Hide Input Parameter using Boolean

[su.lwpac]

Question
I want to control the show/hide inputParams in the component for user using a boolean toggle

There is function called GH_InputParamManager.HideParameter Method
How do we invoke this method with a boolean toggle within the component

[Mahdiyar]

It’s possible but why not add an item to the component menu? The event handler for this menu item runs outside of a solution, so it’s safe to modify your component layout then.

Menu:

public class Dynamic01 : GH_Component, IGH_VariableParameterComponent
{
    public bool Show = false;
    protected override void RegisterInputParams(GH_Component.GH_InputParamManager pManager)
    {
        pManager.AddNumberParameter("A", "A", "A", GH_ParamAccess.item, 0);
        pManager.AddNumberParameter("B", "B", "B", GH_ParamAccess.item, 1);
    }
    public bool CanInsertParameter(GH_ParameterSide side, int index) { return false; }
    public bool CanRemoveParameter(GH_ParameterSide side, int index) { return false; }
    public IGH_Param CreateParameter(GH_ParameterSide side, int index)
    {
        return new Param_Number
        {
            Name = "C",
            NickName = "C",
            Description = "C",
            Access = GH_ParamAccess.item,
            Optional = true
        };
    }
    public bool DestroyParameter(GH_ParameterSide side, int index) { return true; }
    public void VariableParameterMaintenance()
    {
        if (Show)
        {
            if (Params.Input.Count == 3) return;
            Params.RegisterInputParam(CreateParameter(GH_ParameterSide.Input, 2));
        }
        else
        {
            if (Params.Input.Count != 3) return;
            Params.Input[2].Sources.Clear();
            Params.UnregisterInputParameter(Params.Input[2]);
        }
    }
    protected override void AppendAdditionalComponentMenuItems(ToolStripDropDown menu)
    {
        Menu_AppendItem(menu, "Show", Menu_Show_Clicked, true, Show);
    }
    private void Menu_Show_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        Show = !Show;
        VariableParameterMaintenance();
        Params.OnParametersChanged();
        ExpireSolution(true);
    }
    //...
}

Input:

public class Dynamic02 : GH_Component, IGH_VariableParameterComponent
{
    public bool Show = false;
    protected override void RegisterInputParams(GH_Component.GH_InputParamManager pManager)
    {
        pManager.AddNumberParameter("A", "A", "A", GH_ParamAccess.item, 0);
        pManager.AddNumberParameter("B", "B", "B", GH_ParamAccess.item, 1);
        pManager.AddBooleanParameter("Show", "Show", "Show", GH_ParamAccess.item, false);
        pManager[0].Optional = true;
        pManager[1].Optional = true;
    }
    protected override void RegisterOutputParams(GH_Component.GH_OutputParamManager pManager) { }
    protected override void SolveInstance(IGH_DataAccess DA)
    {
        DA.GetData(2, ref Show);
    }
    protected override void AfterSolveInstance()
    {
        VariableParameterMaintenance();
        Params.OnParametersChanged();
    }
    public bool CanInsertParameter(GH_ParameterSide side, int index) { return false; }
    public bool CanRemoveParameter(GH_ParameterSide side, int index) { return false; }
    public IGH_Param CreateParameter(GH_ParameterSide side, int index)
    {
        return new Param_Number
        {
            Name = "C", NickName = "C", Description = "C", Access = GH_ParamAccess.item, Optional = true
        };
    }
    public bool DestroyParameter(GH_ParameterSide side, int index) { return true; }
    public void VariableParameterMaintenance()
    {
        if (Show)
        {
            if (Params.Input.Count == 4) return;
            Params.RegisterInputParam(CreateParameter(GH_ParameterSide.Input, 3));
        }
        else
        {
            if (Params.Input.Count != 4) return;
            Params.Input[3].Sources.Clear();
            Params.UnregisterInputParameter(Params.Input[3]);
        }
    }
    //...
}

Component with variable inputs and outputs

It is possible (as per Andy’s answer), but is it really a good idea? If you start to replace parameters you also have to deal with connections that are no longer valid. You potentially erase a lot of user effort when you switch to a different component flavour. Not to mention this way of doing things will be foreign to existing GH users. May I ask what benefits you’re getting out of this approach over the more traditional way of just creating more than one component?

Dynamic.zip (31.4 KB) (Source)

[su.lwpac]

Ah I see. Yes that makes more sense to do it in component menu. Thanks a lot.

[Will_Wang]

Thanks for the example. I’m getting the wire to nowhere though.

I passed true to the UnregisterOutputParameter method’s isolate argument. Didn’t work.

using System.Linq;
//...
protected override void AfterSolveInstance()
{
    VariableParameterMaintenance();
    base.AfterSolveInstance();
}
// ...
public void VariableParameterMaintenance()
{
    // ...
    while (Params.Input.Count>1)
    {
        Params.Input.Last().Sources.Clear();
        Params.UnregisterInputParameter(Params.Input.Last(), true);
    }
    while (Params.Output.Count>1)
    {
        Params.Output.Last().Recipients.Clear();
        Params.UnregisterOutputParameter(Params.Output.Last(), true);
    }
    Params.OnParametersChanged();
    return;
}
// ...

I think it might be that I cleared the list of recipients before unregistering but without clearing, downstream components would expire during solution.

[matous.stieber (Matouš Stieber)]

@Mahdiyar How do I set and reference the default value of the c input?

[Mahdiyar]

public IGH_Param CreateParameter(GH_ParameterSide side, int index)
{
  var param = new Param_Number
  {
    Name = "C",
    NickName = "C",
    Description = "C",
    Access = GH_ParamAccess.item,
  };
  param.AddVolatileData(new GH_Path(0), 0, 100);
  return param;
}

Dynamic.zip (35.3 KB)

[matous.stieber (Matouš Stieber)]

Thank you @Mahdiyar there is just the issue, if I delete the input (slider) after connecting to the component, it doesn’t return the default value. I get the warning message “Input failed to collect data”. I’m using the standart IGH_DataAcess DA

if (Params.Input.Count ==) 
{
    if (!DA.GetData(,ref)) return;
}