Get TreeGadget full path suggestion

[BarryG]

I'd like to request a command that gets the full path of a selected TreeGadget item, as per this -> viewtopic.php?t=81858

In that example, the full path is separated by #PS$, but a new command could use #LF$ to be consistent with other commands.

For this request, I suggest that the command could be like this:

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Result$ = GetGadgetItemText(#Gadget, Item [, Column])

But the "Column" flag, which is currently ignored by TreeGadgets, could be set as #PB_All to get the full path instead. Please?

[AZJIO]

You need to create a virtual structure of the file tree and add a link-pointer to the parent in it for each item in order to get the whole path along the chain. And in TreeGadget, for items, you need to use SetGadgetItemData() to specify a link to the parent in the virtual list.
http://purebasic.mybb.ru/viewtopic.php?id=810#p8227
viewtopic.php?t=77012 (See GetPath(), GetPathRecur())

[BarryG]

Thanks, but I already linked to the answer. I just hoped it could become native, because it's something that would be very common to do.

[AZJIO]

I didn't pay attention to the section where the question is. I agree it would be useful to have a function for all OS.

[Little John]

+1 for this wish.
It would be a consistent and useful extension of PB's TreeGadget.

[mk-soft]

-1
But they are still individual rows. So do it yourself.

[Little John]

Ooops!
I overlooked that BarryG suggested to change the behaviour of GetGadgetItemText(). This is not good, backwards compatibility should be maintained. To get the complete path, a new function should be introduced (or a new optional parameter for GetGadgetItemText()).

[BarryG]

This is not good, backwards compatibility should be maintained

I said this: the "Column" flag, which is currently ignored by TreeGadgets, could be set as #PB_All to get the full path instead.

So it wouldn't break anything because no TreeGadgets are using this flag at the moment. No backwards compatibility issue at all.

[Little John]

I am sorry!

[Fips]

-1

After all TreeGadget is not ExplorerTreeGadget (which can get the full path of the selected item by GetGadgetText() )

You can display all sorts of Information in Treegadget for instance a hierarchical structure of the employees of a company. I think in that case this would not be usefull.

I'd rather like to be able to get the linenumber of the parent entry with one command.

[BarryG]

This is not about getting file paths. It's about getting the full tree path to the final child item, taking into account any parent nodes.

[Little John]

-1
But they are still individual rows.

And what is the problem?

You can display all sorts of Information in Treegadget for instance a hierarchical structure of the employees of a company. I think in that case this would not be usefull.

In any tree – regardless of its content – there is a path from the root to each leaf. So this feature would be useful for all kinds of trees. Actually, asking for the full path of a leaf is a natural question for a tree.

[BarryG]

Yep, that's precisely it, Little John.

[Axolotl]

I'd like to request a command that gets the full path of a selected TreeGadget item, as per this -> viewtopic.php?t=81858

In that example, the full path is separated by #PS$, but a new command could use #LF$ to be consistent with other commands.

For this request, I suggest that the command could be like this:

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Result$ = GetGadgetItemText(#Gadget, Item [, Column])

But the "Column" flag, which is currently ignored by TreeGadgets, could be set as #PB_All to get the full path instead. Please?

Hi BarryG,
I made a small improvement to my suggestion (see link).
And I would support the wish for built-in functions for TreeGadget().

[Fred]

Which separator should be used in the sting ?