show_selected_strings
summary: retrieve the selection from the “Strings” window
- description:
In IDA it’s possible to write actions that can be applied even to core (i.e., “standard”) widgets. The actions in this example use the action “context” to know what the current selection is.
This example shows how you can either retrieve string literals data directly from the chooser (ida_kernwin.get_chooser_data), or by querying the IDB (ida_bytes.get_strlit_contents)
keywords: actions
see_also: list_strings
level: intermediate
Attributes
Classes
Module Contents
- class show_selected_strings.show_strings_base_ah_t(use_get_chooser_data)
Bases:
ida_kernwin.action_handler_t- use_get_chooser_data
- activate(ctx)
Activate an action. This function implements the core behavior of an action. It is called when the action is triggered, from a menu, from a popup menu, from the toolbar, or programmatically.
- Returns:
non-zero: all IDA windows will be refreshed
- update(ctx)
Update an action. This is called when the context of the UI changed, and we need to let the action update some of its properties if needed (label, icon, …) In addition, this lets IDA know whether the action is enabled, and when it should be queried for availability again. Note: This callback is not meant to change anything in the application’s state, except by calling one (or many) of the “update_action_*()” functions on this very action.
- class show_selected_strings.show_strings_using_get_chooser_data_ah_t
Bases:
show_strings_base_ah_t- ACTION_NAME = 'test:show_string_using_get_chooser_data'
- ACTION_LABEL = 'Show current string(s) using get_chooser_data()'
- ACTION_SHORTCUT = 'Ctrl+Shift+S'
- class show_selected_strings.show_strings_using_get_strlist_item_ah_t
Bases:
show_strings_base_ah_t- ACTION_NAME = 'test:show_string_using_get_strlist_item'
- ACTION_LABEL = 'Show current string(s) using get_strlist_item() + get_strlit_contents()'
- ACTION_SHORTCUT = 'Ctrl+Shift+K'
- show_selected_strings.klasses
- show_selected_strings.sw
- show_selected_strings.sw