Initialize global list of {string, number} pairs
main = {{"apple", 1}, {"banana", 2}, {"carrot", 3},{"donut", 4}
Function to edit item number j from the list
EditItem[j_] := Module[{tx, nm},
tx = main[[j]][[1]];
nm = main[[j]][[2]];
CreateDialog[{
Panel[
Column[{
InputField[Dynamic[tx], String],
InputField[Dynamic[nm], Number],
Row[{
CancelButton[],
DefaultButton[
"Save",
main[[j]][[1]] = tx;
main[[j]][[2]] = nm;
DialogReturn[]
]
}]
}]
]
}, Modal -> True]
]
If I call the edit function directly, it works fine.
EditItem[4]
NotebookObject[FrontEndObject[LinkObject["tp8_shm", 3, 1]], 110]
main
{{"apple", 1}, {"banana", 2}, {"carrot", 3}, {"dingbat", 5}}
If I call the edit function from the buttons in this dynamic table, it doesn't work. The fields are not pre-populated and the assignments fail.
In[11]:= Dynamic[
Panel[
Grid[
Table[{Button[main[[j]][[1]], EditItem[j]], main[[j]][[2]]}, {j, 1, Length[main]}]
]
]
]
Why doesn't the function call work from inside the buttons?
