Submenu

The submenu control offers a way to structure your settings by hiding parts of them in a folding sub panel. Initially it will only show the name and when clicked it will open and reveal all the controls that have been attached. Starting with LAMr22 you can also use nested submenus.

Data Table

property	type	required	description
type	string	yes	The widget type of this control ("submenu")
name	number, string, function	yes	The text to display for the submenu
controls	table	yes	This table contains all controls that are located in the submenu
icon	string, function	no	"path/to/my/icon.dds", or function returning a string
iconTextureCoords	table, function	no	{left, right, top, bottom}, or function returning a table
tooltip	string, function	no	The tooltip to display for the submenu
disabled	function , boolean	no	function() return db.someBooleanSetting end, or boolean
disabledLabel	function , boolean	no	function() return db.someBooleanSetting end, or boolean
helpUrl	string, function	no	A string URL "https://www.esoui.com", or a function that returns one
reference	string	no	A unique global reference to the control

Exposed Methods

control:UpdateValue()

This method updates the name and tooltip of the submenu with changes to the data table.

Examples

LAM:RegisterOptionControls(panelName, {
	{
		type = "submenu",
		name = "My Submenu",
		tooltip = "My Submenu Tooltip",
		controls = {sliderData, buttonData},
		reference = "MyAddonSubmenu"
	}
})

local controls, submenuControls = {}, {}
controls[#controls + 1] = {
	type = "submenu",
	name = "My Other Submenu",
	controls = submenuControls
}
submenuControls[#submenuControls + 1] = sliderData
submenuControls[#submenuControls + 1] = buttonData
LAM:RegisterOptionControls(panelName, controls)