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    • thomthomT Offline
      thomthom
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      Glad you guys like it.

      I got an idea for an improved Selection Filter tool. On screen UI - inspired by Fredo's tools. I just had to get this version 2.0 done first - making the preparations. 😉

      Personally I use mostly the Edge and Face filter, occasionally Group and Component. They are all assigned to Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+4. I have found no point in adding shortcuts for the rest of the types - as I rarely use them so I never remember the shortcut. Also, there isn't enough keys on the keyboard for them all. Thats why I'm planning on adding an on-screen filter palette which pops up under the cursor for quick access. It should allow for the user to select multiple types of entities to select/deselect.

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

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        xrok1
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        you're making it very hard for me to decide what my favorite plugin is! 😠
        😆

        “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

        http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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        • Dave RD Offline
          Dave R
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          Thom, what kind of cookies? And failing the cookies, what kind of beer? I've been trying to track down some Nøgne Ø over here with little luck.

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          • thomthomT Offline
            thomthom
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            @dave r said:

            Thom, what kind of cookies? And failing the cookies, what kind of beer? I've been trying to track down some Nøgne Ø over here with little luck.

            When it comes to cookies and beer and pretty omnivore.
            Though cookies that often rank high has chocolate in them.
            As for beer, I drink mostly anything except white/blond beer. In fact - it's a particular hobby of mine to sample new brands of beer. I often go by the name or illustration on the bottle.

            @dave r said:

            I've been trying to track down some Nøgne Ø over here with little luck.

            I remember sampling that - though I have trouble recalling my verdict...
            I just got myself a book with index of beer from around the world, going to write up my notes as I traverse the pages. 😄

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

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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
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              I had one bottle of Ø awhile back. the label isn't much to go on but I liked it. I also liked the fact the bottle's contents would actually fill a English pint glass which most american beers won't. I read somewhere that Nøgne was ranked very highly as Norwegian brews go. Come visit me and I'll set you up with some Sprecher's and some Summit.

              As to cookies, hmmm...chocolate I can do.

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              • thomthomT Offline
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                I find Norway to be a poor beer country. Hard to come by a pub/bar that sells any interesting beer types. Normally they all serve the same three brands. 😞 I was spoiled while I lived in England. But I have my sources. 😉

                Thomas Thomassen — SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
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                  I suppose you are right. When we were doing the Coastal Steamer cruise in 2000, there were some other Americans whose main reason for the cruise was to drink as much beer in as many pubs/bars as they could and they'd bring back the glasses. I think brought home more glass than clothes. Even if the ship was in a port for 30 minutes, they'd be off to find a pub.

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                  • thomthomT Offline
                    thomthom
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                    I prefer to actually be in a state where I enjoy my beer. Never been a fan of pumping down the drinks as quickly as possible.

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

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
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                      Me, too. Wisconsin is a pretty good state in which to enjoy beer. So is Minnesota and Maine and...

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                        xrok1
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                        @unknownuser said:

                        However, if you do enable it, be aware you might suffer toolbar madness - there is nothing I can do about that. I warned yee!

                        can't you (not you personally ,but generally) load a toolbar floating to avoid this?

                        anyway the point of my post is to say thanks again and also i have a small request. could you make your toolbar so it can also be placed vertically above the... well look at the picture and save me typing a thousand words:


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                        “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

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                          thomthom
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                          @xrok1 said:

                          can't you (not you personally ,but generally) load a toolbar floating to avoid this?

                          Afraid not, we have very little control over the toolbars. We can create them, add items, and hide/show them. Nothing we can do to move it around.
                          What's more annoying is that just creating it, but not showing it is enough to make stuff shuffle around.

                          @xrok1 said:

                          anyway the point of my post is to say thanks again and also i have a small request. could you make your toolbar so it can also be placed vertically above the... well look at the picture and save me typing a thousand words:

                          If you resize the toolbar into a vertical size before you dock it then it should take on the same shape.

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

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                            a4chitect
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                            thomas: respect! the UI is very effective yet simple - a beauty

                            and of course - I like the plugin itself too 😄 😄

                            thanks for this precious piece

                            p.s. I wonder if you would allow me to re-use some of your webdialog design elements (css, buttons, etc.) in my own plugins?

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                              thomthom
                              last edited by

                              @a4chitect said:

                              p.s. I wonder if you would allow me to re-use some of your webdialog design elements (css, buttons, etc.) in my own plugins?

                              Yes.
                              I've tried to make it so the UI controls's styles are based on class names. So for buttons you assign a class="button" to the HTML element. Something I was planning on mentioning in the Plugin Manager SDK. I'll be using PM to build up a library of different HTML UI controls.
                              In the CSS folder of PM you'll also find a window.css file, which is using windows system colours. Though, it's old as I moved away from trying to emulate windows.

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

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                                a4chitect
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                                thanks! if more ruby authors adopt this we could get a nice consistent UI across many plugins - looking forward to the future (and of course custom .css creating = "skins" for all the plugins at once)

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                                  thomthom
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                                  @a4chitect said:

                                  thanks! if more ruby authors adopt this we could get a nice consistent UI across many plugins - looking forward to the future (and of course custom .css creating = "skins" for all the plugins at once)

                                  Yes, I've been thinking about allowing the user to select UI themes, and toolbar themes. Though it did not make it into this release.

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

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                                    notareal
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                                    A on screen UI (Fredo style), sounds nice.

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                                      chango70
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                                      V2.0 is spanking! Tom this is an amazingly useful tool probably my favourite in terms of how it is implemented. A lot of thought have gone into the user interface. Thanks! I can't believe it is free.

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                                        xrok1
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                                        @unknownuser said:

                                        If you resize the toolbar into a vertical size before you dock it then it should take on the same shape.

                                        worked like a charm, thanks again.

                                        “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                                        http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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                                          wolfy
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                                          Wow TT. Very cool and very kind of you. Big Thanks for all your hard work!

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                                            xrok1
                                            last edited by

                                            have you considered adding selection sets to your tool! ☀

                                            “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.”

                                            http://www.Twilightrender.com try it!

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