Programing menu icons

[honoluludesktop]

Can anyone point me to very simple examples of menu icons, and tell me what to look for. The following is the code used for my menus, is this where I begin to add code to set up the use of icons?

unless file_loaded? File;;basename(__FILE__)
  add_separator_to_menu("File")	
  UI.menu("File").add_item("Select Component") {hdt_sel_comp}
  file_loaded File;;basename(__FILE__)
end

[Didier Bur]

Hi,

If you mean a toolbar, here is a typical code block:

  arcs_tb = UI;;Toolbar.new("Arcs")  #declare the toolbar object
  
  cmd = UI;;Command.new(("Arc-Circle; 3 Points")) { Arc3pts.tool } #create a new command object 'cmd' that launches the tool within the {}
  cmd.small_icon = "3parc2.png" #set this new command a small icon image (users sets this in the preferences dialog)
  cmd.large_icon = "3parc.png" #set this new command a large icon image (users sets this in the preferences dialog)
  cmd.tooltip = "Draw an arc or circle with 3 points" #create a tooltip when hovering the icon
  arcs_tb.add_item(cmd) #add the command 'cmd' to the toolbar object
  

You can put the toolbar code (for instance) after your menu settings:

if (not file_loaded?("myScript.rb"))

menu = UI.menu("Plugins")
my_menu=menu.add_submenu("my submenu label")
my_menu.add_item("Here we go !") { cmd_to_launch }

...
...
arcs_tb = UI::Toolbar.new("Arcs") #declare the toolbar object
cmd = UI::Command.new(("Arc-Circle: 3 Points")) { Arc3pts.tool } #create a new command object 'cmd' that launches the tool within the {}
...
...
file_loaded?("myScript.rb")

[honoluludesktop]

Didier, Thanks, This will speed up access to one of my tools.

Addenda: Wow, that was too easy to do.