hs.chooser.md

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Graphical, interactive tool for choosing/searching data

Notes:

• This module was influenced heavily by Choose, by Steven Degutis (https://github.com/sdegutis/choose)

API Overview

• Constructors - API calls which return an object, typically one that offers API methods
• new
• Methods - API calls which can only be made on an object returned by a constructor
• bgDark
• cancel
• choices
• delete
• fgColor
• hide
• isVisible
• query
• queryChangedCallback
• refreshChoicesCallback
• rightClickCallback
• rows
• searchSubText
• select
• selectedRow
• selectedRowContents
• show
• showCallback
• subTextColor
• width

API Documentation

Constructors

new

Signature	hs.chooser.new(completionFn) -> hs.chooser object
Type	Constructor
Description	Creates a new chooser object
Parameters	completionFn - A function that will be called when the chooser is dismissed. It should accept one parameter, which will be nil if the user dismissed the chooser window, otherwise it will be a table containing whatever information you supplied for the item the user chose.
Returns	An hs.chooser object

Methods

bgDark

Signature	hs.chooser:bgDark([beDark]) -> hs.chooser object or boolean
Type	Method
Description	Sets the background of the chooser between light and dark
Parameters	beDark - A optional boolean, true to be dark, false to be light. If this parameter is omitted, the current setting will be returned
Returns	The hs.chooser object or a boolean, true if the window is dark, false if it is light
Notes	The text colors will not automatically change when you toggle the darkness of the chooser window, you should also set appropriate colors with hs.chooser:fgColor() and hs.chooser:subTextColor()

cancel

Signature	hs.chooser:cancel() -> hs.chooser object
Type	Method
Description	Cancels the chooser
Parameters	None
Returns	The hs.chooser object

choices

Signature	hs.chooser:choices(choices) -> hs.chooser object
Type	Method
Description	Sets the choices for a chooser
Parameters	choices - Either a function to call when the list of choices is needed, or nil to remove any existing choices/callback, or a table containing static choices.
Returns	The hs.chooser object
Notes	The table of choices (be it provided statically, or returned by the callback) must contain at least the following keys for each choice: text - A string that will be shown as the main text of the choice Each choice may also optionally contain the following keys: subText - A string that will be shown underneath the main text of the choice image - An hs.image image object that will be displayed next to the choice Any other keys/values in each choice table will be retained by the chooser and returned to the completion callback when a choice is made. This is useful for storing UUIDs or other non-user-facing information, however, it is important to note that you should not store userdata objects in the table - it is run through internal conversion functions, so only basic Lua types should be stored. If a function is given, it will be called once, when the chooser window is displayed. The results are then cached until this method is called again, or hs.chooser:refreshChoicesCallback() is called.

delete

Signature	hs.chooser:delete()
Type	Method
Description	Deletes a chooser
Parameters	None
Returns	None

fgColor

Signature	hs.chooser:fgColor(color) -> hs.chooser object
Type	Method
Description	Sets the foreground color of the chooser
Parameters	color - An optional table containing a color specification (see hs.drawing.color), or nil to restore the default color. If this parameter is omitted, the existing color will be returned
Returns	The hs.chooser object or a color table

hide

Signature	hs.chooser:hide() -> hs.chooser object
Type	Method
Description	Hides the chooser
Parameters	None
Returns	The hs.chooser object

isVisible

Signature	hs.chooser:isVisible() -> boolean
Type	Method
Description	Checks if the chooser is currently displayed
Parameters	None
Returns	A boolean, true if the chooser is displayed on screen, false if not

query

Signature	hs.chooser:query([queryString]) -> hs.chooser object or string
Type	Method
Description	Sets/gets the search string
Parameters	queryString - An optional string to search for, or an explicit nil to clear the query. If omitted, the current contents of the search box are returned
Returns	The hs.chooser object or a string
Notes	You can provide an explicit nil or empty string to clear the current query string.

queryChangedCallback

Signature	hs.chooser:queryChangedCallback([fn]) -> hs.chooser object
Type	Method
Description	Sets/clears a callback for when the search query changes
Parameters	fn - An optional function that will be called whenever the search query changes. If this parameter is omitted, the existing callback will be removed.
Returns	The hs.chooser object
Notes	As the user is typing, the callback function will be called for every keypress. You may wish to do filtering on each call, or you may wish to use a delayed hs.timer object to only react when they have finished typing. The callback function should accept a single argument: A string containing the new search query

refreshChoicesCallback

Signature	hs.chooser:refreshChoicesCallback() -> hs.chooser object
Type	Method
Description	Refreshes the choices data from a callback
Parameters	None
Returns	The hs.chooser object
Notes	This method will do nothing if you have not set a function with hs.chooser:choices()

rightClickCallback

Signature	hs.chooser:rightClickCallback([fn]) -> hs.chooser object
Type	Method
Description	Sets/clears a callback for right clicking on choices
Parameters	fn - An optional function that will be called whenever the user right clicks on a choice. If this parameter is omitted, the existing callback will be removed.
Returns	The hs.chooser object
Notes	The callback may accept one argument, the row the right click occurred in or 0 if there is currently no selectable row where the right click occurred. To determine the location of the mouse pointer at the right click, see hs.mouse. To display a context menu, see hs.menubar, specifically the :popupMenu() method

rows

Signature	hs.chooser:rows([numRows]) -> hs.chooser object or number
Type	Method
Description	Gets/Sets the number of rows that will be shown
Parameters	numRows - An optional number of choices to show (i.e. the vertical height of the chooser window). If this parameter is omitted, the current value will be returned
Returns	The hs.chooser object or a number

searchSubText

Signature	hs.chooser:searchSubText([searchSubText]) -> hs.chooser object or boolean
Type	Method
Description	Gets/Sets whether the chooser should search in the sub-text of each item
Parameters	searchSubText - An optional boolean, true to search sub-text, false to not search sub-text. If this parameter is omitted, the current configuration value will be returned
Returns	The hs.chooser object if a value was set, or a boolean if no parameter was passed
Notes	This should be used before a chooser has been displayed

select

Signature	hs.chooser:select([row]) -> hs.chooser object
Type	Method
Description	Closes the chooser by selecting the specified row, or the currently selected row if not given
Parameters	row - an optional integer specifying the row to select.
Returns	The hs.chooser object

selectedRow

Signature	hs.chooser:selectedRow([row]) -> number
Type	Method
Description	Get or set the currently selected row
Parameters	row - an optional integer specifying the row to select.
Returns	If an argument is provided, returns the hs.chooser object; otherwise returns a number containing the row currently selected (i.e. the one highlighted in the UI)

selectedRowContents

Signature	hs.chooser:selectedRowContents([row]) -> table
Type	Method
Description	Returns the contents of the currently selected or specified row
Parameters	row - an optional integer specifying the specific row to return the contents of
Returns	a table containing whatever information was supplied for the row currently selected or an empty table if no row is selected or the specified row does not exist.

show

Signature	hs.chooser:show([topLeftPoint]) -> hs.chooser object
Type	Method
Description	Displays the chooser
Parameters	An optional hs.geometry point object describing the absolute screen co-ordinates for the top left point of the chooser window. Defaults to centering the window on the primary screen
Returns	The hs.chooser object

showCallback

Signature	hs.chooser:showCallback([fn]) -> hs.chooser object
Type	Method
Description	Sets/clears a callback for when the chooser window is shown
Parameters	fn - An optional function that will be called when the chooser window is shown. If this parameter is omitted, the existing callback will be removed.
Returns	The hs.chooser object

subTextColor

Signature	hs.chooser:subTextColor(color) -> hs.chooser object or hs.color object
Type	Method
Description	Sets the sub-text color of the chooser
Parameters	color - An optional table containing a color specification (see hs.drawing.color), or nil to restore the default color. If this parameter is omitted, the existing color will be returned
Returns	The hs.chooser object or a color table

width

Signature	hs.chooser:width([percent]) -> hs.chooser object or number
Type	Method
Description	Gets/Sets the width of the chooser
Parameters	percent - An optional number indicating the percentage of the width of the screen that the chooser should occupy. If this parameter is omitted, the current width will be returned
Returns	The hs.chooser object or a number
Notes	This should be used before a chooser has been displayed