Would like to see a widget like this "

[leatherlips]

We have the need for a button that "opens" like a menu with selections. This would be used a toolbar or the like (as well as other places where a button may be used).
The best option would be for the widget (or widgets) to allow either Text or Graphic (like the buttons we have today). The "drop down" menu would work similar to the "menu" widget today.

We've implemented something because we really needed this to fill out our design, but we always prefer to stay with the Profound provided widgets whenever it's possible.

We'd LOVE to see this type of widget implemented in an upcoming release.

Here's a picture of the menu-button widget from designer (this is the "text button" version):

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The result in a working application:

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Choices, ChoiceValues, and OnOptionClick would be the main pieces so we could execute something when they "select" one of the dropdown items.

Thanks so much for your consideration of this widget request!

[rmullis]

I would have a definite use for this kind of menu. We have our own menu system that is table driven with user security, etc. The menu widgets simply do not get you away from that green-screen feel of having to drill-down from menu to menu, until you reach an executable option.

I am curious leatherlips. You said that you implemented a solution. How did you accomplish this, if you can share?

[leatherlips]

rmullis, we used some custom javascript and customized widgets to create what we needed to get by. We really want to stay as close to Profound's base as possible so I'm hoping they will implement something similar so we can use what they provide. What we have works, but it's just not as simple for our developers to use as something that profound would implement.