SdtListItemCollection class

SdtListItemCollection class

Provides access to SdtListItem elements of a structured document tag. To learn more, visit the Structured Document Tags or Content Control documentation article.

Indexers

NameDescription
__getitem__(index)Returns a SdtListItem object given its zero-based index in the collection.

Properties

NameDescription
countGets number of items in the collection.
selected_valueSpecifies currently selected value in this list. Null value allowed, meaning that no currently selected entry is associated with this list item collection.

Methods

NameDescription
add(item)Adds an item to this collection.
clear()Clears all items from this collection.
remove_at(index)Removes a list item at the specified index.

Examples

Shows how to work with drop down-list structured document tags.

doc = aw.Document()
tag = aw.markup.StructuredDocumentTag(doc, aw.markup.SdtType.DROP_DOWN_LIST, aw.markup.MarkupLevel.BLOCK)
doc.first_section.body.append_child(tag)
# A drop-down list structured document tag is a form that allows the user to
# select an option from a list by left-clicking and opening the form in Microsoft Word.
# The "list_items" property contains all list items, and each list item is an "SdtListItem".
list_items = tag.list_items
list_items.add(aw.markup.SdtListItem('Value 1'))
self.assertEqual(list_items[0].display_text, list_items[0].value)
# Add 3 more list items. Initialize these items using a different constructor to the first item
# to display strings that are different from their values.
list_items.add(aw.markup.SdtListItem('Item 2', 'Value 2'))
list_items.add(aw.markup.SdtListItem('Item 3', 'Value 3'))
list_items.add(aw.markup.SdtListItem('Item 4', 'Value 4'))
self.assertEqual(4, list_items.count)
# The drop-down list is displaying the first item. Assign a different list item to the "selected_value" to display it.
list_items.selected_value = list_items[3]
self.assertEqual('Value 4', list_items.selected_value.value)
# Enumerate over the collection and print each element.
for item in list_items:
    if item is not None:
        print(f'List item: {item.display_text}, value: {item.value}')
# Remove the last list item.
list_items.remove_at(3)
self.assertEqual(3, list_items.count)
# Since our drop-down control is set to display the removed item by default, give it an item to display which exists.
list_items.selected_value = list_items[1]
doc.save(ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'StructuredDocumentTag.list_item_collection.docx')
# Use the "clear" method to empty the entire drop-down item collection at once.
list_items.clear()
self.assertEqual(0, list_items.count)

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