Changing Toolbar Image

Anton_S

Lets say I've created a new command:

@toolbar=UI;;Toolbar.new("simulation")
@playcmd=UI;;Command.new("play"){simulation.new}
@playcmd.small_icon=@playcmd.large_icon="buttons/run.bmp"
@playcmd.tooltip="Start simulation"
@playcmd.status_bar_text="Start simulation"
@playcmd.menu_text="Start!"
@toolbar.add_item(@playcmd)
@toolbar.show()

Is there a way to change the icon of @playcmd any time I want? >
When I click @playcmd button I wan't its icon to change to different icon. Like at first click the icon changes to pause.bmp, and at second click I want icon to change back to run.bmp.

TIG

The @playcmd is an class instance variable that only endures during that use of the class.
Making it a @@playcmd class variable means that it's remembered for that session of Sketchup across instances of the class. You need to declare any such @@'s =nil in the body of the class code [near the start] and then set them to refer to objects within your methods etc...
So theoretically you could [re]set the @@playcmd.small_icon() etc dynamically in response to a user clicking the button and/or the tool's @state changing etc...

Dan Rathbun

@tig said:

So theoretically you could [re]set the @@playcmd.small_icon() etc dynamically in response to a user clicking the button and/or the tool's @state changing etc...

There's no problem with changing the path to the image (no exception is raised,) it's just that the UI::Toolbar instance ignores the change. We've tried closing and opening the toolbar, but no effect.

This is a change that needs to be implemented in the API using the relevant system calls on each platform. (I know how to do it on Windows making a Win32 call, but not on Mac.)

So, this is a true wish... add my vote.