How to add/remove Device.xml configui field filter?

Is it possible to dynamically modify a Plugin's Devices.xml configUI field filter setting. For example, in the xml:

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         <Field id="heatingId" type="menu">
            <Label>Heat Source Controller:</Label>
            <List class="indigo.devices" filter="indigo.thermostat"/>
         </Field>

I would like to be able to add or remove the filter. The easy option is to leave it out altogether but being able to select whether the filter is active or not would be better.

Thanks for any help

If you just want to change the list when the configUI loads, you can use:

<List class="self" method="getMyList"/>

Or, if you want to re-write the list during the config session, use:

<List class="self" method="getMyList" dynamicReload="yes"/>

Where "getMyList" is a method defined in your plugin.py.

Here is an example method:

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def getMyList(self, filter="", valuesDict=None, typeId="", targetId=0):
        myArray = []
        for device in sorted(indigo.devices):
            if device.deviceTypeId == 'foo':
                myArray.append((device.id, device.name))

        return myArray

For a complete explanation see this page in the docs.

Thank you for giving such a complete and helpful answer to my question

I have now implemented it in my Plugin and it does exactly what I want.

Thanks again