automatically add controllers to specific controlWindow in coltrolP5

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____jsr

automatically add controllers to specific controlWindow in coltrolP5

in Contributed Library Questions • 2 years ago

i really like the easy set up of controlP5. using controlWindows makes things a bit more complex though...

is there a way to add sliders, knobs etc to a specific controlWindow automatically?

right now i am doing:

controlP5.addSlider("x_gravity",-5,5).linebreak();

and then i have to

Slider s1 = (Slider)controlP5.controller("x_gravity");
s1.setWindow(controlWindow);

for each slider / controller.

is there a way to automate this?

if not a way to automatically add sliders to specific controlWindows when added, then possibly a way to iterate through the sliders and then assign them all to the wanted controlWindow?

thanks,

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PhiLho

Re: automatically add controllers to specific controlWindow in coltrolP5

2 years ago

Put the names of the sliders in an array, create an array of Slider variables, and iterate on the first to create and assign them, putting them in the second array.

____jsr

Re: automatically add controllers to specific controlWindow in coltrolP5

2 years ago

ah! of course! thank you :)

also, now when looking at this, i realize that making a simple function for this, will work as well

void addSliderToControlWindow(String name, float minimum, float maximum) {
controlP5.addSlider(name,minimum,maximum).linebreak();
Slider s = (Slider)controlP5.controller(name);
s.setWindow(controlWindow);
}

its funny how it help to just go away from things for half an hour....

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