Only one of checkmark "A" and "B" is allowed to being checked?

[no....@party.ms]

In a form, two checkmarks (--field="...":CHK) exclude each other, logically. When "Feature A" becomes selected (TRUE) "Feature B" must become unchecked (FALSE) and vice versa:

Minimal example:

yad --form --field="Feature A":CHK TRUE --field="Feature B":CHK FALSE

So, how to uncheck "Feature B" when "Feature A" is check-clicked? What code can achieve this sort of switch?

TIA,

too

[Johnny Rosenberg]

I think really old versions of Yad had Radiobuttons, which work like that, but they were removed. I needed them, but I found that a Combo Box (CB) does exactly the same job: You have a couple of items and you can select one of them. Yad then returns the item you selected, so that is easy to handle too.

Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg

 

TIA,

too

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[no....@party.ms]

I know and I use the :CB to select one out of mutiple options. In this case I actually want to achieve something different:

Two groups of settings (:CB, text entry, :FL) may be set but only one group of settings can be applied. To avoid errors or a mix mes of all these, I have one checkbox ("A") near the "A" group of user settings / selections and the "B" checkbox near the "B" group of settings / selections.

Both groups of settings can be configured at will (and don't reset) but only one of these groups can be applied at any given time. I prefer to have the intuitive checkbox "Take these settings!" (and uncheck the other, like a switch).

In addition, I actually use a 4 TAB notebook and the next step would be to check/uncheck a parameter group on TAB1 which than must toggle a different / dependent / independent settings group on TAB2, TAB3 and/or TAB4.

There are defaults, spread over the TABs and when selecting set "A" on TAB1 different settings on other TABs depend on them and thus should be "switched on / off" respectively. The logical challenge is to only being able to select meaningful setting groups ("parameters") together and don't get contradicting ones mixed in.

[Johnny Rosenberg]

Den mån 23 aug. 2021 kl 01:51 skrev no....@party.ms <no....@party.ms>:

I know and I use the :CB to select one out of mutiple options. In this case I actually want to achieve something different:

Two groups of settings (:CB, text entry, :FL) may be set but only one group of settings can be applied. To avoid errors or a mix mes of all these, I have one checkbox ("A") near the "A" group of user settings / selections and the "B" checkbox near the "B" group of settings / selections.

Both groups of settings can be configured at will (and don't reset) but only one of these groups can be applied at any given time. I prefer to have the intuitive checkbox "Take these settings!" (and uncheck the other, like a switch).

In addition, I actually use a 4 TAB notebook and the next step would be to check/uncheck a parameter group on TAB1 which than must toggle a different / dependent / independent settings group on TAB2, TAB3 and/or TAB4.

There are defaults, spread over the TABs and when selecting set "A" on TAB1 different settings on other TABs depend on them and thus should be "switched on / off" respectively. The logical challenge is to only being able to select meaningful setting groups ("parameters") together and don't get contradicting ones mixed in.

I don't run the latest version of Yad so I don't know if this can be done. Are you really sure that Yad is the best tool for the job?

Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg

 

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Den mån 23 aug. 2021 kl 00:34 skrev no....@party.ms <no....@party.ms>:

In a form, two checkmarks (--field="...":CHK) exclude each other, logically. When "Feature A" becomes selected (TRUE) "Feature B" must become unchecked (FALSE) and vice versa:

Minimal example:

yad --form --field="Feature A":CHK TRUE --field="Feature B":CHK FALSE

So, how to uncheck "Feature B" when "Feature A" is check-clicked? What code can achieve this sort of switch?

I think really old versions of Yad had Radiobuttons, which work like that, but they were removed. I needed them, but I found that a Combo Box (CB) does exactly the same job: You have a couple of items and you can select one of them. Yad then returns the item you selected, so that is easy to handle too.

Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg

 

TIA,

too

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[Милош Павловић]

Maybe it's possible with dialogbox, an alternative to yad written with Qt libs.

https://github.com/martynets/dialogbox

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/martynets/dialogbox/master/images/widget-types-demo.png

I was told there is dialogbox packaged for Debian Buster in Antix Linux repositories.

http://repo.antixlinux.com/buster/pool/main/d/dialogbox/

[Johnny Rosenberg]

Den mån 23 aug. 2021 kl 08:26 skrev Милош Павловић <mpsr...@gmail.com>:

Maybe it's possible with dialogbox, an alternative to yad written with Qt libs.

Python with TkInter seems to be something people use as well.

Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg

 

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[Милош Павловић]

I think he was asking for bash dialogbox

but sure python3-tk library

1. #!/usr/bin/env python3
2. from tkinter import *
3. def sel():
4. selection = "You selected the option " + str(var.get())
5. print(selection)
6. label.config(text = selection)
7. window = Tk()
8. window.title('Tkinter')
9. window.geometry('300x80')
10. var = IntVar()
11. R1 = Radiobutton(window, text="Feature A", variable=var, value=1,
12. command=sel)
13. R1.pack( anchor = W )
14. R2 = Radiobutton(window, text="Feature B", variable=var, value=2,
15. command=sel)
16. R2.pack( anchor = W )
17. label = Label(window)
18. label.pack()
19. R1.invoke()
20. window.mainloop()

But one can as well use gtk+ library if familiar with python

[Johnny Rosenberg]

Den mån 23 aug. 2021 kl 17:28 skrev Милош Павловић <mpsr...@gmail.com>:

I think he was asking for bash dialogbox

Yes, but sometimes things can't be done easily in the current environment, and then it COULD be time to consider a different one… Or a mix. You could make a python script for the dialogue only and do the rest in Bash. :)

 

but sure python3-tk library

1. #!/usr/bin/env python3
2. from tkinter import *
3. def sel():
4. selection = "You selected the option " + str(var.get())
5. print(selection)
6. label.config(text = selection)
7. window = Tk()
8. window.title('Tkinter')
9. window.geometry('300x80')
10. var = IntVar()
11. R1 = Radiobutton(window, text="Feature A", variable=var, value=1,
12. command=sel)
13. R1.pack( anchor = W )
14. R2 = Radiobutton(window, text="Feature B", variable=var, value=2,
15. command=sel)
16. R2.pack( anchor = W )
17. label = Label(window)
18. label.pack()
19. R1.invoke()
20. window.mainloop()

But one can as well use gtk+ library if familiar with python

Nice! I'm not great with Python myself, only done some simple scripts within AutoKey.

Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg

 

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[Милош Павловић]

Tkinter is the easiest but making it look professional is not easy.

You would want your dialog to follow the yad/gtk+ theming.

There are some extensions for theming but they do not perfectly match gtk themes.

With C and gtk much can be done.

Dizzy from all that rolling... time to listen Rawhide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6jQj6rGqnE