button.
`Controller`	`setWidth(int theWidth)` set the width of a multlist button.
`java.util.List<Controller>`	`subelements()`
`void`	`updateLocation(float theX, float theY)`
`void`	`updateRect(float theX, float theY, float theW, float theH)`

controlP5 Class MultiListButton

remove

subelements

getDirection

updateRect

updateLocation

setWidth

setHeight

add

mouseReleasedOutside

observe

close

close

open

addToXMLElement

controlP5
Class MultiListButton