Description

Gets the zero-based index of the selected item in the drop list user control that is specified by userControlID.

If no item is selected, -1 is returned.

Functional area

User Window

Command syntax

Syntax

getDropListSelItem userControlID

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Comments
`userControlId`	int	yes	ID of user control to operate on.

Flags

None

Return value

integer

Examples

// Get the selected Drop List User Control item
int $windowId;
int $controlId;
int $index;
 
// First create a User Window to place the Control on
$windowId = `createWindow "MyWindow"`;
 
// Create the User Control on the Window. 
$controlId = `createDropList $windowId`;
 
// Add some items to the Drop List.
addDropListItem $controlId "Item 1";
addDropListItem $controlId "Item 2";
addDropListItem $controlId "Item 3";
 
// Select the second item
selectDropListItem $controlId 1;
 
// Get the selected item
$index = `getDropListSelItem $controlId`;
print $index;

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