Categorize items in a combo box without changing the order of items

[Allen]

how could i categorize the items in a combo box (into colums) without changing the order of items?

I know i can use Level 1::Level 2:: to sort items into submenus but this will change the values of items which will mess up all presets if i add items into a certain level since the preset system only store the value of the combo box...

[johnmike]

@Allen on a recent project to keep my structure in tact I just re-named the items(in my case xml samplemaps) in sequential order like:

000 -Default
001 - Samplemap 1
002 - Samplemap 2
etc etc etc

[johnmike]

@Allen

[Lindon]

@Allen said in Categorize items in a combo box without changing the order of items:

but this will change the values of items which will mess up all presets

Which is the whole point of NOT using a combo box alone for this, create a label(or a button) that does the loading for you based on its text value, then have the combo box set the text of the label/button. Make the label/button save in preset and the comboBox not save in preset...

now you can change the order of anything in the combo box and it wont affect your existing presets.

[Allen]

@Lindon
Thank you! works as a charm!
didnt know the preset system saves the texts in labels before...