From 1d901d39c11d63e61f6ad44c1ad345bba35ae0b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shagu <ericmauser@googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 14:52:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ui-widgets: add dropdown api to select entry by text

---
 api/ui-widgets.lua | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/api/ui-widgets.lua b/api/ui-widgets.lua
index 071f2362..16e331a6 100644
--- a/api/ui-widgets.lua
+++ b/api/ui-widgets.lua
@@ -165,6 +165,18 @@ do -- dropdown
         self.id = id
       end
     end,
+    ["SetSelectionByText"] = function(self, name)
+      self:UpdateMenu()
+      for id, entry in pairs(self.menu) do
+        if entry.text == name then
+          self:SetSelection(id)
+          return true
+        end
+      end
+
+      self.text:SetText(name)
+      return nil
+    end,
     ["GetSelection"] = function(self)
       self:UpdateMenu()
       if self.menu and self.menu[self.id] then