Menu widget populated with strings to return an integer to custom module

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I have a menu widget that I am populating with an array of strings from a custom module, using a listener in the values box of the widget.

The listener is OSC{/scaleButtonSwitch/names}

and this populates the menu correctly in that it receives the strings from the custom module and adds them to the menu widget.

I need the menu however to return an integer as the args[0] value when an item is pressed so that I can use this integer in my custom module.

How do I do this?

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You could define the values withs labels / values instead of a simple array:

receive('/scaleButtonSwitch/names', {
  labels: ["a", "b", "c"],
  values: [2, 5, 9]
})

or with a simple object if there are no duplicate labels:

receive('/scaleButtonSwitch/names', {
  "a": 2,
  "b": 5,
  "c": 9
})

Or, since you're defining all this from your custom module you could keep a map to convert the strings to integers:

var menu_map = {
  "a": 2,
  "b": 5,
  "c": 9
}

// populate menu
receive('/scaleButtonSwitch/names', Object.values(menu_map))

// when needed (in oscOutFilter presumably), retrieve associated value
var numeric_value = menu_map[args[0]]