Default button state on load

[dannytaurus]

I have a toggle button that controls the visibility of a panel.

Panel defaults to visible on load, and the button default value set to 1.0 in interface designer props.

But when I load the project the button is in the 'off' state, which doesn't match the panel display state.

Do I have to script the 'on' value in onInit, or is there a way to do it just in the interface designer?

Content.getComponent("btnShowPanel").setValue(1.0);

[Oli Ullmann]

@dannytaurus
That's how I always do it.

[dannytaurus]

@Oli-Ullmann Cools, cheers

[David Healey]

@dannytaurus said in Default button state on load:

Do I have to script the 'on' value in onInit,

Is the button set to saveInPreset?

[dannytaurus]

@David-Healey No, it's for a show/hide tooltips panel.

I suppose I should be saving the value somewhere so it survives across plugin loads.

Are there any docs/examples for saving user preferences?

EDIT: found an example: https://docs.hise.dev/tutorials/scripting/index.html#user-preference-system

[ustk]

@dannytaurus You could also invert your logic so !value actually means the panel is showing

[Oli Ullmann]

@ustk
That's a cool idea!

[dannytaurus]

@ustk Could do, but I prefer to keep the button's 'on' state synced to the panel's visible state.

If I start flipping values as a workaround, my future self will not thank me when he looks at the code in 2 years!

[David Healey]

Another option is to have the panel and the button watch each other's states using broadcasters.

[ustk]

[David Healey]

@ustk

My current project :)

[ustk]

@David-Healey far worse than all I imagined