Feature UI hack help

EvanReese

What's a cleaner way to do this? The feature is here.

For the UI of the Part Name feature, I want the ability to switch segments between a string or formula, but I don't want to make the feature super long with boolean boxes. I've kind of hacked it by using the OPPOSITE_DIRECTION booleans, which gives me a much cleaner and brief layout, but it feels kinda hackey because it is.

konstantin_shiriazdanov

I thought you could use custom icon, but seems like it can't be used with boolean parameter. Though I like your solution, it's compact and intuitive.

EvanReese

oh! I'd love to use a custom icon if I could

kevin_o_toole_1

If you're okay with the name not changing, you should be able to use DISPLAY_SHORT to have a named checkbox and an unnamed quantity/string in the same row. Like your solution, but with a checkbox.

annotation {"Name" : "Visible name", "UIHint" : [ "DISPLAY_SHORT", "FIRST_IN_ROW" ] }
        definition.isExpression is boolean;

        if (definition.isExpression)
        {
            annotation {"Name" : "Expression", "UIHint" : UIHint.DISPLAY_SHORT }
            isLength(definition.expression, LENGTH_BOUNDS);
        }
        else
        {
            annotation {"Name" : "String", "UIHint" : UIHint.DISPLAY_SHORT }
            definition.string is string;
        }
        

Up to you if you like checkboxes better than flip buttons.

EvanReese

Thanks, Kevin, since it's not otherwise labeled, I'd like the text to change to clue the user into what's happening. It would be nice in this case if we could do an unnamed checkbox and named qty/string fields instead. I like the word "expression" more than "formula" so thanks for that. I've updated it.