<dropdown>

A drop-down menu.

Child of: <click>, <drag_drop>, <drag_move>, <mouse_click>, <mouse_down>, <mouse_move>, <mouse_out>, <mouse_over>, <node name="">, <press>, <release>

Parent of: <title>, <font>, <font_size>, <x>, <y>, <height>, <width>, <opacity>, <dropdown_color>, <dropdown_opacity>, <next_node>, <items>

Example:

<dropdown>

            <title>Click here for a drop-down menu!</title>

            <font>Arial</font>

            <font_size>14</font_size>

            <x>50</x>

            <y>125</y>

            <height>35</height>

            <width>95</width>

            <opacity>.3</opacity>

            <dropdown_color>0xFFFFFF</dropdown_color>

            <dropdown_opacity>.1</dropdown_opacity>

            <next_node>a_node</next_node>

            <items>

                        <item label="Choice 1" data="1"/>

                        <item label="Choice 2" data="2"/>

                        <item label="Choice 3" data="3"/>

            </items>

</dropdown>

<dropdown_color>

The color of a drop-down menu (the list that drops down after the user has clicked the drop-down), represented by a hexadecimal code preceded by 0x.

To find the hexadecimal code for the color you want, use a color picker such as this one.

Child of: <dropdown>

Parent of: Nothing

Example:

<dropdown_color>0xDDDDDD</dropdown_color>

<dropdown_opacity>

The opacity of a drop-down menu (the list that drops down after the user has clicked the drop-down).

The value must be between 0 (transparent) and 1 (opaque).

Child of: <dropdown>

Parent of: Nothing

Example:

<dropdown_opacity>.3</dropdown_opacity>

<item label="" data=""/>

An individual selection within a drop-down menu.

The value in label="" is displayed to the user; the value in data="" is written to a variable named dropdown_value when the user selects that item. The variable can then be evaluated and used in the next node.

Child of: <items>

Parent of: Nothing

See also: <dropdown>

Example:

<item label="Choice 1" data="1"/>

<items>

The list of selections within a drop-down menu.

Child of: <dropdown>

Parent of: <item label="" data=""/>

Example:

<items>

            <item label="Choice 1" data="1"/>

            <item label="Choice 2" data="2"/>

            <item label="Choice 3" data="3"/>

</items>

<opacity>

The opacity of an element such as a button.

The value must be between 0 (transparent) and 1 (opaque).

Child of: <button>, <button_defaults>, <dropdown>, <input>,

Parent of: Nothing

Example:

<opacity>.5</opacity>

Working example: Search for <opacity></opacity> in the file trivia_demo.xml.

<title> (drop-down)

The title for a drop-down list.

Child of: <dropdown>

Parent of: Nothing

Example:

<dropdown>

            <title>Click here for drop-down menu!</title>

            …

</dropdown>