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First post on this forum so I apologize if my formatting isn't perfect.

My problem: I'm attempting to pass a list of coordinate pairs as a parameter for a control in manipulate. The goal is to be able to display all the coordinates in a drop down list, the user clicks that coordinate and assigned to the corresponding variable. I know this is all obvious but I just want to be as precise as possible with my dilemma.

Currently when I run the manipulate function the control is displayed as a scroll, which doesn't even work. I tried to use PopUpMenu but was unsuccessful.

This is what I have so far within manipulate:

{{choiceWhite, random, "Vertical moves"},LOptions[Domineering[{1,1}, {1, 2}, {1, 3}, 
{2, 1}, {2, 2}, {2, 3}]]}

Here is some output to show you what the Domineering and LOptions display individually.

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As you can see the LOptions function, from what my verbiage tells me, is a list of coordinate pairs and I need to be able to show them like this:

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I appreciate any tips or advice anyone can give me.

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  • $\begingroup$ After fiddling around I was able to accomplish my task by mapping ToString to the List. Thanks! $\endgroup$ – AlecLeonK Feb 21 '16 at 2:38
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You haven't shown your unsuccessful attempt using PopupMenu. This works:

Manipulate[
 choiceWhite,
 {{choiceWhite, {1, 1}, "Vertical moves"}, 
  PopupMenu[#, {{1, 1}, {1, 2}, {1, 3}}] &}
 ]

So providing LOptions[Domineering[{1,1}, {1, 2}, {1, 3}, {2, 1}, {2, 2}, {2, 3}]] returns a list as you have shown then this should work:

Manipulate[
 choiceWhite,
 {{choiceWhite, {1, 1}, "Vertical moves"}, 
  PopupMenu[#, 
    LOptions[
     Domineering[{1, 1}, {1, 2}, {1, 3}, {2, 1}, {2, 2}, {2, 3}]]] &}
 ]

You may also need to wrap Dynamic around the PopupMenu if LOptions[...] is going to be changing due to some other process. But with scant information in the question impossible to speculate.

Manipulate[
 menu = LOptions[
   Domineering[{1, 1}, {1, 2}, {1, 3}, {2, 1}, {2, 2}, {2, 3}]];
 choiceWhite,
 {{choiceWhite, First[menu], "Vertical moves"}, 
  Dynamic[PopupMenu[#, menu], TrackedSymbols :> {menu}] &}
 ]
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