def add_menulist(window, menu_name, button_name, categories, onlaunch,
dockarea):
"""
Add a menu list with action button
:param menu_name: displayed name of the list (displayed)
:param button_name: the name of the button
:param categories: categories available for selection
:param onlaunch: action to trigger on click to button
"""
root = window
panel = QWidget()
hbox = QHBoxLayout(panel)
class MenuList(QtWidgets.QListWidget):
def __init__(self, categories):
QtWidgets.QListWidget.__init__(self)
self.add_items(categories)
self.itemClicked.connect(self.item_click)
self.selected = categories
def add_items(self, categories):
for category in categories:
item = QtWidgets.QListWidgetItem(category)
self.addItem(item)
def item_click(self, item):
self.selected = str(item.text())
menulist = MenuList(categories)
hbox.addWidget(menulist)
launchButton = QtWidgets.QPushButton(button_name)
launchButton.clicked.connect(lambda: onlaunch(menulist.selected))
hbox.addWidget(launchButton)
panel.setLayout(hbox)
dock = QDockWidget(menu_name, root)
root.addDockWidget(dockarea, dock)
dock.setWidget(panel)
dock.resize(QtCore.QSize(dock.width(), dock.minimumHeight()))
return menulist
