Project keyword definition, list type

[[Mi...]]

Hi,

is there a way to define a custom list keyword type in the SW2023 in the json file? I would like to offer the user more options for a keyword but do not want to allow free string in that field. For example nest of the injected part could be just only: A, B or C (no other choices).

I mean a json like this (but it does not work so):

{
    "content": {
        "": [
            {
                "description": "Nest",
                "key": "nest",
                "type": "list",
                "value": ["A", "B", "C"]
            },
...

Thanks!

Edited November 17, 2025

[[Ma...]]

I think you can not modify this.

But you can make your own dialog for headers to have more control over input.

[[De...]]

I dont think you can make project keywords anything other than a string, date, or number. 



you could present the user with a dialog, and feed the result of that dialog into a project keyword? 
 

[[Mi...]]

Yes, but for that I have to do some Python exercises. At the moment I am not very practiced in that. But it seems that I have to get familiar with it... 🙂

Thank you!

[[Na...]]

If you are using the Kiosk interface, it's easy: You just have to drop a selection list and edit the entries. The Dialog is already part of the Kiosk:

 

[[Ra...]]

Yes you can, you just need to use the proper variables (Items).

diag={
    "content": [
        [
            {
                "columns": 1,
                "default": "A",
                "items": [
                    {
                        "id": "",
                        "text": "A",
                        "translatable": True
                    },
                    {
                        "id": "",
                        "text": "B",
                        "translatable": True
                    }
                ],
                "name": "list",
                "rows": 1,
                "tooltip": {
                    "id": "",
                    "text": "",
                    "translatable": True
                },
                "type": "input::list"
            }
        ]...
.... 

I wrote out a taught script to a json file, edited it Notepad++, read it back in, and it worked fine.

 

[[Ra...]]

Also, if you have a dialog defined with a list named "partlist" once the dialog is loaded you can add a list of items.

part_list = ['nut','bolt','washer','lock washer']

DIALOG.partlist.items = part_list

 

[[Mi...]]

Hi

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,

thank you for your answer. It is not clear for me but is this solution relates to the keyword set in the add-on environment (see attached pic, red marking)? I ask because the structure of your file looks a bit different and I do not know how to implement it in the keyword set JSON. My text starts with "content" and your descriptiopn is with "diag".

[[Ra...]]

I edit the json file in Notepad++, the easier method is the second one I noted. You can program the keyword list in your Python script.