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Dropdown (From List)

About

Allow operators to choose from a list of options provided through a List. The chosen option will be stored in a variable.

Tip: Unlike the Dropdown (From Enumeration), which retrieves its options from the Enumerations property of the linked Value.


Properties

General

Value

Provides the current value and stores the updated value when an operator changes the currently selected item, usually this will be bound to a Data Variable Types.

Dropdown Options

List

A List that you’ve defined in your Project using the HMI Data Explorer. For each item in that list an dropdown options will be rendered.

Label Property

Choose the property from the blueprint of our List that will be used as the label for each option in the dropdown.

Value Property

Choose the property from the blueprint of our List that will actually be stored in the variable that is linked to the Value.

Examples

This Dropdown takes all the tools provided through the Tools/ToolList and presents them as a Dropdown. The Name property of each tool will be used as the label and the ID property will be stored.