How to create a multi-select menu with check to HDA?

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I am trying to add a multi-select menu to my HDA, similar to the Group Name parameter of the Group node.
But I found that the Group node's menu is prompted with a checkmark, how do I implement this?

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My node:
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Hi,

You can do it with this option:

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Hi,

You can do it with this option:


Thanks for your reply, that's the method I'm using, but I want the selected item to have a tick mark to indicate it is selected like the Group node, is there any way to do that?
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You could use an import block to bring in the Group node and then set what you don't want to Invisible. https://www.sidefx.com/forum/topic/76409 [www.sidefx.com]

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Hi,

You can do it with this option:


Thanks for your reply, that's the method I'm using, but I want the selected item to have a tick mark to indicate it is selected like the Group node, is there any way to do that?

From what I know the checkmark only shows for single selection options, not the multi selection ones. So try using Replace ( Field + Single Selection Menu) option.
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You could use an import block to bring in the Group node and then set what you don't want to Invisible. Your text to link here... [www.sidefx.com]

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Thank you for your answer, but instead of referencing the Group node's parameter in my HDA panel, I want to create a String parameter and have a similar menu with the "√" symbol.
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Hi,

You can do it with this option:


Thanks for your reply, that's the method I'm using, but I want the selected item to have a tick mark to indicate it is selected like the Group node, is there any way to do that?

From what I know the checkmark only shows for single selection options, not the multi selection ones. So try using Replace ( Field + Single Selection Menu) option.

I tried it, and neither seemed to have the same effect.

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I am having the same issue, was anyone able to figure this out?
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I am having the same issue, was anyone able to figure this out?

When building the menu script, put a checkmark character at the end of the label for the item if it's the current value of the parameter.
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Awesome, thanks. I am dynamically building the menu through Python, I guess I would have to query the parameter, find which one is selected, then add the checkmark to the label, is that correct?
Do you happen to have any code for this?
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Awesome, thanks. I am dynamically building the menu through Python, I guess I would have to query the parameter, find which one is selected, then add the checkmark to the label, is that correct?

That's what I was thinking.

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Do you happen to have any code for this?

Sorry, just a random thought, not tested.
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I am trying to add a multi-select menu to my HDA, similar to the Group Name parameter of the Group node.
But I found that the Group node's menu is prompted with a checkmark, how do I implement this?

Group node:
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My node:
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Checkmarks seem to be available on menus built with HDK only (I only see them on compiled nodes), I couldn't find a way to do this when building an HDA, in many cases the trick is to promote a parameter that already has that menu with checkmark (group parameter in most cases).

As said by @jsmack, a checkmark string can help here, I tried this and it works fine :

a = ("a", "A")
b = ("b", "B")

pairs = [a, b]

menu = []
for p in pairs:
    menu.append(p[0])
    if p[0] in hou.evalParm("my_list").split(" "):
        menu.append(p[1] + " ✓")
    else:
        menu.append(p[1])

return menu

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