Tree:add(itemtext1 [, itemtext2...]) method


Add one or more root items to the Tree.

itemtext1 [, itemtext2...]

One or more strings representing the text of the new Tree items.
These items can later be accessed using the Tree.items property, as TreeItems objects.

Return value

This function returns the last added TreeItem

Example

local ui = require "ui" -- create a simple Window local win = ui.Window("Tree:add() sample", "fixed", 340, 200) local label = ui.Label(win, "New item :", 10, 30) local entry = ui.Entry(win, "", label.x+label.width+6, label.y-4) local button = ui.Button(win, "Add item", entry.x+entry.width+6, label.y-6) local tree = ui.Tree(win, {}, button.x+button.width+6, label.y-4) button.enabled = false function button:onClick() -- add new item in the Tree and select it tree.selected = tree:add(entry.text) entry.text = "" end -- enable button only if entry.text is not empty function entry:onChange() button.enabled = #entry.text > 0 end entry.onSelect = button.onClick win:show() -- update user interface repeat ui.update() until not win.visible