Combo Box

[AngryChairR]

I've got a combo box with all the players in the server, but I've tried so many different things with GetSelectedItem / GetSelectedItems to return the selected player.

I was trying to set a variable (x) to the selected item, then use that to get the player again further down. Inefficient I know but that's how demented it became after my attempts...

[lua]local DComboBox1 = vgui.Create('DComboBox', AdFrame)
DComboBox1:SetSize(180, 340)
DComboBox1:SetPos(60, 90)
DComboBox1:EnableHorizontal(false)
DComboBox1:EnableVerticalScrollbar(true)
ComboBox1:SetMultiple(false)
for _,ply in pairs(player.GetAll()) do
DComboBox1:AddItem(ply:Nick())
end

local AdModelView = vgui.Create("DModelPanel", AdFrame)
for o,p in pairs(player.GetAll()) do
if ((p:Nick()) == (X)) then
AdModelView:SetModel(p:GetModel())
end
end
AdModelView:SetSize(200,200)
AdModelView:SetPos(230,220)[/lua]

Not entire script obviously, as it's derma.. but if you really need it I'll paste it.

[c-unit]

To return the selected player to where?

[Entoros]

[lua]DComboBox1:GetSelectedItems[1]:GetValue()[/lua]

Is how you get the value of the first thing selected, or the only thing selected if SetMultiple is false. It's a little obscure and I wish there were an easier function, but that's how it's done as is.

[Overv]

[QUOTE=AngryChairR;22796596]I was trying to set a variable (x) to the selected item, then use that to get the player again further down. Inefficient I know but that's how demented it became after my attempts...[/QUOTE]

Actually I'm pretty sure there's no other reliable way.

[QUOTE=Entoros;22807988][lua]DComboBox1:GetSelectedItems[1]:GetValue()[/lua]

Is how you get the value of the first thing selected, or the only thing selected if SetMultiple is false. It's a little obscure and I wish there were an easier function, but that's how it's done as is.[/QUOTE]

I don't really understand what's hard about it. How would you make it easier?

By the way, GetSelectedItems is a function, so you need to add parentheses before the [1].