http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Fwd-extend-length-of-popup-menu-in-NonBlocking-GenericDialog-tp5022259p5022272.html
Thank you for the reply. I will train my users to scroll.
> Hi Kenneth,
>
> ImageJ uses java.AWT, the native toolkit of the operating system.
>
> The length of the list displayed on the screen for a java.awt.Choice is
> determined by the operating system and/or java.awt, not by ImageJ. I see
> not Java method to modify this. On my system (Linux Ubuntu 16.04) I can
> see a maximum of 10 items.
>
> The only way out that I see would be manually creating a PopupMenu;
> these show all items. You could show it e.g. when pressing some button
> (like, e.g., the More>> button of the RoiManager), and you could add the
> button to a Panel, which can be added to the GenericDialog. But that
> would be a nasty hack...
>
>
> Michael
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> On 21.06.19 08:30, Kenneth Sloan wrote:
> > never got a request to confirm. Trying again
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> >> Begin forwarded message:
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> >> From: Kenneth Sloan <
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> >> Subject: extend length of popup menu in (NonBlocking)GenericDialog?
> >> Date: June 20, 2019 at 12:00:42 PDT
> >> To: ImageJ Interest Group <
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> >> context: JAVA plugin (not macro)
> >>
> >> I am using a NonBlockingGenericDialog. I use addChoice() to create a
> popup menu item. My list of options is longer than the default menu size.
> Can I modify the size of the menu to eliminate scrolling by the user?
> >>
> >> Here's the relevant snippet of Java code:
> >>
> >> NonBlockingGenericDialog nbgd = new
> NonBlockingGenericDialog("annotate");
> >> nbgd.addChoice("LRP
> feature",knownRetinalLayers,null);
> >> nbgd.addStringField("other/modifier","");
> >> nbgd.setLocation(dialogLocationX,dialogLocationY);
> >> nbgd.showDialog();
> >>
> >> My list of labels currently has 16 entries. I would like for ALL of
> them to appear when the user pulls down the menu.
> >>
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