Accessing Menu Objects from Submenu's

[david.]

Is there any way to access a submenu's? I know I can access top level menu's via UI.menu( ... ). I've searched, but it appears there is no interface to access submenu's that I've added under the top level.

[Dan Rathbun]

Sure there is, IF you are the one creating them.

Just save a reference to the submenu instance. A module var works well. Constants can also work:

PluginsTopMenu = UI.menu('plugins') PluginsSubMenuExporters = PluginsTopMenu.add_submenu('Exporters')

[david.]

Yes, I realized that. I thought there might be a way through the SU UI similar to accessing toolbars that have been created. Apparently, not. Not a big issue.

[Dan Rathbun]

@david. said:

Yes, I realized that. I thought there might be a way through the SU UI similar to accessing toolbars that have been created. Apparently, not. Not a big issue.

Actually the API lacks a Toolbars collection, which we have wanted. Now with the name method (just added, we can create one, 'on the fly'.)

module SuchandSuch

  Toolbars={}
  ObjectSpace.each_object(UI;;Toolbar) {|tb|
    Toolbars[tb.name]=tb
  }
end

You refer to the just added method each which accesses the buttons ( UI::Command objects,) on a given toolbar.

But ... the Sketchup::Menu class has not yet been updated with Enumerable methods (which should include each_item and each_submenu iterator methods;) nor any name, parent, etc getter methods.

We'll have to cross our fingers for the next MR.