From 1f2f4824bfced79b78c7e250fd48e4523b845d58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wyzula-jan <jan.wyzula@psi.ch>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 11:27:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(widget_io): added option to set value of combobox by str

---
 bec_widgets/utils/widget_io.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bec_widgets/utils/widget_io.py b/bec_widgets/utils/widget_io.py
index 92b08ee8..1ff3e1d8 100644
--- a/bec_widgets/utils/widget_io.py
+++ b/bec_widgets/utils/widget_io.py
@@ -44,8 +44,11 @@ class ComboBoxHandler(WidgetHandler):
     def get_value(self, widget: QComboBox) -> int:
         return widget.currentIndex()
 
-    def set_value(self, widget: QComboBox, value: int) -> None:
-        widget.setCurrentIndex(value)
+    def set_value(self, widget: QComboBox, value: int | str) -> None:
+        if isinstance(value, str):
+            value = widget.findText(value)
+        if isinstance(value, int):
+            widget.setCurrentIndex(value)
 
 
 class TableWidgetHandler(WidgetHandler):