KivyMD TextField with DropDown

Question

I am new with kivyMD and I get stuck with this problem. I am trying to bind TextField with DropDown and when select an item from DropDown to fill the text in the TextFied, but when I click on an item nothing happen. Can you help me?

from kivy.clock import Clock
from kivy.lang import Builder
from kivymd.app import MDApp
from kivymd.uix.menu import MDDropdownMenu

KV = '''
Screen
    MDTextField:
        id: field
        pos_hint: {'center_x': .5, 'center_y': .5}
        size_hint_x: None
        width: "200dp"
        hint_text: "Material"
        on_focus: if self.focus: app.menu.open()
'''


class Test(MDApp):
    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(**kwargs)
        self.screen = Builder.load_string(KV)

        items = ['PVC', 'XLPE']

        menu_items = [{"text": f"{i}"} for i in items]

        self.menu = MDDropdownMenu(
                                    caller=self.screen.ids.field,
                                    items=menu_items,
                                    position="bottom",
                                    width_mult=3,
                                    )

        self.menu.bind(on_release=self.set_item)

    def set_item(self, instance_menu, instance_menu_item):
        def set_item(interval):
            self.screen.ids.field.text = instance_menu_item.text
            instance_menu.dismiss()
        Clock.schedule_once(set_item, 0.5)

    def build(self):
        return self.screen


Test().run()

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 23 '21 at 17:16

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Update KivyMD library from master branch - pip install https://github.com/kivymd/KivyMD/archive/master.zip

answered Feb 23 '21 at 17:16

Xyanight

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 13 '22 at 01:01

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class Test(MDApp):
    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(**kwargs)
        self.screen = Builder.load_string(KV)
        menu_items = [
            {
                "text": f"Item {i}",
                "viewclass": "OneLineListItem",
                "on_release": lambda x=f"Item {i}": self.menu_callback(x),
            } for i in range(5)
        ]
        self.menu = MDDropdownMenu(
            caller=self.screen.ids.button,
            items=menu_items,
            width_mult=4,
        )

    def menu_callback(self, text_item):
        print(text_item)

    def build(self):
        return self.screen

edited Jan 13 '22 at 01:01

halfelf

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answered Jan 12 '22 at 22:33

Ahmed Abdelmonem

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def menu_callback(self, text_item): print(text_item) – Ahmed Abdelmonem Jan 12 '22 at 22:34
I need to add it on the text field as a choice from the dropdown list – Ahmed Abdelmonem Jan 12 '22 at 22:35
Could you explain your answer? What is the problem and how did you fix it? – Simas Joneliunas Jan 16 '22 at 01:41

KivyMD TextField with DropDown

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