From 30e1567e23ae8fd167585af9a1747691903fe310 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Gareus <robin@gareus.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 23:25:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add ComboBox like `active` API to ArdourDropdown

---
 libs/widgets/ardour_dropdown.cc        | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 libs/widgets/widgets/ardour_dropdown.h |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libs/widgets/ardour_dropdown.cc b/libs/widgets/ardour_dropdown.cc
index e7763db0ce..b5ff9ec6cc 100644
--- a/libs/widgets/ardour_dropdown.cc
+++ b/libs/widgets/ardour_dropdown.cc
@@ -79,6 +79,37 @@ ArdourDropdown::on_button_press_event (GdkEventButton* ev)
 	return true;
 }
 
+void
+ArdourDropdown::set_active (int c)
+{
+	for (auto& i : _menu.items()) {
+		if (0 == c--) {
+			_menu.set_active (c);
+			_menu.activate_item (i);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+int
+ArdourDropdown::get_active_row_number () const
+{
+	const MenuItem* current_active = _menu.get_active();
+
+	if (!current_active) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	int c = 0;
+	for (auto const& i : _menu.items ()) {
+		if (&i == current_active) {
+			return c;
+		}
+		++c;
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
 void
 ArdourDropdown::set_active (std::string const& text)
 {
diff --git a/libs/widgets/widgets/ardour_dropdown.h b/libs/widgets/widgets/ardour_dropdown.h
index 6c9abbe0bd..4a6a6ca5b5 100644
--- a/libs/widgets/widgets/ardour_dropdown.h
+++ b/libs/widgets/widgets/ardour_dropdown.h
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ public:
 
 	void set_active (std::string const& text);
 
+	void set_active (int);
+	int get_active_row_number () const;
+
 protected:
 	void default_text_handler (std::string const&);