Function select_devices

archinstall/lib/disk/disk_menu.py:300–355

(preset: list[BDevice] | None = [])

async def select_devices(preset: list[BDevice] | None = []) -> list[BDevice] | None:
	def _preview_device_selection(item: MenuItem) -> str | None:
		device: _DeviceInfo = item.value  # type: ignore[assignment]
		dev = device_handler.get_device(device.path)

		if dev and dev.partition_infos:
			return as_table(dev.partition_infos)
		return None

	if preset is None:
		preset = []

	devices = device_handler.devices

	if len(devices) < 1:
		await Notify(tr('No disks were detected. A disk is required to be able to install Arch Linux')).show()
		return None

	items = [
		MenuItem(
			str(d.device_info.path),
			d.device_info,
			preview_action=_preview_device_selection,
		)
		for d in devices
	]

	presets = [p.device_info for p in preset]

	group = MenuItemGroup(items)
	group.set_selected_by_value(presets)

	result = await Table[_DeviceInfo](
		header=tr('Select disks for the installation'),
		group=group,
		presets=presets,
		allow_skip=True,
		multi=True,
		preview_location='bottom',
		preview_header=tr('Partitions'),
	).show()

	match result.type_:
		case ResultType.Reset:
			return None
		case ResultType.Skip:
			return None
		case ResultType.Selection:
			selected_device_info = result.get_values()
			selected_devices = []

			for device in devices:
				if device.device_info in selected_device_info:
					selected_devices.append(device)

			return selected_devices