Virtual SelectList

Virtual SelectList

Virtual SelectList is a skinnable single-select dropdown world object for Construct 3. It renders the closed control and expanded option list in the same Construct layer, preserving normal transforms, opacity, clipping, and Z order.

Key Features

• Single-select dropdown interaction for mouse, touch, wheel, and keyboard input.
• Runtime-configurable options with separate labels, values, and enabled states.
• Editable 512 x 384 twelve-frame skin atlas in the Construct Image Editor.
• Refined white default skin and an optional original blue skin.
• Standalone arrow and selected-option check sprites that are not nine-sliced.
• Configurable row height, option spacing, visible item count, typography, colors, and nine-slice margins.
• Conditions, actions, and expressions for selection, options, open state, enabled state, and JSON errors.
• Save and load support for options, selection, and enabled state.

Typical Usage

Place Virtual SelectList in a layout, define the initial options with JSON, and use On selection changed to react to the selected value. Options can also be added, inserted, removed, enabled, disabled, or replaced while the project is running.

Skin Customization

The skin contains twelve 128 x 128 frames for the closed states, dropdown panel, option states, arrows, and selected check. Background frames use nine-slice rendering, while arrows and checks remain independent sprites. Existing object types retain their project-owned edited skin.

Input Support

Players can select options with pointer or touch input, scroll long lists with the wheel or vertical drag, and navigate with Arrow keys, Home, End, Enter, Space, and Escape.

Compatibility

• Construct Addon SDK version 2.
• Minimum Construct version r469.
• Resizable world object rendered in its existing Construct layer.

Limitations

Virtual SelectList supports single selection only. Objects with a higher Z order on the same layer can cover the expanded list by design. Multi-select, search, option groups, and per-option icons are not included in this release.