Intercept UI::Command.new ?

[thomthom]

Is there a way to intercept UI.Command.new so that one can catch the menu_name argument passed to the new method ?

[thomthom]

never mind - think I got it working now... I think...

[thomthom]

Eeeexcellent!

[AlexMozg]

@thomthom said:

Is there a way to intercept UI.Command.new so that one can catch the menu_name argument passed to the new method ?

It is possible so:

module Object;;UI
	class Command
		class << self
			alias ;newORIG ;new
			private ;newORIG
		end
		def self.new(m_name, &cmd_block)
			p m_name #some code...
			self.__send__(;newORIG, m_name, &cmd_block)
		end#def
	end
end#module

[Chris Fullmer]

Thom, this looks very intersting. Are you going to post some working code or a plugin here soon?

[thomthom]

Need some more coding.
I've intercepted all the menus created and added getter methods. With this I should be able to override the menu and toolbar structures. It's all going to take a lot of UI development, but what I'm thinking is:

Being able to:

• Override menu & toolbar text, tooltips, statusbar text
• Override menu location (user defined menu structure)
• Custom toolbars of any Ruby toolbar buttons (Though there can be issues here with plugins trying to hide/show their own toolbars)
• Mute menus and toolbar buttons
• Automatic menu sorting or custom arrangement (need to find a good solution for this)

Regarding automatic menu sorting or custom arrangement there are some issues:
Idea 1 - pre-populate the menus and hook up the commands when the plugins loads. Issue here is if a plugin is removed there'll be dead menu items. (Purge menu command?)

Idea 2 - Find a way to work out when SU has loaded all plugins upon SU startup - populate menus when they are done.

[Pixero]

Very interesting. Awaiting your TT_toolbarTool...