Howto:Creating a custom waypointlist pendant using Canvas

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Background

The issue is that even on the larger screens, you can't get the entire list of SIDS or STARs displayed when there are too many.[1]


The route manager dialog.

XML Markup

https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/fgdata/ci/next/tree/gui/dialogs/route-manager.xml#l596

        <waypointlist>
            <name>list</name>
            <halign>fill</halign>
            <valign>fill</valign>
            <stretch>true</stretch>
            <pref-height>150</pref-height>
            <property>/sim/gui/dialogs/route-manager/selection</property>
            <binding>
                <command>dialog-apply</command>
                <object-name>list</object-name>
            </binding>
        </waypointlist>

Dialog Builder

https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/flightgear/ci/next/tree/src/GUI/FGPUIDialog.cxx#l1051

C++ Widget Code

https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/flightgear/ci/next/tree/src/GUI/WaypointList.cxx

Nasal APIs

Canvas Code (proof-of-concept)

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