[solved] submenue in a submenue ??

artmusicstudio

hi,
i went thru the api and forum,
but did not find a clear syntax for a 2nd level submenue:

plugins

ruby

submenue

sub_submenue

i know from ather rubies, that it is possible. but how?

thanx
stan

Aerilius

The method <Sketchup::Menu>.add_submenu(<String>) → <Sketchup::Menu> is called on an existing upper-level menu and returns a submenu (which is of same type as any normal menu).
The method <Sketchup::Menu>.add_item(<UI:Command>) → <Fixnum> is called on a menu (or sub- or subsubmenu) and adds a menu item.

So of course you can apply the methods repeatedly, ie.

command = UI;;Command.new("a command"){ puts "command executed" }
# Get a reference to one of SketchUp's top level menus;
toplevel_menu = UI.menu("Plugins")
# This is a Sketchup;;Menu!

# And add an item;
toplevel_menu.add_item(command)

# Or add a submenu;
submenu1 = toplevel_menu.add_submenu("first level submenu")
# This gives again a menu!

# And add again a submenu;
submenu2 = submenu1.add_submenu("second level submenu")

# And add an item;
submenu2.add_item(command)

Dan Rathbun

.. but for some reason (known only to the Trimble team,) the reference for submenus is only valid during the loading of the file.

artmusicstudio

got it!

thanx, works perfectly...

stan