Class: UI::Command

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
SketchUp/UI/Command.rb

Overview

The Command class is the preferred class for adding tools to the menus and Ruby toolbars. For example, you could add a menu item and pass it a code block directly, or you could first create a Command.

Using Commands gives you greater control over how the item works in the UI, and it allows multiple spots in the UI to call the same code. For example, You might want a toolbar button and a context-click menu item to both point to the same command, and to control the tooltip and its “graying” from a single spot in your code.

Examples:

# You can add menu items as procedure blocks, as shown here, but
# you have no control over whether it is grayed out, for example.
UI.menu("Draw").add_item("My Procedure") {
  UI.messagebox("My Procedure")
}

# Better to create a command object.
cmd = UI::Command.new("Tester") {
  UI.messagebox("My Command")
}
cmd.menu_text = "My Command"
cmd.set_validation_proc {
  if Sketchup.active_model.selection.length == 0
    MF_GRAYED
  else
    MF_ENABLED
  end
}
UI.menu("Draw").add_item cmd

Version:

  • SketchUp 6.0

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.new(menutext) { ... } ⇒ UI::Command

The new method is used to create a new command.

Examples:

UI.menu("Draw").add_separator

# Adds a Test submenu to the Draw menu where the Tester menu item appears
testmenu = UI.menu("Draw").add_submenu("Test")

# This menu item simply displays Hello World on the screen when clicked.
cmd = UI::Command.new("Tester") { UI.messagebox("Hello World") }
testmenu.add_item cmd

Parameters:

  • menutext (String) —

    The text that will appear for this command’s menu item if it appears on a menu.

Yields:

  • Code that executes the command when the menu item or toolbar item is selected.

Returns:

Version:

  • SketchUp 6.0



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# File 'SketchUp/UI/Command.rb', line 62

def self.new(menutext)
end

Instance Method Details

#large_icon ⇒ String

The large_icon method returns the icon file for the command’s large icon.

Examples:

toolbar = UI::Toolbar.new "Test"
# This command displays Hello World on the screen when clicked
cmd = UI::Command.new("Test") { UI.messagebox("Hello World") }
cmd.small_icon = "ToolPencilSmall.png"
cmd.large_icon = "ToolPencilLarge.png"
toolbar = toolbar.add_item cmd
toolbar.show
puts cmd.large_icon

Returns:

  • (String) —

    the path to the large icon.

Version:

  • SketchUp 8.0 M1



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# File 'SketchUp/UI/Command.rb', line 83

def large_icon
end

#large_icon=(path) ⇒ String

The large_icon= method is used to identify the icon file for the command’s large icon. large icons should be 24x24 pixel images for best display quality.

Since SketchUp 2016 it is possible to provide vector images for the cursors. SVG format for Windows and PDF format for OS X. Since the vector images scale for both small and large icon sizes, you may choose to use only one vector image for both variants.

Examples:

toolbar = UI::Toolbar.new "Test"
# This command displays Hello World on the screen when clicked
cmd = UI::Command.new("Test") { UI.messagebox("Hello World") }
cmd.small_icon = "ToolPencilSmall.png"
cmd.large_icon = "ToolPencilLarge.png"
toolbar = toolbar.add_item cmd
toolbar.show

Parameters:

  • path (String) —

    The path to the large icon.

Returns:

Version:

  • SketchUp 6.0



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# File 'SketchUp/UI/Command.rb', line 110

def large_icon=(path)
end

#menu_text ⇒ String

The menu_text method returns the menu item name for the command.

Examples:

add_separator_to_menu("Draw")
# Adds a Test submenu to the Draw menu where the Tester menu item appears
testmenu = UI.menu("Draw").add_submenu("Test")
cmd = UI::Command.new("Tester") { UI.messagebox("Hello World") }
cmd.menu_text = "New String"
testmenu.add_item cmd
puts cmd.menu_text

Returns:

Version:

  • SketchUp 8.0 M1



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# File 'SketchUp/UI/Command.rb', line 127

def menu_text
end

#menu_text=(menuitem) ⇒ String

The menu_text= method is used to set the menu item name for the command.

Examples:

add_separator_to_menu("Draw")
# Adds a Test submenu to the Draw menu where the Tester menu item appears
testmenu = UI.menu("Draw").add_submenu("Test")
cmd = UI::Command.new("Tester") { UI.messagebox("Hello World") }
cmd.menu_text = "New String"
testmenu.add_item cmd

Parameters:

  • menuitem (String) —

    A string representing the menu item for the command.

Returns:

Version:

  • SketchUp 6.0



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# File 'SketchUp/UI/Command.rb', line 146

def menu_text=(menuitem)
end

#set_validation_proc { ... } ⇒ UI::Command

The #set_validation_proc method allows you to change whether the command is enabled, checked, etc. based on the user state. For example, you might want your command to be disabled unless the user has a current selection.

Examples:

# Create a command object.
cmd = UI::Command.new("Tester") {
  UI.messagebox("My Command")
}
cmd.menu_text = "My Command"
cmd.set_validation_proc {
  if Sketchup.active_model.selection.length == 0
    MF_GRAYED
  else
    MF_ENABLED
  end
}
UI.menu("Draw").add_item(cmd)

Yields:

Yield Returns:

  • (Integer) —

    MF_ENABLED, MF_DISABLED, MF_CHECKED, MF_UNCHECKED, or MF_GRAYED

Returns:

Version:

  • SketchUp 6.0



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# File 'SketchUp/UI/Command.rb', line 176

def set_validation_proc
end

#small_icon ⇒ String

The small_icon method returns the icon file for the command’s small icon.

Examples:

toolbar = UI::Toolbar.new "Test"
# This toolbar command displays Hello World on the screen when clicked.
cmd = UI::Command.new("Tester") { UI.messagebox("Hello World") }
cmd.small_icon = "ToolPencilSmall.png"
cmd.large_icon = "ToolPencilLarge.png"
toolbar = toolbar.add_item cmd
toolbar.show
puts cmd.small_icon

Returns:

  • (String) —

    the path to the small_icon

Version:

  • SketchUp 8.0 M1



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# File 'SketchUp/UI/Command.rb', line 195

def small_icon
end

#small_icon=(path) ⇒ String

The small_icon= method is used to identify the icon file for the command’s small icon. Small icons should be 16x16 pixel images for best display quality.

Since SketchUp 2016 it is possible to provide vector images for the cursors. SVG format for Windows and PDF format for OS X. Since the vector images scale for both small and large icon sizes, you may choose to use only one vector image for both variants.

Examples:

toolbar = UI::Toolbar.new "Test"
# This toolbar command displays Hello World on the screen when clicked.
cmd = UI::Command.new("Tester") { UI.messagebox("Hello World") }
cmd.small_icon = "ToolPencilSmall.png"
cmd.large_icon = "ToolPencilLarge.png"
toolbar = toolbar.add_item cmd
toolbar.show

Parameters:

  • path (String) —

    A path to the small icon.

Returns:

Version:

  • SketchUp 6.0



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# File 'SketchUp/UI/Command.rb', line 222

def small_icon=(path)
end

#status_bar_text ⇒ String

The status_bar_text method returns the status bar text for the command.

Examples:

toolbar = UI::Toolbar.new "Test"
# This toolbar tool simply displays Hello World on the screen
# when clicked
cmd = UI::Command.new("Tester") { UI.messagebox("Hello World") }
cmd.small_icon = "ToolPencilSmall.png"
cmd.large_icon = "ToolPencilLarge.png"
cmd.status_bar_text = $tStrings.GetString("Testing the toolbars class")
toolbar = toolbar.add_item cmd
toolbar.show
puts cmd.status_bar_text

Returns:

  • (String) —

    the status bar text.

Version:

  • SketchUp 8.0 M1



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# File 'SketchUp/UI/Command.rb', line 243

def status_bar_text
end

#status_bar_text=(text) ⇒ String

The status_bar_text= method is used to set the status bar text for the command.

Examples:

toolbar = UI::Toolbar.new "Test"
# This toolbar tool simply displays Hello World on the screen when clicked
cmd = UI::Command.new("Tester") { UI.messagebox("Hello World") }
cmd.small_icon = "ToolPencilSmall.png"
cmd.large_icon = "ToolPencilLarge.png"
cmd.status_bar_text = $tStrings.GetString("Testing the toolbars class")
toolbar = toolbar.add_item cmd
toolbar.show

Parameters:

  • text (String) —

    The text that will appear on the status bar when the cursor is over the command’s menu item.

Returns:

Version:

  • SketchUp 6.0



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# File 'SketchUp/UI/Command.rb', line 266

def status_bar_text=(text)
end

#tooltip ⇒ String

The tooltip method returns command item’s tooltip text.

Examples:

toolbar = UI::Toolbar.new "Test"
# This command displays Hello World on the screen when clicked
cmd = UI::Command.new("Test") { UI.messagebox("Hello World") }
cmd.tooltip = "Hello World Tool"
toolbar = toolbar.add_item cmd
toolbar.show
puts cmd.tooltip

Returns:

  • (String) —

    the tooltip text

Version:

  • SketchUp 8.0 M1



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# File 'SketchUp/UI/Command.rb', line 283

def tooltip
end

#tooltip=(text) ⇒ String

The tooltip= method is used to define a command item’s tooltip text. Tooltips will appear when the command is attached to a tool bar and the user hovers their cursor over the icon.

Examples:

toolbar = UI::Toolbar.new "Test"
# This command displays Hello World on the screen when clicked
cmd = UI::Command.new("Test") { UI.messagebox("Hello World") }
cmd.tooltip = "Hello World Tool"
toolbar = toolbar.add_item cmd
toolbar.show

Parameters:

  • text (String) —

    The text of the tooltip.

Returns:

Version:

  • SketchUp 6.0



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# File 'SketchUp/UI/Command.rb', line 304

def tooltip=(text)
end