Dynamical Widgets

If a setting is added or removed dynamically (i.e., not at startup), the settings tree in the sidebar updates automatically by adding or removing a default widget. You can add this behavior to your custom view of a Measurement or DataBrowserView.

The following examples show how to create dynamic widgets from a settings container. The dynamic widget will include the “connected” setting and will dynamically add widgets for any setting matching the pattern *_position.

Examples

• Create a new widget from an existing settings container:

  dyn_widget = self.settings.New_UI(include=("connected", "*_position"))
  

• Make an existing layout dynamic:

  from ScopeFoundry.dynamical_widgets import add_to_layout
  add_to_layout(self.settings, include=("connected", "*_position"))
  

Supported layouts are:
QtWidgets.QFormLayout, QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout, QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout.