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      Pete
      last edited by

      @glro said:

      could you developp the idea?

      You need to install this plugin:

      http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=36467&p=321094&hilit=mylibrary#p321041

      to have access to components in the components folder in your SketchUp install directory.

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        glro
        last edited by

        @pete said:

        @glro said:

        could you developp the idea?

        You need to install this plugin:

        http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=36467&p=321094&hilit=mylibrary#p321041

        to have access to components in the components folder in your SketchUp install directory.

        OK

        i downloaded and installed "CLibraries_Loader.rb"

        and you are right: when i type the name of the component in the launchup windows, it appears magically at the cursor location

        great idea
        thank you!

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          lionk
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          Hi Aerillus
          some minor issues and suggestions:
          1.LaunchUpOption dialog cannot close in 1.0.6 still
          2.I can only click the blank outside text(Type to search...) to active the search dialog
          3.maybe this js can help it gains focus:
          document.onmouseover = function(e) {if (document.all && !event.fromElement) window.focus();}
          4.it'll be better if the menu item can toggle, so we can use shortcut to open and close it
          5.performance is not well in Windows XP 😢 could you improve it?
          lup_winxp.jpg

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            Aerilius
            last edited by

            Hi lionk,
            thanks for the suggestions! As I see you are (probably) using Internet Explorer 6? I have to admit, I didn't consider IE6. Microsoft doesn't provide any download for it and recommends not to use it because of its age, bugs and security issues. If you can update to a newer version that could improve it.
            At the moment I am trying whether I can get it work well with Internet Explorer 6.

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              thomthom
              last edited by

              Let IE6 die already. The amount of work to adjust to that engine is just... way too much.

              Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
              List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                Aerilius
                last edited by

                A new version 1.0.7 is available.
                • on OS X, sometimes the dialog didn't resize, giving the impression that the visibility of the History was not remembered.
                • changing options in the options dialog did not always give visual feedback. Now it is also indicated if input was invalid.
                • the dialog should now (better) focus when it starts
                • the menu indicates now whether the dialog is visible
                • it now supports IE7

                I did not yet make the menu item a toggle, because at the moment you can use a shortcut to bring up the dialog immediately (focus the dialog or open it if it isn't open). A toggle would mean you accidentially close the dialog when you didn't see it was already open.

                I couldn't make it work with IE6 (but maybe it's now better). There are issues that are not bugs of the plugin but of Internet Explorer, and that I can't work around. Microsoft has fixed most of them with IE7 and IE8.

                There is a little issue on OS X: the resizing corner covers partly the History button. If I turned of the resizing corner, it wouldn't be possible to change the dialog's width on OS X.

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                  thomthom
                  last edited by

                  I assigned F5 to Launch up. I find that if I trigger the hotkey while LU is still open it stops working and I need to reopen the window.

                  Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                  List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                    thomthom
                    last edited by

                    Oh! It remembers your last used items and place them on top! Nice!

                    Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                    • thomthomT Offline
                      thomthom
                      last edited by

                      I also occasionally see the "Type to search..." string under text that has been entered. Can't quite reliably reproduce it though.

                      Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                      List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                        Aerilius
                        last edited by

                        I forgot to add:
                        • it is now possible to close the dialog when pressing the escape key.

                        Isn't F5 the reload shortcut? I might have to test that reloading the JavaScript doesn't break it, or I add an override to prevent F5.

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                          thomthom
                          last edited by

                          Ah! Duh! Yea - I wasn't thinking of that. It's just that I've used all the "normal" keys.

                          Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                          List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                            driven
                            last edited by

                            hi AE,

                            for some reason the dialog window always starts bottom left corner, pinned, unpinned, same session or even after I close SU with it open.

                            john

                            mac...

                            learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself...

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                              hebeijianke
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                              something wrong in options at "custom color"

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                                lionk
                                last edited by

                                well done!thanks you!
                                another bug...
                                if I type some Chinese characters like "面"(it means "face"), there will be an error in ruby console and get no search results, then unable to search again.
                                ![Error: #<SyntaxError: (eval):1:in initialize': compile error (eval):1: unterminated string meets end of file (eval):1: syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting ']' ["look_up", "é?¢"]#16 ^>](/uploads/imported_attachments/x92F_20130416111835.jpg "Error: #<SyntaxError: (eval):1:in initialize': compile error
                                (eval):1: unterminated string meets end of file
                                (eval):1: syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting ']'
                                ["look_up", "é?¢"]#16
                                ^>")
                                in light of this, i found these punctuations "?()[]{}+*" also make mistakes.

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                                  Aerilius
                                  last edited by

                                  Thanks for finding that!
                                  I also solved the custom color issue and will probably have an update later today.

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                                    Aerilius
                                    last edited by

                                    Version 1.0.8 is available:
                                    • I fixed the issue with invalid/incomplete custom colors.
                                    • I fixed the error with 面?()[]{}+*
                                    • and reloading the webdialog (F5) doesn't break it anymore.

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                                      lionk
                                      last edited by

                                      @aerilius said:

                                      Version 1.0.8 is available:
                                      • I fixed the issue with invalid/incomplete custom colors.
                                      • I fixed the error with 面?()[]{}+*
                                      • and reloading the webdialog (F5) doesn't break it anymore.

                                      punctuation is OK but some Chinese characters still arise same error.
                                      for example 面 领 到 认 封...not all the Chinese characters,just a few.i have no idea what caused this...encoding? ❓

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                                        Aerilius
                                        last edited by

                                        Version 1.0.9 contains a quick fix, please update.

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                                          Aerilius
                                          last edited by

                                          Please update LaunchUp as soon as possible!
                                          It contains fixes for menu gray-out avoidance.
                                          Thank you.

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