Sorry for the cross post, I posted an issue to the project's github page here:
https://github.com/ppizarror/pygame-menu/issues/19 For anyone interested, note the fix I posted there. Feedback invited. On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 10:08 PM Alec Bennett <wrybr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 10:03 PM Daniel Foerster <pydsig...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> The way to find out what item is selected is to use a different function >> for different menu items. This seems to be callback driven. >> > > Thanks, got that one. > > How do you close a menu? I'm honestly not sure why your example doesn't >> work as expected. I downloaded and ran the example successfully, but no >> amount of tweaking to your application worked for me. My honest suggestion >> would be to find a different menu library; this one seems to have a number >> of other issues, including throwing a NameError whenever the menu tries to >> quit pygame. >> > > I noticed that error too, easily fixed (add "_" to pygame in every call to > pygame.exit() ), but I agree, it's a warning sign about the library in > general. It's pretty much perfect for my needs though, so I'm hoping > there's an easy fix that enables simply closing a menu when an item is > selected. > > Or if anyone happens to know of another menu library, one that ideally: > > - allows for menus to be easily opened and closed > > - allows more than one column of menu items > > - allows for graphical elements in the menu items > > I'd love to hear about it. > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 11:10 PM Alec Bennett <wrybr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm trying to add the beautiful menus from Pygame-menu ( >>> https://github.com/ppizarror/pygame-menu) to my project, but having >>> trouble. In my attached stripped down sample, I'm trying to show menu1 when >>> the 1 key is pressed, and show menu2 when the 2 key is pressed. They're >>> both "main menus" launched from the root of the app, as opposed to one >>> being a submenu of the other. >>> >>> My questions: >>> >>> - how can I find out what item was selected in the menu? Clicking a >>> selection triggers the item_selected() function, but doesn't send any info >>> about which item was selected. >>> >>> - how can I close a menu? Running menu1.disable() in item_selected() >>> doesn't close the menu... How do I close the menu when something is >>> selected? >>> >>> Ideally in this sample I'd like to launch menu1 when the 1 key is >>> pressed, choose a selection, print info about what was selected, and return >>> to the root of the app. Then pressing keyboard 2 launches menu2, repeating >>> the process. >>> >>> Thanks for any help, and apologies if I'm missing something obvious here. >>> >>> >>>
