CheckBox Template repeater

Ignition
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Hi,

I would like to use checkbox as a template in vision and it will be repeated as per the selection in a radio button.

For eg: If i have selected 'Equipment Failure' , i should be able to select only one option from subcategory which is a repeater.
Currently multiple selection is possible which i would like to restrict.
Any ideas to achieve this?

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Radio buttons are tied to each other if they're in the same container. Because yours are all container in their own template, they are all independent. I don't think you'll be able to use the default functionality, you will probably need to read the current state into your radio button template and fire a script to deselect the buttons that aren't on

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Add this script to your checkbox's actionPerformed script, and you should get the effect you want:

for component in event.source.parent.parent.getComponents():
	for subComponent in component.getComponents():
		if subComponent != event.source:
			subComponent.selected = False
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Using checkboxes for that functionality is bad GUI design and will cause confusion.

  • Radio buttons are "interlocked" and one and only one can be selected.
  • Checkboxes are independent and multiple (or none) can be selected.

You should be using radio buttons for the sub-categories as well.

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I totally missed the mention of check boxes, haha. I just assumed they were radio buttons.

6

Hi ,

same script i tired for radio button its not working

anything needs to be alter for radio button?

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Is your radio button in a template repeater?

If so, is it in a nested container within the template?

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i have one radio button in template

i am calling template in template repeater (repeater placed in root container of window) and given count 5.

but when i switch from one radio button to another its not deselecting

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You're running into a fundamental radio button behavior. The template acts as a container, so without another radio button in the template, the setSelected method is not going to work without some creative hocus pocus.

A simple way to do it would be to put a second radio button with a special name in the template with the visibility set to false, and then programmatically set the invisible radio button to setSelected(True) to deselect the visible radio button

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@prasath.t:

Okay, I've tested the below script, and it works. If you name your invisible radio button: 'invisibleButton', and put the following script on the VISIBLE button's actionPerformed event handler, it will give you the result you are looking for:

rootButton = event.source.parent.getComponent('invisibleButton')
for component in event.source.parent.parent.getComponents():
	for subComponent in component.getComponents():
		if subComponent != rootButton and subComponent.name == 'invisibleButton':
			subComponent.selected = True
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thank you so much

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Hi @justinedwards.jle

one question
i have 3 check box in template repeater
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i want them to be align from center

but it starting from right top

i justed the flow direction also but it's not changing anything i am missing here?

image

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Got it this is the setting we need to use
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@justinedwards.jle

how to fetch the selected button name from template repeater?
image

example -
in my image matline selected.. i want to fetch that name
i tired but don't know how to get it

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From where or when are you wanting to get it?

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when selection changes. i planning to get it in template repeater property change.

is there any better way to get it.. i really don't know

based on the selection name i need to run some script that's is my goal

it's good to get it in template repeater custom property

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It's not the name you're after; it's the text. Assign it to your custom property from the VISIBLE button's actionPerformed event script. It will simply be: event.source.text.

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yes i need the text based on the selection change

but i didn't getting what you ask me to do

when selection changes nothing is happening in template repeater property. that's why i don't know how to fetch it

if write the script in template action performed but how to right back that to template repeater custom property?

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You have a custom property on the template REPEATER?

What is it called, and what datatype is it?

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workshopName (string datatype)

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The template is the button's parent, and the repeater is the template's parent, so the code will look like this:

event.source.parent.parent.parent.parent.parent.workshopName = event.source.text

Edit: Oops! @prasath.t, I just tested it, and the parent of the template is actually the scroll pane. You'll have to go a few layers higher to get to the repeater. I've corrected the code accordingly.

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