[Plugin] Layers Panel 1.2.1

TIG · 25 Oct 2013, 21:30

If you read the download page it does say 'PC only'

Oxer · 26 Oct 2013, 04:54

Bad lucky, waiting for mac version

jiminy-billy-bob · 26 Oct 2013, 14:15

New version 0.6 beta !

Changelog :

Fix scene auto-update (This is now an option)
Adds an options to hide the warning for outdated IE versions (This is intended for people with the warning appearing even though their IE is up to date)

Download in the plugin store !

marcorigamonti74 · 27 Oct 2013, 10:37

Hi! I have sketchup running on a MAC! When does this plug in will be ready for OS SISTEM?

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monmonred · 27 Oct 2013, 14:38

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

Is your IE version 9 ? If so, try updating to IE10.
I saw this bug on IE9, but could not find what's the issue...

does IE mean differently here in sketchucation? i understand IE as internet explorer. anyway, i would go for that. thanks!

monmonred · 27 Oct 2013, 14:38

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

Nope, that's not possible. Unfortunately.

Already working on it.
3&4. Added to my todo list.

cool! we all will be waiting!

i'm always checking for your updates. this plugin is so helpful! thanks!

Dave R · 27 Oct 2013, 14:40

IE means the same thing here: Internet Explorer

jiminy-billy-bob · 27 Oct 2013, 15:01

It will be avaiblable on mac when it's ready. I don't know when.

tomot · 27 Oct 2013, 22:46

@jgb said:

Since IE and WIN OS share many DLL's that contain these calls, an update to an IE DLL will update an OS DLL, but not necessarily vice versa. The app developer WILL have the latest IE on his system, and may use an "updated" OS call, but if you have an older IE, that call may fail.

Your point is well taken!
Which is why I have always maintained the decision to use Web dialogs in the first place, was a bad idea.

Lets face it, a robust SU Ruby API should have been developed with its own graphical interface, not unlike the capability of Python. Its unfortunate Ruby was chosen over Python but that's a story for another day. Instead the SU API developers decided to hitch their horse to the I.E. cart which is about as popular as BING. and also alienates the OSX user.

Lets face it, its almost 2014, and we still have not been able integrate simple graphical information along with user input in a simple format, without a programmer learning 3 other languages to make this work, and also having to be I.E. compliant ..... its downright laughable!

tt_su · 28 Oct 2013, 11:09

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

Adds an options to hide the warning for outdated IE versions (This is intended for people with the warning appearing even though their IE is up to date)

How are you detecting the IE version and which versions are detected incorrectly?

jiminy-billy-bob · 28 Oct 2013, 13:07

I display a warning with , etc.
But it seems to catch sometimes compatibility mode even when it's supposed to be disabled. Don't know why...

tt_su · 29 Oct 2013, 10:10

Some times? Not consistently?
Do you use the META tag to force embedded IE to use the actual IE IE render engine? Embedded IE is more conservative and it uses an older render mode even if you have a standard doctype. See the Lost Manual for more details: https://github.com/thomthom/sketchup-webdialogs-the-lost-manual/wiki/Doctype---Quirks-vs-Standard-vs-Superstandard

I also think that in one of the recent SU versions there was a registry setting set that would bump up this doc type one version (and that would affect older SU versions on the same machine.) So that might be the reason to why you get seemingly random reports of this. It might be they have versions that trigger the IE7 mode.

By the way, should you not be detecting older versions as well, not just IE7?


jiminy-billy-bob · 29 Oct 2013, 10:52

That's interesting.
But how can we force the last version ? Let's say I put <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=10"/>, how will IE8 behave with this ?

@tt_su said:

By the way, should you not be detecting older versions as well, not just IE7?


Of course I do , I just display different things depending on the version, so I have two of these.

tt_su · 29 Oct 2013, 17:14

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

That's interesting.
But how can we force the last version ? Let's say I put <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=10"/>, how will IE8 behave with this ?

It will use the newest it can - IE8.
I'd recommend you set it to: <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"/> - it will then always pick the latest mode available. Like a normal browser would do. (See example in the SKUI project: https://github.com/thomthom/SKUI/blob/master/src/SKUI/html/window.html#L4 )

jiminy-billy-bob · 29 Oct 2013, 18:26

Ok thanks !

huckrorick · 2 Nov 2013, 19:01

any progress on not updating scenes and changing layers activated in a scene?

monmonred · 2 Nov 2013, 19:25

just thank you. jiminy-billy-bob! are you working on the option to hide/show multiple layers at a time? can this also have a hotkey?

brilliant work!

Bob James · 2 Nov 2013, 20:50

@jiminy-billy-bob said:

New version 0.7 beta !

Changelog :

Added a dark bar at the top to minimize/maximize the dialog

Added CTRL+G : Group selected layers

Added CTRL+SHIFT+G : Ungroup layers

Added CTRL+A : Select all

Added CTRL+E : Merge selected layers

Added different color for groups

Layer0 is now selectable

Fix bug with sorted groups

Potential fix for IE version bug