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esx_menu_default

A list type menu used by es_extended Only available on clientside

ESX.UI.Menu.Open

Open a menu that can be used with arrow keys

ESX.UI.Menu.Open(type, namespace, name, data, onSelect, cancel )

Arguments

  • type: string
    • the menu to open default in this case
  • namespace: string
    • The namespace of the menu, usually GetResourceName()is used
  • name: string
    • The name of the menu
  • data: table
    • The table with the elements to show in the menu
  • onSelect: function
    • Function that gets ran when an element is selected.
  • cancel: function
    • Function that gets ran when the menu gets closed

Data table

  • title: title of the menu
  • align: position (top-left | top-right | bottom-left | bottom-right | center)
  • elements: selectable elements table

Elements

  • label: string
    • label name to show, supports HTML
  • name: string
    • name of the element
  • value: number | string
    • value of the element/slider
  • type: string
    • Type of the element
  • min: number
    • minimum slider value
  • max: number
    • Maximum slider value

onSelect

Function triggered when an element is selected, returns data and menu, data.current is used to get the current selected element

Example

function(data, menu)
  --- for a simple element
  if data.current.name == "element1" then
    print("Element 1 Selected")
    menu.close()
  end
 
  -- for slider elements
 
  if data.current.name == "bread" then
    print(data.current.value)
  end
end

cancel

This function is triggered when the menu gets closed, returns data and menu

Example

function(data, menu)
  print("Closing Menu - " .. menu.title)
  menu.close() -- close menu
end

Menu Example

    local Elements = {
        {label = "I`m An Element", name = "element1"},
        {label = "Bread - £200", name = "bread", value = 1, type = 'slider', min = 1,max = 100},
        {label = '<span style="color:green;">HEY! IM GREEN!/span>', name = "geen_element"}
      }
 
      ESX.UI.Menu.Open("default", GetCurrentResourceName(), "Example_Menu", {
        title = "Example Menu", -- The Name of Menu to show to users,
        align    = 'top-left', -- top-left | top-right | bottom-left | bottom-right | center |
        elements = Elements -- define elements as the pre-created table
      }, function(data,menu) -- OnSelect Function
        --- for a simple element
        if data.current.name == "element1" then
          print("Element 1 Selected")
          menu.close()
        end
 
        -- for slider elements
 
        if data.current.name == "bread" then
          print(data.current.value)
 
          if data.current.value == 69 then
            print("Nice!")
            menu.close()
          end
        end
      end, function(data, menu) -- Cancel Function
        print("Closing Menu")
        menu.close() -- close menu
      end)

Result

esx_identityesx_menu_dialog