Howto add headers & dividers for a ShowPopupDialog?

Gaal Dornik

Hello, i'd like to add headers & dividers to my popup dialog similar to modeling (Mesh menu) popup. Is that possible?

Thanks.

.del

Hi - How are you generating the popup dialog right now? Are you using gui.GeDialog to create your own dialog box or are you using c4d.gui.MessageDialog to generate a simple prompt?

I found that I can create the kind of stuff your talking about with gui.GeDialog but it also makes me feel like I'm in over my head - (self taught hack that is distracted easily)

Gaal Dornik

Hi, i'm using gui.ShowPopupDialog.

popup = c4d.BaseContainer()
popup.SetString(ID_LIVE_SELECTION, "Live Selection")
result = gui.ShowPopupDialog(cd=None, bc=popup, x=c4d.MOUSEPOS, y=c4d.MOUSEPOS)

Gaal Dornik

I also would like to know can i add icons to popup menus?

gheyret

Hi, @Gaal-Dornik
Of course you can add header, divider and icon in to Popup dialog.
this is a simple example for how to add title, separator and icon:

import c4d

def main() -> None:
    bc = c4d.BaseContainer()
    bc.InsData(c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID, "item01")
    bc.InsData(c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID+1, "item02")
    
    # add a title
    bc.InsData(0, "This is Title")
    bc.InsData(c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID+2, "item03")
    bc.InsData(c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID+3, "item04")
    
    # add separator
    bc.InsData(0, "")
    bc.InsData(c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID+4, "item05")
    
    # add icon for an item
    bc.InsData(c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID+5, f"item06 &i{5140}&")
    bc.InsData(c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID+6, "item07")
    
    res = c4d.gui.ShowPopupDialog(cd=None, bc=bc, x=500, y=500)
    

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

And the result is like this:

You can also visit API Documentation page for more information.

Gaal Dornik

That's great! Thanks a lot!)

ferdinand

Hello @Gaal-Dornik,

Thank you for reaching out to us. And thank you @gheyret for providing an answer and solution, I do not really have to add anything here.

Cheers,
Ferdinand

Gaal Dornik

BTW Is there a way to remove 'Type to search' at the top of a popup?

ferdinand

Hello @Gaal-Dornik,

I am not quite sure how you mean that. The code example @Gaal-Dornik has provided does not come with the search box (and neither do our code examples). The option has never been documented for Python (I just fixed that) but you must pass POPUP_ALLOW_FILTERING as flag when opening the menu to enable the filtering. To disable filtering, you simply must omit the flag (which is the default).

Cheers,
Ferdinand

Result:

Code:

import c4d

bc = c4d.BaseContainer()
bc.InsData(c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID, "item01")
bc.InsData(c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID+1, "item02")

# add a title
bc.InsData(0, "This is Title")
bc.InsData(c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID+2, "item03")
bc.InsData(c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID+3, "item04")

# add separator
bc.InsData(0, "")
bc.InsData(c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID+4, "item05")

# add icon for an item
bc.InsData(c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID+5, f"item06 &i{5140}&")
bc.InsData(c4d.FIRST_POPUP_ID+6, "item07")

# Redefine the default flags and add the flag which enables the serach box.
flags: int = c4d.POPUP_RIGHT | c4d.POPUP_EXECUTECOMMANDS | c4d.POPUP_ALLOW_FILTERING

res = c4d.gui.ShowPopupDialog(cd=None, bc=bc, x=500, y=500, flags=flags)

Gaal Dornik

That's indeed strange because i haven't included this flag for sure, but i can see this field at the top...

ferdinand

Hey @Gaal-Dornik,

I just tried it on S26.1 and I have the filtering there too no matter what I do:

Must have been a bug of S26. I do not see much what you can do here.

Cheers,
Ferdinand

Gaal Dornik

Actually i've got 'Type to search' popup field in C4D 2023.2.0 also, but POPUP_ALLOW_FILTERING flag is omitted.
Is there a way to hide it?

Gaal Dornik

It works as expected in C4D 2024, but not in the previous versions.