Re: [libreoffice-users] Coding: Radio Buttons don't work

Hi Regina,

thanks for your reply also.

The TabIndex you're writing about sounds pretty much like what I'm 
looking for - but I can't find it.
I use python / pyuno and I can't find a property called TabIndex or 
something similar.

In this folder are two screenshots with all the properties of a RadioButton:
https://github.com/XRoemer/Organon/tree/master/Screenshots/misc

Or is it the case, that TabIndex means the index in the parent container?

Well, I tried to add all mixed elements from a list (RadioButtons were 
directly after each other) and it didn't work.
When I add the RadioButtons in a separate loop, they work.

Sometimes it would be handy to have more control, as you might have more 
elements inbetween the RadioButtons. So the designing gets more 
complicated. Like here in the middle row, where the checkboxes are 
working like radiobuttons.
The advantage of a radiobutton is to see immediately what kind of 
choices are possible.

Regards,
Xaver





Am 16.05.2015 um 15:04 schrieb Regina Henschel:
> Hi Xaver,
>
> X Roemer schrieb:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I use always the same mechanism to add radio buttons by code. Usually I
> > add one after one, directly after each other, and they get grouped
> > automatically. But this time I can choose more than one and the others
> > don't get disabled. (See screenshot)
> >
> > I know, it's better to show some code, but it would be a bit too much,
> > as the creation of widgets is splitted into several steps.
> >
> > My questions are:
> > - Is there a mechanism to group radio buttons by code instead of adding
> > them one directly after the other?
> > - Can someone guess, what else can go wrong?
>
> See 
> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/BASIC_Guide/Control_Elements
>
> There the last paragraph in section 'Option Buttons'
> "To combine several option buttons in a group, you must position them 
> one after another in the activation sequence without any gaps 
> (Model.TabIndex property, described as Order in the dialog editor). If 
> the activation sequence is interrupted by another control element, 
> then OpenOffice.org automatically starts with a new control element 
> group that can be activated regardless of the first group of control 
> elements."
>
> So this is different from option buttons in forms, where grouping is 
> done by the name property.
>
> I have tested, that you really get a grouping, when the TabIndex is 
> consecutive. That happens automatically, when you insert them in that 
> order.
>
> You can change the property 'Tab index' after you have inserted a 
> control, but that will change the other tab indexes too. You might 
> want to have a list of the wanted tab order when designing the dialog 
> and start changing at tab index 0.
>
> You can set and change the property TabIndex as well inside your 
> program before executing the dialog. But unless you insert option 
> buttons newly (instead of setting visible) when running your program, 
> I think, that generating the dialog controls in the correct order 
> while designing the dialog is much easier.
>
> Kind regards
> Regina


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