Description
Navigation with encoder - lv_group , disabling enabling things
What MCU/Processor/Board and compiler are you using?
ESP32, littlevgl 6.1.1
What do you want to achieve?
I have a view with two tabs, each tab has its group, and I switch the active group in the device driver (encoder), so the navigation works as imagined.
This all worked relatively easily and looks pretty. (Thank you for the superb library!)
Now I would like to deactivate (make unclickable / unediatble) Buttons, Text Areas (spinbox) for a specific duration.
What have you tried so far?
I tried
lv_obj_set_protect(obj, LV_PROTECT_CLICK_FOCUS);
lv_btn_set_state(obj,LV_BTN_STATE_INA); // this is style stuff
lv_obj_set_click(obj, 1);
The only workaround i found to achieve what I wanted is to “disabled” items via removing them from their group. If I want to “reactivate” them later on I have to remove all the objects from the group and readd each of them them including the previously deactivated to achive the right order again.
It feels a bit like shooting with a “cannon on a sparrow” (destroying those ll_lists in background and recreating them)
Update: Inbetween I found out that modifying groups after creation sometimes locks up and for some reason I cant change between tabs anymore. If I create the groups once and do not change them in runtime this never happens.
static void group_focus_cb(lv_group_t * group)
{
lv_obj_t* obj = NULL;
if (group == t_main_tab_g)
obj = main_tab;
else if (group == t_settings_tab_g )
obj = settings_tab;
else
printf("GROUP FOCUS ERROR");
if (obj != NULL)
{
lv_obj_t * f = lv_group_get_focused(enc_current_group);
if( ((intptr_t)f != (intptr_t)t_main_tab_g) && ((intptr_t)f != (intptr_t)t_settings_tab_g))
lv_page_focus(obj, f, LV_ANIM_ON);
}
}
void init_my_lvgl_view(void)
{
//lv_coord_t hres = lv_disp_get_hor_res(NULL);
//lv_coord_t vres = lv_disp_get_ver_res(NULL);
// groups
t_main_tab_g = lv_group_create();
t_settings_tab_g = lv_group_create();
lv_group_set_focus_cb( t_main_tab_g, group_focus_cb);
lv_group_set_focus_cb( t_settings_tab_g, group_focus_cb);
// encoder driver
lv_indev_drv_init(&enc_drv);
enc_drv.type = LV_INDEV_TYPE_ENCODER;
enc_drv.read_cb = lvgl_encoder_read;
enc_indev = lv_indev_drv_register(&enc_drv);
lv_indev_set_group(enc_indev, t_main_tab_g);
enc_current_group = t_main_tab_g;
// tabs
t_tabs = lv_tabview_create(lv_disp_get_scr_act(NULL), NULL);
lv_obj_set_event_cb(t_tabs, tabview_event_handler);
lv_tabview_set_sliding(t_tabs,true); // small bar below the active tab button
lv_group_add_obj(t_settings_tab_g, t_tabs);
lv_group_add_obj(t_main_tab_g, t_tabs); // i think this will be ignored..
main_tab = lv_tabview_add_tab(t_tabs, T_SYM_SAMPLE);
settings_tab = lv_tabview_add_tab(t_tabs, T_SYM_SETTINGS);
init_main_tab(main_tab, t_main_tab_g); // it just adds objects to the group
init_settings_tab(settings_tab, t_settings_tab_g); // it just adds objects to the group
void gui_set_btns_enabled(uint8_t enabled)
{
lv_obj_t * focused_obj = lv_group_get_focused(enc_current_group);
lv_obj_t* tab_obj = NULL;
if (enc_current_group == t_main_tab_g)
tab_obj = main_tab;
else if (enc_current_group == t_settings_tab_g )
tab_obj = settings_tab;
else
printf("GUI -> Encoder uses an unknown group?! \n");
if (enabled)
{
printf("GUI -> Enable Buttons \n");
lv_group_remove_all_objs(t_main_tab_g);
lv_group_add_obj(t_main_tab_g, t_tabs); // i think this will be ignored..
lv_group_add_obj(t_main_tab_g, t_btn_toast);
lv_group_add_obj(t_main_tab_g, spinbox_timer);
lv_group_add_obj(t_main_tab_g, label_humi);
lv_group_add_obj(t_main_tab_g, label_temp);
lv_group_add_obj(t_main_tab_g, label_temp1);
lv_group_add_obj(t_main_tab_g, label_temp2);
lv_group_add_obj(t_main_tab_g, label_temp3);
lv_group_add_obj(t_main_tab_g, label_dist_analog);
lv_group_add_obj(t_main_tab_g, label_smoke);
lv_group_add_obj(t_main_tab_g, label_scale);
lv_group_add_obj(t_main_tab_g, label_freq);
lv_group_add_obj(t_main_tab_g, label_aq);
lv_group_add_obj(t_main_tab_g, cont_color);
lv_group_remove_all_objs(t_settings_tab_g);
lv_group_add_obj(t_settings_tab_g, t_tabs);
lv_group_add_obj(t_settings_tab_g, t_btn_heater);
lv_group_add_obj(t_settings_tab_g, t_btn_fan);
lv_group_add_obj(t_settings_tab_g, t_btn_led);
lv_group_add_obj(t_settings_tab_g, t_btn_lift);
if( (focused_obj != t_main_tab_g) && (focused_obj != t_settings_tab_g))
lv_page_focus(tab_obj, focused_obj, LV_ANIM_OFF);
}
else
{
lv_group_remove_obj(spinbox_timer);
lv_group_remove_obj(t_btn_heater);
lv_group_remove_obj(t_btn_fan);
lv_group_remove_obj(t_btn_led);
lv_group_remove_obj(t_btn_lift);
printf("GUI -> Disable Buttons \n");
}
}
}
I ended up adding a variable for the button enabledness 
and I check it in the event callback. The button is still clickable but I doesnt changes its state at least if I do not want it to. ( so I cant use toggle buttons ).
For the spinbox I’m blocking the increment in the disabled state in lv_spinbox.c.
Is there a simpler way to achive this?
Thank you!