Wasn’t there a way to make the label on a maxscript DropDown appear to the left of the dropdown instead of above it? I can’t seem to find how to do that.
Nope.
The obvious workaround is to ommit the label and add a label control to the left of the drop-down list yourself:
label lbl_Label01 "This is a left label" across:2 align:#left
dropdownlist ddl_List01 items:("Look At Me, My Label Is To The Left!","Big Deal") align:#right
You might have to play with width and offset parameters to make it look perfect, but that’s how I do it when I need a left label…
Darn, I was affraid I’d have to resort to that. Messy, messy, mesy…
Thanks so much!
Ah, I see what I was thinking of. The EditText maxscript control has a .labelOnTop property that allows the programmer to keep the label to the left or put it on top.
Yep, it was added “recently” – in Max 7 (how time flies!).
I actually checked the docs myself to make sure I have not missed a parameter when I first answered, I had the same feeling there was some option, but it turned out to be for the edittext… So you are not alone.