named label options

Sean Johnson

• October 25, 2019 22:00

The options.addLabel function doesn't allow me to specify a name for the label. I would like to be able to programatically modify labels and retrieve their values, for example, using options.getValueAsString.

I see that there is a constructor where I can make a new label with a specified name:

Options.LabelOption(String name, String label)

But I can't figure out how to add that to the menu layout.

Is "addCustomOption" the right way to do that? I feel like since a label is not a custom option, maybe there is a more preferred way.

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  Richard Moir

  • October 28, 2019 20:56

  It is a bit weird but I recommend the following:

  Option labelOption = addCustomComponent(new JLabel("hello world"));

  You can then use labelOption.getComponent() to get your JLabel.

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  Sean Johnson

  • October 29, 2019 11:37

  Thanks for the response. I'm not sure that works for me though.

  I specifically want to give labels names and be able to retrieve them using options.getValueAsString

  This is because I want to be able to set their value in the getOptions method and get it back in the performOperation method. As far as I know the only way to pass information between those two methods is through the "options" variable returned by getOptions.

  As a last resort I was thinking of making shadow string options to track the label values, for example using something like:

  options.addStringOption("Label_1_value", "",labelOption.getValue()).setHidden(true);

  But that seems clunky and I'd like to avoid it if possible.

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  Richard Moir

  • October 30, 2019 03:42

  Right, in that case I think you can use:

  addCustomOption(new LabelOption("name", "label"));

  then getValueAsString("name") should work to retrieve "label".

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