PyAPI: extend Menu.path_menu

- Add optional 'display_name' callback
  so callers can construct own names.
- Add optional 'prop_filepath' argument
  (for operators that don't use "filepath").
- Add doc-string.
- Use keyword only arguments.

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/release/scripts/modules/bpy_types.py b/release/scripts/modules/bpy_types.py
index d64acd2ce3b..b6a9b2f2f62 100644
--- a/release/scripts/modules/bpy_types.py
+++ b/release/scripts/modules/bpy_types.py
@@ -725,11 +725,30 @@ class Header(StructRNA, _GenericUI, metaclass=RNAMeta):
 class Menu(StructRNA, _GenericUI, metaclass=RNAMeta):
     __slots__ = ()
 
-    def path_menu(self, searchpaths, operator,
-                  props_default=None, filter_ext=None):
+    def path_menu(self, searchpaths, operator, *,
+                  props_default=None, prop_filepath="filepath",
+                  filter_ext=None, display_name=None):
+        """
+        Populate a menu from a list of paths.
+
+        :arg searchpaths: Paths to scan.
+        :type searchpaths: sequence of strings.
+        :arg operator: The operator id to use with each file.
+        :type operator: string
+        :arg prop_filepath: Optional operator filepath property (defaults to "filepath").
+        :type prop_filepath: string
+        :arg props_default: Properties to assign to each operator.
+        :type props_default: dict
+        :arg filter_ext: Optional callback that takes the file extensions.
+
+           Returning false excludes the file from the list.
+
+        :type filter_ext: Callable that takes a string and returns a bool.
+        :arg display_name: Optional callback that takes the full path, returns the name to display.
+        :type display_name: Callable that takes a string and returns a string.
+        """
 
         layout = self.layout
-        # hard coded to set the operators 'filepath' to the filename.
 
         import os
         import bpy.utils
@@ -752,15 +771,19 @@ class Menu(StructRNA, _GenericUI, metaclass=RNAMeta):
         files.sort()
 
         for f, filepath in files:
-            props = layout.operator(operator,
-                                    text=bpy.path.display_name(f),
-                                    translate=False)
+            # Intentionally pass the full path to 'display_name' callback,
+            # since the callback may want to use part a directory in the name.
+            props = layout.operator(
+                operator,
+                text=display_name(filepath) if display_name else bpy.path.display_name(f),
+                translate=False,
+            )
 
             if props_default is not None:
                 for attr, value in props_default.items():
                     setattr(props, attr, value)
 
-            props.filepath = filepath
+            setattr(props, prop_filepath, filepath)
             if operator == "script.execute_preset":
                 props.menu_idname = self.bl_idname