ViewSwitch 

 

Definition

A ViewSwitch UI element is part of the ContextualPanel and should be used to navigate between views.

 

Description of UI Element Properties

·        itemEnabled

specifies whether the item is enabled or disabled, that is, whether the user can trigger an action by clicking the item in question.

·        itemSource

specifies the item source of the ViewSwitch. You can use this to specify the path to the context node, where you can define the items.

·        itemText

specifies the text for the item in question.

·        itemVisible

specifies whether the item is visible.

Properties Overview

Name	Interface	Type	Initial Value	Bindable	Value Required
itemEnabled	IWDViewSwitch	boolean	true	bindable	No
itemSource	IWDViewSwitch	Object		bindable_mandatory	Yes
itemText	IWDViewSwitch	String		bindable	No
itemVisible	IWDViewSwitch	boolean	true	bindable	No

Events

●     onSelect (int index)

The onSelect event is triggered when the user selects a ViewSwitch item. Event parameter is the zero based index of the selected item.

Data Binding

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       1.      To bind the data of the ViewSwitch create a context node and the following attributes:

 

       2.      Bind the property itemSource to the context node and bind the properties itemEnabled, itemText and itemVisible to the corresponding context attributes.

       3.      To create and add itemSource elements, add the following source code to the wdDoInit method:

wdDoInit()
1     2	for(int i =0; i<3; i++)  {   IPrivatePatternUIElementsView.IItemSourceElement ivse =     wdContext.createItemSourceElement();   wdContext.nodeItemSource().addElement(ivse);   ivse.setItemEnabled(true);   ivse.setItemText("text no. "+i);   ivse.setItemVisible(true); }

In this example, the ViewSwitch would look like the screenshot below: