Toggle Menu View
Toggle Menu View
A toggle menu view supports displaying a list of options on a screen horizontally (side to side, in a single row) similar to a Horizontal Menu. It is designed to present one of two choices easily.
General Information
Items can be selected on a menu via the left and right cursor keys, or by selecting them via a hotKey - see Hot Keys below.
A toggle menu view is defined with a percent (%) and the characters TM, followed by the view number (if used.) For example:
%TM1
Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
textStyle |
Sets the standard (non-focus) text style. See Text Styles in MCI |
focusTextStyle |
Sets focus text style. See Text Styles in MCI |
focus |
If set to true, establishes initial focus |
submit |
If set to true any accept action upon this view will submit the encompassing form
|
hotKeys |
Sets hot keys to activate specific items. See Hot Keys below |
hotKeySubmit |
Set to submit a form on hotkey selection |
argName |
Sets the argument name for this selection in the form |
items |
List of items to show in the menu. Must include exactly two (2) items. See Items below. |
Hot Keys
A set of hotKeys are used to allow the user to press a character on the keyboard to select that item, and optionally submit the form.
Example:
hotKeys: { A: 0, B: 1, Q: 1 }
hotKeySubmit: true
This would select and submit the first item if A is typed, second if B, etc.
Items
A toggle menu, similar to other menus, take a list of items to display in the menu. Unlike other menus, however, there must be exactly two items in a toggle menu. For example:
items: [
{
text: First Item
data: first
}
{
text: Second Item
data: second
}
]
If the list is for display only (there is no form action associated with it) you can omit the data element, and include the items as a simple list:
["First item", "Second item"]
Example
Configuration fragment (expand to view)
TM2: {
focus: true
submit: true
argName: navSelect
focusTextStyle: upper
items: [ "yes", "no" ]
}