Buttons and Dropdowns

[rmasonjr]

I posted this as an issue on GitHub, but I thought I'd see if anyone has run into this...

I have a lighting device with an On/Off/Toggle where I just want buttons.
The same device can also be dimmed and brightened, so I want a dropdown.
When I build my buttons with their EControlUse of off/on, those values are being added to the dropdown by the SDK for some reason.
Also, the Toggle button is not displayed at all.
Anyone see anything wrong with this code?

[alexbk66]

The comments for the EControlType.Values enum says:

All HomeSeer.PluginSdk.Devices.Controls.StatusControls set as HomeSeer.PluginSdk.Devices.Controls.EControlType.Values are collected and displayed together as a single select list.

That's what you are getting I guess.

There's more for EControlType.TextSelectList:

Multiple HomeSeer.PluginSdk.Devices.Controls.EControlType.TextSelectL ist controls are used when a unique value needs to be defined for the different options that can be selected. This is useful for integration with 3rd-party systems where an analysis of the selected string is not possible.

Which I'm struggling to comprehend, can HST write a bit more useful docs? And there's no example of these in the Sample plugin. What a pain.

[rmasonjr]

Thanks Alex - I knew you would be able to explain it...

I'm basically trying to replicate what HS is doing for one of their own switches, but with a dropdown instead of a slider:



I'll post back if I can make it work. I agree, there should be some more 'meat' in the docs. It's all trial-and-error right now.

Thanks
Rob