checkbox or slider in additionContextualMenuItems?

RafaŁ Buchner

Hi Guys,
As in the topic: I'm creating tool based on BaseEventTool. is it possible to add checkbox and slider objects to the right click menu?
If yes, then how?

any help would be great :)

RafaŁ Buchner

Hey guys, somehow I cannot roll out the popUpButton menu item.

Any idea how can I do that?

import AppKit
import vanilla
from mojo.UI import MenuBuilder

def callback(sender):
    print(sender)

def popUpButtonCallback(sender):
    print(sender.get())

popUpButtonMenuItem = AppKit.NSMenuItem.alloc().initWithTitle_action_keyEquivalent_("popUpButton", '', '')
popUpButton = vanilla.PopUpButton((0, 0, 100, 30), ['a','b','v'] ,callback=popUpButtonCallback) 
view = popUpButton.getNSPopUpButton()
view.setFrame_(((0, 0), (100, 30)))
popUpButtonMenuItem.setView_(view)


builder = MenuBuilder([
    ("test", callback), 
    ("test 2", callback),
    ("test 3", callback),
    
    popUpButtonMenuItem,
])

menu = builder.getMenu()
print(menu)

name = "My Menu With popUpButton"

# get the menu bar
menubar = AppKit.NSApp().mainMenu()

newItem = menubar.itemWithTitle_(name)
if not newItem:
    # if not, create one and append it before `Help`
    newItem = AppKit.NSMenuItem.alloc().initWithTitle_action_keyEquivalent_(name, '', '')
    menubar.insertItem_atIndex_(newItem, menubar.numberOfItems()-1)


menu.setTitle_(name)
# set the menu as submenu
newItem.setSubmenu_(menu)

RafaŁ Buchner

Cool! Thanks a million!

gferreira

hello @RafaŁ-Buchner,

two suggestions to improve your code:

getExtensionDefault has a fallback argument which you can use to pass the default values:

def loadSettings(self):
    settings = getExtensionDefault(self.key, fallback=self.items)

here’s how you can make the added menu items look the same as the default ones:

MenuTextAttributes = {AppKit.NSFontAttributeName: AppKit.NSFont.menuFontOfSize_(14)}
t =  AppKit.NSAttributedString.alloc().initWithString_attributes_(title, MenuTextAttributes)
checkbox = vanilla.CheckBox((0, 0, 100, 22), t, value=value, callback=self.checkboxCallback)

I haven’t used glyphAdditionContextualMenuItems myself yet, so maybe there are other things I am not seeing…

hope this helps! cheers

RafaŁ Buchner

I fixed the 2nd issue (if yes, then why only last of the checkboxes can send callback?). But I'm not sure if everything is alright, isn't this code too messy?:

import AppKit
from mojo.events import addObserver, removeObserver, EditingTool
import vanilla 
from mojo.extensions import setExtensionDefault, getExtensionDefault
class Test:
    key = "com.usr.additionContextualMenuItemsEditTool"
    
    def __init__(self):
        self.items = {'customCheckBox1': False, 'customCheckBox2': False, 'customCheckBox3': False}
        self.w = vanilla.FloatingWindow((0,0,100,100))
        self.w.bind("close",self.closing)
        self.w.open()
        addObserver(self, "glyphAdditionContextualMenuItemsCB", "glyphAdditionContextualMenuItems")

        
    def closing(self, info):
        removeObserver(self, "glyphAdditionContextualMenuItems")

    def loadSettings(self):
        # loading settings
        zero_settings = self.items
        settings = getExtensionDefault(self.key)
        if settings:
            for name in settings:
                self.items[name] = settings[name]
            else:
                self.items = zero_settings
        else:
            self.items = zero_settings
            
    def savingSettings(self):
        setExtensionDefault(self.key, self.items)

        
    def glyphAdditionContextualMenuItemsCB(self, info):
        menuItems = info['additionContextualMenuItems']
        tool = info["tool"]
        self.loadSettings()
        if isinstance(tool, EditingTool):
            
            for title in self.items:
                objName = title.replace(" ","_")
                value = self.items[title]
                checkboxMenuItem = AppKit.NSMenuItem.alloc().initWithTitle_action_keyEquivalent_("regular", '', '')
                checkbox = vanilla.CheckBox((0, 0, 100, 30), title, value=value, callback=self.checkboxCallback) 
                setattr(self, objName, checkbox)
                view = checkbox.getNSButton()
                view.setFrame_(((0, 0), (200, 30)))
                checkboxMenuItem.setView_(view)
                menuItems += [checkboxMenuItem]
            
            
    def checkboxCallback(self, obj):
        value = False
        if obj.get() == 1:
            value = True 
        self.items[obj.getTitle()] = value
        self.savingSettings()
        
        
Test()

RafaŁ Buchner

Hi again,
I have three questions regarding code below (which is an attempt of implementation of the set of checkboxes in glyphAdditionContextualMenuItems):

in general: do I do everything right?
if yes, then why only last of the checkboxes can send callback?
the most unnecessary question – how to make those checkboxes looks nice as those default? (without white background for the checkbox, the same size, margins etc.)

Cheers,
Thanks in advance

import AppKit
from mojo.events import addObserver, removeObserver, EditingTool
import vanilla 
from mojo.extensions import setExtensionDefault, getExtensionDefault
class Test:
    key = "com.usr.additionContextualMenuItemsEditTool"
    
    def __init__(self):
        self.items = {'customCheckBox1': False, 'customCheckBox2': False, 'customCheckBox3': False}
        self.w = vanilla.FloatingWindow((0,0,100,100))
        self.w.bind("close",self.closing)
        self.w.open()
        addObserver(self, "glyphAdditionContextualMenuItemsCB", "glyphAdditionContextualMenuItems")

        
    def closing(self, info):
        removeObserver(self, "glyphAdditionContextualMenuItems")

    def loadSettings(self):
        # loading settings
        zero_settings = self.items
        settings = getExtensionDefault(self.key)
        if settings:
            for name in settings:
                self.items[name] = settings[name]
            else:
                self.items = zero_settings
        else:
            self.items = zero_settings
            
    def savingSettings(self):
        setExtensionDefault(self.key, self.items)

        
    def glyphAdditionContextualMenuItemsCB(self, info):
        menuItems = info['additionContextualMenuItems']
        tool = info["tool"]
        self.loadSettings()
        if isinstance(tool, EditingTool):
            
            for title in self.items:
                value = self.items[title]
                checkboxMenuItem = AppKit.NSMenuItem.alloc().initWithTitle_action_keyEquivalent_("regular", '', '')
                self.checkbox = vanilla.CheckBox((0, 0, 100, 30), title, value=value, callback=self.checkboxCallback) 
                
                view = self.checkbox.getNSButton()
                view.setFrame_(((0, 0), (200, 30)))
                checkboxMenuItem.setView_(view)
                menuItems += [checkboxMenuItem]
            
            
    def checkboxCallback(self, obj):
        value = False
        if obj.get() == 1:
            value = True 
        self.items[obj.getTitle()] = value
        self.savingSettings()
        
        
Test()

RafaŁ Buchner

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frederik

yes there is a notification for that :)

subscribe to:

for glyphs glyphAdditionContextualMenuItems
for guides guideAdditionContextualMenuItems
for images imageAdditionContextualMenuItems
in the glyph cell view fontOverviewAdditionContextualMenuItems

good luck!

RafaŁ Buchner

Sweet! it is clear, looks like it works. Thank you so much.

question a bit off topic: is it possible to add custom menu items to default RF tools, like edit tool?

I was thinking about creating the one functionality in right-click menu, and I think that it would be waste of space in the glyph window toolbar If I would create additional tool only to have this small function build into right click menu.

frederik

hope this makes sense

import AppKit
import vanilla
from mojo.UI import MenuBuilder

def callback(sender):
    print(sender)

def sliderCallback(sender):
    print(sender.get())

sliderMenuItem = AppKit.NSMenuItem.alloc().initWithTitle_action_keyEquivalent_("slider", '', '')
slider = vanilla.Slider((0, 0, 100, 30), callback=sliderCallback) 
view = slider.getNSSlider()
view.setFrame_(((0, 0), (100, 30)))
sliderMenuItem.setView_(view)


builder = MenuBuilder([
    ("test", callback), 
    ("test 2", callback),
    ("test 3", callback),
    
    sliderMenuItem,
])

menu = builder.getMenu()
print(menu)

name = "My Menu With Slider"

# get the menu bar
menubar = AppKit.NSApp().mainMenu()

newItem = menubar.itemWithTitle_(name)
if not newItem:
    # if not, create one and append it before `Help`
    newItem = AppKit.NSMenuItem.alloc().initWithTitle_action_keyEquivalent_(name, '', '')
    menubar.insertItem_atIndex_(newItem, menubar.numberOfItems()-1)


menu.setTitle_(name)
# set the menu as submenu
newItem.setSubmenu_(menu)

RafaŁ Buchner

Hi @frederik,
I've been trying to have fun with AppKit etc, but I wasn't able to build those NSMenuItems. Could you show an example? It would be super nice of you.

frederik

you need to provide a NSMenuItem with a view, which will be the controller: a checkBox or slider.

I can make an example next week, as I’m on the road!

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