Question about Table/group

[PLUCKYHD]

Is there are way to make a statice pivot point as a list scrolls?

In other words if I have 12 rows and one column but want the selection/focus to stay in the center and the list scroll is this possible?

[GKusnick]

SetFocusForVariable() sets the focus on a designated element.

EnsureVisibilityForVariable() positions a designated element at a particular row position.

With these you should be able to implement your own handling of the scroll up/down commands.

[PLUCKYHD]

Okay that makes sense but where do you put those calls under the table or in the table?

[PLUCKYHD]

I am guessing from reading I would put this in before menu load

But do I call it as

SetFocusVariable("videoitem")
EnsureVisibilityForVariable("videoitem",10)

Would that set the default focus to the video item on row 10?

[GKusnick]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

I am guessing from reading I would put this in before menu load

No, you would put it under listeners that handle the scrolling commands. The listeners should be children of the Table widget to handle commands for that widget. There's a tutorial on listeners in the Studio manual; work through those tutorials if you haven't already.

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

But do I call it as

SetFocusVariable("videoitem")
EnsureVisibilityForVariable("videoitem",10)

No. If you read the API docs for those methods, you'll see that SetFocusVariable() takes two arguments and EnsureVisibilityForVariable() takes three. The Name argument should be the name of a variable attached to your table items, and the Value should be the (unique) value of that variable for the particular item you want to focus or position. It's up to you to arrange your code so that such a variable exists, with distinct values for each table item.

You should probably look up some existing calls to these methods to see how they're used in practice. Once you understand how that existing code works, you'll be in a better position to write working code yourself.

[PLUCKYHD]

okay. Listeners makes mores sense if I could find a sample code of these you are right would make more sense I thought I did all the tutorials I know listeners but didn't know about these I think I understand better now I will get some coding done if I still don't get it I will hit you up with some screen shots

By the way thanks allot for putting up with all my questions