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Filtering a List Box()

I'm looking for an easy way to filter a List Box() object. The simplest example I can come up with is this:

Names Default To Here( 1 );
win = New Window( "Test", lbox = List Box( {"orange", "red", "green", "blue"} ) );

Now I want to add a 'filter' box above the list of colors, similar to the filter you can get above a list of columns like this:

I was hoping that there was some easy way to dump a filter on the dumb list but I'm not finding anything.

 

Thanks for any help!

Advanced Statistical ModelingConsumer and Market ResearchContent OrganizationData AccessData Blending and CleanupData Exploration and VisualizationMass CustomizationRe: Filtering a List Box()

I stumbled upon the right search terms and found this:

Making search box active in column Search Script 

And was able to force the filter box on.  Here's what I ended up with:

Names Default To Here( 1 );
dset_names = {"orange", "red", "green", "blue"};

// make a temporary table with empty columns
dt_list = New Table( "tmp_list_table", private );
For( ci = 1, ci <= N Items( dset_names ), ci++,
 dt_list << New Column( dset_names[ci] )
);

colnames = {};
win = New Window( "Choose columns to import",
 <<MODAL>",
    dispcols << Append( lb << Get Selected );
    colnames = dispcols << Get Items;
   ),
   Button Box( "<- Remove Selected",
    dispcols << Remove Selected;
    colnames = dispcols << Get Items;
   )
  ),
  dispcols = List Box( {}, width( 250 ), nlines( 10 ) )
 )
);

// show what was chosen!
Show( colnames );</MODAL>

Re: Filtering a List Box()

One final question - is there a message to force the filter to turn on? I tried like

Filter Col Selector( list, width(250), << Show Filter)

maybe a more general question is, how do I find a list of messages that an object allows?

Re: Filtering a List Box()See my changed entry above.Re: Filtering a List Box()Yeah, that was one of my other ideas if there wasn't some special argument to the List Box to just get it to show a filter. I'll try this out.Re: Filtering a List Box()

You can use the Filter Col Selector() with a bit of imagination

names default to here(1);
dtList = New Table("invisible",private,
 new column("Orange",character),
 new column("Red",character),
 new column("Green",character),
 new column("Blue",character),
);
New Window( "Col List Box Example", fontobj = lb = Filter Col Selector( width( 250 ) ) );