Dropdown

A dropdown menu allowing the selection of various elements.

dropdown.gif

import pygame_widgets
import pygame
from pygame_widgets.button import Button
from pygame_widgets.dropdown import Dropdown

pygame.init()
win = pygame.display.set_mode((400, 280))

dropdown = Dropdown(
    win, 120, 10, 100, 50, name='Select Color',
    choices=[
        'Red',
        'Blue',
        'Yellow',
    ],
    borderRadius=3, colour=pygame.Color('green'), values=[1, 2, 'true'], direction='down', textHAlign='left'
)


def print_value():
    print(dropdown.getSelected())


button = Button(
    win, 10, 10, 100, 50, text='Print Value', fontSize=30,
    margin=20, inactiveColour=(255, 0, 0), pressedColour=(0, 255, 0),
    radius=5, onClick=print_value, font=pygame.font.SysFont('calibri', 10),
    textVAlign='bottom'
)

run = True
while run:
    events = pygame.event.get()
    for event in events:
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            pygame.quit()
            run = False
            quit()

    win.fill((255, 255, 255))

    pygame_widgets.update(events)
    pygame.display.update()

This is a classic dropdown, but with a twist: if you right-click on the top, it reset itself. To get the current value of the dropdown, we use the getSelected() methods.

It returns:

  • None if nothing is selected
  • A string with the choice you selected if the optional arg value is not set
  • If the optional arg value is set, we return the value corresponding to the choice.

For the example above:

Choice Value
Red 1
Blue 2
Yellow 3

Mandatory Parameters

Note: Mandatory parameters must be supplied in order.

Parameter Description Type
name Main name of the dropdown str
choices Choices to display list of str

Optional Parameters

Parameter Description Type Default
direction Expansion direction. Can be 'down', 'up', 'left' or 'right'. str down
values optional return value corresponding to the choices. Must be the same length as choices list a copy of choices
inactiveColour Default colour when not pressed or hovered over. (int, int, int) (150, 150, 150)
pressedColour Colour when pressed. (int, int, int) (100, 100, 100)
hoverColour Colour when hovered over. (int, int, int) (125, 125, 125)
onClick Function to be called when clicked. function None
onClickParams Parameters to be fed into onClick function. (*any) ()
onRelease Function to be called when released. function None
onReleaseParams Parameters to be fed into onRelease function. (*any) ()
textColour Colour of text. (int, int, int) (0, 0, 0)
fontSize Size of text. int 20
font Font of text. pygame.font.Font sans-serif
textHAlign Horizontal alignment of text. Can be 'centre', 'left' or 'right'. str 'centre'
borderColour Colour of border. (int, int, int) (0, 0, 0)
borderThickness Thickness of border. int 3
borderRadius Border radius. Set to 0 for no radius. int 0