How to create a DropDownList to change a Panel inside the same Panel???

[Miguel De mendoza]

It looks that is a lot of workarround on this question, i can recomend to you this links:

-Must-see workshop: https://www.provideocoalition.com/after-effects-extendscript-training-complete-series/

-The nightstand book : https://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/files/2012/06/After-Effects-CS6-Scripting-Guide.pdf?file=2012/06/After-Effects-CS6-Scripting-Guide.pdf

I hope it helps

[Jakob Wagner]

Hi

I don’t have a full code, but maybe this will help you.
I would create three different panels, within the one.
Something like this. “pal” is the base of your panel, how you get that is depending on how your script is put together:


//Subpanels:
var panel1 = pal.add("panel", [x, y, x+width, y+height], "panel1");
var panel2 = pal.add("panel", [x, y, x+width, y+height], "panel2");

//Add dropdown:
var dropdown = pal.add("dropDownList", [x, y, x+width, y+height], ["label1", "label2"]);

//Add event handler for dropdown:
dropdown.onChange = function()
{
switch(dropdown.selection.text)
{
case "label1":
panel1.visible = true;
panel2.visible = false;
break;
case "label2":
panel1.visible = false;
panel2.visible = true;
break;
}
}


Code is untested, but should be about right.

– Jakob Wagner

[Adrián Wulfrath]

Well here is my Panel Code, and i have problems to run the URL script so where i put that code???? Can you help me please?, and why if i call a variable from the panel group doesnt work like the Window functions??. Windows and Panels doesnt work with the same script structure…

//Explorer Voraz Button
var winBrowserCmd = "C:/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe";
var macBrowserCmdStart = "osascript -e 'open location \"";
var macBrowserCmdEnd = "\"'";

{
function myScript(thisObj){
function myScript_buildUI(thisObj){
var myPanel = (thisObj instanceof Panel) ? thisObj : new Window("palette","My Window name",undefined,{resizable:true});

res = "group{orientation:'row',\
groupTwo: Group{orientation:'column',\
myIconButton: IconButton{text:'IconButton', image:'~/Desktop/LogoC5Ctrl.png'},\
myStaticText: StaticText{text:'Este es mi texto /n dfgdf'},\
},\
groupOne: Panel{text:'Master', orientation:'column',alignment:['fill','fill'],alignChildren:['fill','fill'],\
myCheckbox: Checkbox{text:'My Checkbox'},\
myDropDownList: DropDownList{properties:{items:['Amarillo','Morado','LightBlue','MidBlue']}},\
},\
}";

myPanel.grp = myPanel.add(res);

//Defaults
myPanel.grp.groupOne.myDropDownList.selection = 0

myPanel.grp.groupTwo.myIconButton.onClick = LinkToURL;

myPanel.layout.layout(true);

return myPanel;

}

function LinkToURL()
{
//Action to link Voraz OnClick
BtnURL.onClick = LinkToURL;

function LinkToURL()
{
var URL = "https://www.estudiovoraz.com"; // your web page
if ($.os.indexOf("Windows") != -1)
system.callSystem(winBrowserCmd + " " + URL);
else
system.callSystem(macBrowserCmdStart + URL + macBrowserCmdEnd);

}

}

var myScriptPal = myScript_buildUI(thisObj);

if((myScriptPal != null) && (myScriptPal instanceof Window)){
myScriptPal.center();
myScriptPal.show();
}

}

myScript(this);
}

[Adrián Wulfrath]

Hey i actually got it, thank you very much, but the last thing is how can i call an URL when i click to my IconButton????