[ControlP5] How can i hide the Labels from ListItems?

dogdogdog

hellou,
sometimes the label is too long :/

is it possible to hide the captionLabels from the Items in the Background?

import controlP5.*;
ControlP5   cp5;
DropdownList l; 

PFont myFont;
void setup() {
  size(1000, 500);
  cp5 = new ControlP5(this);

  l = cp5.addDropdownList("myList")
    .setPosition(100, 100)
      ;

  String[] fontList = PFont.list();
  for (int i=0; i<fontList.length; i++) {
    l.addItem(fontList[i], i);
  }

  myFont = createFont("Arial", 20);
}

void draw() {
  background(90);

}

dogdogdog

my wish:

(photoshop :P)

amnon

Just shorten it before you add it to the list. For example methods that might be useful for such a task are String.substring(start, end), String.length(), perhaps even textWidth(String).

dogdogdog

understand. but its a little detour.

is there any place where i can suggest improvements like these? Anyway do the founder/developer support the cp5 yet today?

(srry for my bad english)

amnon

Well, it's only 1 or 2 lines of code...

It seems ControlP5 was just moved to GitHub, nice!

See: https://github.com/sojamo/controlp5

Issues: https://github.com/sojamo/controlp5/issues

dogdogdog

thx for this link ;)

To the thread:
Now, another problem appears, when it is cutted:
BOOKMAN OLD STYLE FET
BOOKMAN OLD STYLE FET

I can not see if it is:
BOOKMAN OLD STYLE FETT
or it is
BOOKMAN OLD STYLE FETT KURSIV
:O

amnon

Well, what did you expect? That is obviously the consequence of cutting the end of the name (as you showed you wanted). Options to solve this:

1. Accept it.
2. Increase the width of the list.
3. Use the ControlP5 selected item's index on the original String list to retreive the full name for the font.
4. Shorten the name differently. Instead of capping the end, remove parts in the middle.