[Plugin] ToolbarEditor (1.1.2) – updated 08.06.2014

thomthom

Andreas, here's a nice idea that I liked. That in addition to customize toolbar one could paste a snippet for a completely new command: http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=52454&p=475992#p475990

This would be a great tool. You think this tool can be tweaked for that?

Bob James

Can someone write a sample ruby script to make an icon for a native command that has no icon so I can use it to add the icon to a toolbar made with ToolbarEditor?
How do you delete an icon in a toolbar made with ToolbarEditor?
How do you delete a toolbar made with ToolbarEditor?

CadFather

1 - which one?
2 - click on the icon and drag it slowly on the right panel
3 - click on the minus sign - top right of your toolbar header

Bob James

@cadfather said:

1 - which one?

Generically so I could modify it for any command

@cadfather said:

2 - click on the icon and drag it slowly on the right panel

Thank you

@cadfather said:

3 - click on the minus sign - top right of your toolbar header

duh

Aerilius

As in the API documentation… http://www.sketchup.com/intl/en/developer/docs/ourdoc/command.php


cmd = UI;;Command.new("name of the command"){
  AuthorModule;;PluginName.name_of_the_main_method()
}
cmd.tooltip = "tooltip that describes the command"
cmd.status_bar_text = "text that tells how to use the command"
cmd.large_icon = "./path/to/a/icon24px.png"
cmd.small_icon = "./path/to/a/icon16px.png"

It still can only be used with understanding of what it does, and you would have to look up how a certain plugin is started.

It would probably be sufficient and much easier to edit the plugin's own ruby file, look for "UI::Command.new" and add the icons. The icon path can either be relative to the ruby file or absolute (to the system's root, ie. "C:/" on Windows).

Some plugins add themself only to the menu without creating a command. That looks like this:

UI.menu("plugins").add_item("name of the command"){ name_of_the_method }

and can be replaced by a command object (as above) plus

UI.menu("plugins").add_item(cmd)

danb

Hello, could anyone help. I used this plugin with 2013 but it does not seem to work with 2014. I find it very useful, particularly as I use a mac and you can't stack the toolbars as you do on windows

many thanks

Dan

Macbook Pro
OSX 10.9
Sketchup Pro 2014

Box

It throws a load error in SU2014

Aerilius

If you are curious, you can have a sneak-peak on the next version 1.1.0 with custom buttons. You will be able to create your own toolbar buttons for Ruby one-liners, code snippets or other things found on the forum.

fixed LoadError

Aerilius

Thanks, I fixed the load error.

TIG

@aerilius said:

Thanks, I fixed the load error.
BUT you haven't published it

Box

It's on the previous page Tig, not the first post. It's a teaser/beta and the fix worked for me.

TIG

So the version in that mid-thread post has been updated - it was not clear...

function

I've noticed that this plugin takes a fairly long time to load all the icons at startup. Is there any other negative affects to performance?

Aerilius

It has an arbitrary timeout of five seconds. It's not doing much processing, it just needs to be sure that SketchUp has finished loading all other plugins. I wish SketchUp had (or will have) a proper API method for that. When I come back I'll see if it still works reliably wirh a shorter timeout.

function

its kind of strange for me. i have something like 4 tool bars, they load one icon at a time, and then on the 5th toolbar i made it loads all 6 instantly .. ::

Aerilius

I updated the plugin. It now includes custom buttons.

Rich O Brien

Incredible.

Krisidious

I can haz all thomthoms in a toolbar?

Ben Ritter

Thank you for sharing this with us.

Krisidious

does this mean it's time for the Icon Making Challenge?