User interaction trigger via clickable action buttons in views

[ITC]

Hello,

I would like to know whether there has been any consideration or development towards including some kind of "action buttons" within the view elements of JaamSim — buttons that a user could click during simulation runtime to trigger a binary output (e.g. switching from 0 to 1).

In the models I develop, this kind of user interaction would be particularly useful to initiate specific actions or events manually. Currently, I manage this by using an InputValue object that I manually set to 0 or 1 depending on whether I want to trigger a particular process. However, an integrated visual control (such as a clickable button within the view) would enhance usability and provide a more intuitive interface for manual control.

Has this functionality been considered or implemented in any way?

Best regards,

[Harry King]

The 'ToggleButton' object does exactly what you want. You can find it in the Basic Objects library. Its 'Value' output returns 'true' or 'false' (i.e. 1 or 0) depending on the state of the button.

I've considered moving these user-clickable objects into a separate library to make them easier to find. At present, this library would contain ToggleButton, InputValue, and EntityLauncher. Do you think this change would be helpful?

Harry