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    [Plugin] ToolbarEditor (1.1.2) – updated 08.06.2014

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    • K Offline
      keithwins
      last edited by

      Thanks Aurelius, I don't think I understand, but now I understand that I don't understand. I haven't really looked at creating commands, my level of sophistication extended only to picking something off a list 😛

      SU Pro 2014
      Win 7

      There are two kinds of people in the world: those who believe there are two kinds of people, and...

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      • BoxB Offline
        Box
        last edited by

        Do you know you can make custom toolbars natively in 2014?

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          theviru
          last edited by

          Hello,

          Im looking to make a button that will add a custom object that I have made. I am currently running SU8 and some one in my company (no longer here) made a button that did this. But I want to move to sketchup 2014 unfortunately I cant seem to figure out how to add this button. I see the box on your toolbar editor that allows you to add in ruby code but I'm not a programmer. I don't know if any one has made a button like this and would be willing to share there ruby code would help out allot.

          I dont know if this is important but I also have to be able to move/edit parts of this object once it has been placed.

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            Aerilius
            last edited by

            The old button must have been a plugin, so it has ruby code. Without that ruby code there won't be a button. Could you look up where that plugin was located (installed) in the old SketchUp version (SU8 had the plugins under Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins) and then you could just install it in SketchUp 2014 (under <your_user>/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2014/SketchUp/Plugins).

            This plugin is rather for small code snippets (~1-10 lines). Of course one can make such a script that inserts a component, but that depends on what exactly it should do.

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              theviru
              last edited by

              Thanks there seems to be multiple .rb files that have names of the buttons. So if I run them I should get the button thanks for the help.

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              • KrisidiousK Offline
                Krisidious
                last edited by

                You can add native plugins and commands if you install Jim's custom toolbars in conjunction with Aerilius' custom toolbars. Jim's makes native commands available inside of Aerilius' customizer. I have both installed for this reason.

                By: Kristoff Rand
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                • dereiD Offline
                  derei
                  last edited by

                  I think I found a very nasty bug on Toolbar Editor. It acts strange sometimes. Please check the image attached.
                  Also, a backup function for it would be nice... ideally embedded in warehouse user account somehow, if possible.
                  But, in the meantime, look at my unintended toolbars:
                  Is not the first time when it acts randomly. On a previous date I found a separator that I never dragged it in place.
                  Any possible explanation?
                  2015-02-04_191921.png

                  DESIGNER AND ARTIST [DEREI.UK](http://derei.uk/l)

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                    Aerilius
                    last edited by

                    Second note:
                    When editing an existing toolbar, in edge cases not all changes can be correctly applied (for example buttons can not be removed, and buttons can only be appended at the end), but changes should be completely applied at next restart. The alternative would be that the plugin does not even try updating the toolbar, but requests the user to restart SketchUp.

                    Anyways, it is clear that wrong icons should not be added. I'll try to find the best compromise for updated toolbars.

                    First note: Could be a hash collision (although I thought unlikely). I will try to reproduce it (evt. I will ask for a specific registry setting). Can you tell me what plugin the two pencil icons are?

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                      deaneau
                      last edited by

                      hello,
                      how look a ruby-snipped to have a plugin with an icon?

                      some developer have only plugins that's work in menue. ok i could add short-cuts for this, however sometimes i would have a toolbar with all my most used plugins together.

                      MADE, BORN AND LIVING IN BERLIN
                      Big Thank You to all Programmers
                      Some German words are so long that they have a perspective. M.Twain

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                      • TIGT Offline
                        TIG Moderator
                        last edited by

                        @deaneau said:

                        hello,
                        how look a ruby-snipped to have a plugin with an icon?

                        some developer have only plugins that's work in menue. ok i could add short-cuts for this, however sometimes i would have a toolbar with all my most used plugins together.
                        See how plugins that do have a toolbar do it...
                        Typically the plugin's menu entry is set up using a 'command'.
                        You can add a line or two of code to that to use that command in a new toolbar.
                        You'll need an icon png file to be loaded from somewhere.
                        After all of the scripts have loaded as SketchUp starts, you cannot add items to an existing menu or toolbar.
                        Several scripts can add items to an existing menu or toolbar if they do so as they load when SketchUp starts, but this is only possible if that menu or toolbar has a 'reference' that they can access - e.g. an @instance_variable or a CONSTANT, which has been set up in a module which they all share, or a $global_variable_with_a_unique_name [not recommended as it is shared by all modules and could clash with other's too]...

                        An example of the menu making command is:

                        
                        unless file_loaded?(__FILE__)
                        	cmd = UI;;Command.new("SomeCommandName"){ SomeCommand.new() }
                        	UI.menu("Plugins").add_item(cmd)
                        ### START - ADD TOOLBAR HERE...
                        ### END -   ADD TOOLBAR HERE
                        	file_loaded(__FILE__)
                        end
                        

                        If it's a 'Tool' the CMD setup is slightly different...

                        An example to use that within a toolbar is this additional code added between the ### markers:

                        cmd.tooltip = "SomeCommandName"
                        cmd.status_bar_text = "SomeText"
                        cmd.small_icon = File.join("SomeCommandFolder/ImagesFolder", 'icon-24.png')
                        cmd.large_icon = File.join("SomeCommandFolder/ImagesFolder", 'icon-32.png')
                        toolbar = UI;;Toolbar.new("SomeCommandName")
                        toolbar.add_item(cmd)
                        toolbar.show if toolbar.get_last_state.abs == 1 # TB_VISIBLE/NEVER
                        

                        Note how addition properties are needed for the cmd to be used in a toolbar.
                        The path to the button icons and their names is up to you...
                        Remember to use a plain-text editor like Notepad++ to edit the .rb file.
                        Encoding must be UTF-8_without_BOM to be compatible with all SketchUp versions...

                        TIG

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
                          last edited by

                          @tig said:

                          toolbar.show if toolbar.get_last_state.abs == 1 # TB_VISIBLE/NEVER

                          toolbar.restore does the exact same thing.

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

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                          • deaneauD Offline
                            deaneau
                            last edited by

                            thanks at TIG and ThomThom... i will look at this deeper in the next week.

                            thank you

                            MADE, BORN AND LIVING IN BERLIN
                            Big Thank You to all Programmers
                            Some German words are so long that they have a perspective. M.Twain

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                              Esense3d
                              last edited by

                              Thank You
                              but downloadlink do not work for me ?

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                              • TIGT Offline
                                TIG Moderator
                                last edited by

                                @esense3d said:

                                Thank You
                                but downloadlink do not work for me ?
                                Have you tried the PluginStore RBZ ??
                                http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=ae_ToolbarEditor

                                TIG

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                                • deaneauD Offline
                                  deaneau
                                  last edited by

                                  short answer. SKP2015 make and pro works. download and install.

                                  @Esense3d.. dont be shy to answer.

                                  the shortest and fastest answer is this (if this work)

                                  => 👍 <=

                                  😉

                                  MADE, BORN AND LIVING IN BERLIN
                                  Big Thank You to all Programmers
                                  Some German words are so long that they have a perspective. M.Twain

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                                    Guilherme Bera
                                    last edited by

                                    Wow, thanks Aerilius for this plugin!! I was so amazed that I added the toolbar function to a bunch of plugins. Indeed, I'll post to each author, my icons and the modified script.

                                    Anyway, I was wondering if would be possible mix the Toolbar Editor and the LaunchUp. Let's me explain, the LaunchUp is able to keep the last searched function as a mini functional toolbar. And the Toolbar Editor make possible create custom toolbars. So, you would have some floating windows grouping your custom toolbars, a even more revolutionary UI implementation.

                                    I'd like to make me helpful, but I'm just a ruby starter yet.

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                                    • greenskpG Offline
                                      greenskp
                                      last edited by

                                      Thank you very much!

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                                        Guilherme Bera
                                        last edited by

                                        @aerilius said:

                                        The toolbars are stored in the registry
                                        HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SketchUp\SketchUp 2014\Plugins_ae\ToolbarEditor.
                                        You can copy and paste it in the same key on another SketchUp installation or version. You can also use the File → Export functionality of the registry. I'm not sure whether I should add an export button to each of my plugins, I hope SketchUp will provide an efficient and central place to migrate settings.

                                        From a developer side, I want to emphasis again that most of us want plugin settings to be namespaced and bundled in one sub-key, and not mixed within SketchUp's internal keys.

                                        I did my backup in this way, and today I restarted my windows and restored the registry key. The custom toolbar appeared again, but I was unable to add more toolbar or functions.

                                        So the only way was to redo all the custom toolbars 😞

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                                          thirdleft
                                          last edited by

                                          When I import my registry from one computer to another it loads all of the toolbars but does not load the buttons.Any ideas why this may be happening?

                                          Thanks in advance!

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                                            thirdleft
                                            last edited by

                                            @thirdleft said:

                                            When I import my registry from one computer to another it loads all of the toolbars but does not load the buttons.Any ideas why this may be happening?

                                            Thanks in advance!

                                            Okay the problem is because it remembers the username of the original computer. I logged into a colleagues computer with my username and it works but when i log in with his it doesnt. Is there any way of fixing this manually?

                                            Ideally i want to set up a registry and plugin data file for 3-4 users in our office so we all have the same toolbars but because we obviously dont have the same username it isnt working. Does this mean i have to set it up one by one?

                                            Thanks for all your help

                                            Regards,
                                            Keith

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