Widget Switcher

anonymous_user_6571dbb3 · February 22, 2021, 9:24pm

I have a widget switcher set up with three different widgets 0,1 and 2 respectively. For some reason it will not display the initial starting widget the second time around…but the print statement shows that it is making the object…just not putting it on the screen again…I’m actually replacing and old button menu with this one. When I hook the button menu back up it works fine, but this menu still only displays once…I’ve tried everything I can think of including the class and index settings…

Everynone · February 22, 2021, 10:25pm

You may need to show the script, the bit that does the switching.

anonymous_user_6571dbb3 · February 23, 2021, 1:19pm

anonymous_user_6571dbb3 · February 23, 2021, 1:20pm

Well, that part (switching) works fine…it is the F10 key mapped to pull this menu up each time. It works only one time around…

Everynone · February 23, 2021, 2:02pm

How do you hide that widget?

anonymous_user_6571dbb3 · February 23, 2021, 2:27pm

I’ve tried 2 methods …

I have the widget(s) loaded up and hidden at first, then called to show visible when needed…All my other menus work like this.

I also have a function that collapses the widgets as well. Neither one makes this perform any differently.

Everynone · February 23, 2021, 2:52pm

You’ve collapsed the switcher. You never show it again… You are making the widget component that hosts it Visible, but that’s not the same element.

You will need to choose. Either manipulate the visibility of the switcher or the component that owns it.

Atm, when you show the component, the switcher inside is still collapsed. It shows initially as it’s yet to be collapsed when you dismiss the menu.

anonymous_user_6571dbb3 · February 23, 2021, 5:10pm

Thanks for the input here. I’m working on isolating the correct variables. Widget Switchers are confusing. I’m not even sure what the use if for them other than if you might wan to keep a menu looking uniform. I have an entire menu system already done for another project and never used the Widget Switcher before now…So I’m still wrapping my head around the actual benefits of use here…thanks again…

Everynone · February 23, 2021, 5:30pm

Widget Switcher is like tabs in an internet browser. It can host multiple elements but displays only 1 at a time. Pretty much what you see at the top of the screen, atm.

From the left:

widget Component (1) hosts a regular widget - wMenu (2)
this menu widget has a Switcher (3)

It’s up to you Visibility of which of the three pieces you want to manipulate. But make sure that you show / hide the same element. If I hide the wMenu, the Switcher will never show because the whole menu is hidden anyway.

Atm, you collapse MenuWidgetSwitcher (3 I assume, since I don’t see your entire setup) but when it comes to showing things again, you show the Component (1). Sure the component is showing, but the Switcher is still collapsed.

Visibility is granular and affects each element independently.