{{Template:GUI_Object|dropdown|[wiki:GUI_-_Properties#buffer_zone buffer_zone], button_width, cell_id, dropdown_buffer, dropdown_size, font, list, scrollbar, scrollbar_style, selected, sprite, sprite_list, sprite_selectarea, sprite2, sprite2_over, sprite2_pressed, sprite2_disabled, text_align, text_valign, textcolor, textcolor_selected|SelectionChange}} Not yet implemented. This control needs to handle being disabled. Also add textcolor_over/pressed. A dropdown box is like a list (informational), only it hides the unselected items so only one element is visible at a time.
The control includes a rectangular button to the right, whose sprite can be changed when hovered/pressed/disabled. When pressed, a dropdown area below will appear, graphically equivalent to the list box (including scrollbar stuff).
The next time the player clicks, it will either select a new element (if that's where the player clicked) or close the dropdown window and retain the current selection (eg if he clicked outside the dropdown area).
The text_valign only applies to the item displayed in the header of the control, i.e. Solace and Salubrious in the example below.
For information on how to manipulate the data, see List.
Code of example dropdown:
<object type="dropdown"
size="20 20 170 40"
sprite="gd-input"
sprite_list="gd-input"
sprite2="gd-button-bottom"
sprite2_pressed="gd-button-bottom-pressed"
sprite_selectarea="gd-blue"
button_width="18"
buffer_zone="5"
dropdown_buffer="6"
dropdown_size="130"
scrollbar="true"
scrollbar_style="gd-scrollbar"
font="verdana12"
textcolor="0 0 0"
textcolor_selected="255 255 255"
>
<item>Superfluous</item>
<item>Gregarious</item>
<item>Erudite</item>
<item>Insouciant</item>
<item>Salubrious</item>
<item>Verbiage</item>
<item>Ascribe</item>
<item>Jovial</item>
<item>Adamant</item>
<item>Desideratum</item>
<item>Ersatz</item>
<item>Solace</item>
<item>Triskaidekaphobia</item>
<item>Stoic</item>
<item>Encumbrance</item>
<item>Puerile</item>
</object>
