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NextPreviousType/UpDownType [message #1755198] Wed, 01 March 2017 02:38 Go to next message
Tim Roberts is currently offline Tim RobertsFriend
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Registered: September 2016
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I'm implementing the media management function in Russound (to eventually create a nice habpanel template to control it). I have a few channels that need a previous/next (previous screen, next screen, previous menu item, next menu item) or an up/down (letter up, letter down) type of command.

Looking at the code - there is a PreviousNextType and UpDownType - which is perfect for my needs.

However - when I get to the thing-types.xml channel definition - I'm at a loss as to what to put as the item-type.

Looks like the PreviousNextType is ONLY accepted by the PlayerItem and UpDownType is ONLY accepted by the RollershutterItem.

I don't want to use item types of "player" or "rollershutter" because it's obviously not even close to what the channels are.

Is their any solution to that? Seems like I'm going to have to back off of using both those types and just do StringTypes (and validate the content)?

Any suggestions or alternative approaches I'm unaware of?
Re: NextPreviousType/UpDownType [message #1755486 is a reply to message #1755198] Fri, 03 March 2017 17:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Kai Kreuzer is currently offline Kai KreuzerFriend
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Registered: December 2011
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Nope. The most straight forward approach is to use a StringItem and you simply define the strings that correspond to your commands.
Re: NextPreviousType/UpDownType [message #1774587 is a reply to message #1755486] Tue, 17 October 2017 14:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Nils Billing is currently offline Nils BillingFriend
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Registered: September 2017
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perhaps you can you help me with my example?

that's defintion of my channel:
    <channel-type id="zoom-channel">
        <item-type>String</item-type>
        <label>Zoom</label>
        <description>Zooming</description>
        <state>
            <options>
                <option value="IN">in</option>
                <option value="OUT">out</option>
            </options>
        </state>
    </channel-type>


Now I have a drop down with the two options 'in' and 'out' on PaperUI. I can select an option and it will be handled by the ThingHandler but then this option is now selected in the dropdown and I can't select it again until I select the other option. The result is I can zoom in one step but I can't zoom in one step again because I've to zoom out first...

How can I reset the dropdown to nothing? Or is there a possibility to show two pushbuttons like '+' and '-' for zooming which are stateless.
Re: NextPreviousType/UpDownType [message #1775432 is a reply to message #1774587] Mon, 30 October 2017 08:45 Go to previous message
Kai Kreuzer is currently offline Kai KreuzerFriend
Messages: 673
Registered: December 2011
Senior Member
> How can I reset the dropdown to nothing?

You have to deactivate the autoupdate on this item. This is currently done by adding { autoupdate="false" } in your items-file. We are working on a mechanism that allows bindings to directly suggest to turn it off for a specific channel (see https://github.com/eclipse/smarthome/issues/595), I guess this is what would be the best solution for your case.

> Or is there a possibility to show two pushbuttons like '+' and '-' for zooming which are stateless.

For the Basic UI you can use "Switch" widgets with "mapping" information - this will render dedicated buttons for your commands (see http://docs.openhab.org/configuration/sitemaps.html#element-type-switch).
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