Jan Holst Jensen wrote:
Hi.
I am confused by add-on toolbars. My add-on toolbar doesn't show up when
listing the LayoutManager's elements via
Sub ListToolbars
Dim x as Variant
Dim s as String
For Each x in
ThisComponent.GetCurrentController.GetFrame.LayoutManager.getElements()
s = s & x.ResourceURL & CHR$(10)
Next
MsgBox s, 0, "Toolbars in Component"
End Sub
All add-on toolbars show as "0" in this list instead of showing a URL.
The standard toolbars are "fully equipped" as seen by
Dim x as Variant
x =
ThisComponent.GetCurrentController.GetFrame.LayoutManager.getElement("private:resource/toolbar/standardbar")
Xray x
but if I check my own add-on toolbar in a very simple add-on
"doobiedoo.my.toolbar" (or any other add-on toolbar - I tried installing
a few)
Dim x as Variant
x =
ThisComponent.GetCurrentController.GetFrame.LayoutManager.getElement("private:resource/toolbar/addon_doobiedoo.my.toolbar")
Xray x
the returned object is rather naked and lacks all the properties needed
for manipulating its state. What's going on ?
Hi Jan,
What you see is intended design and correct. An add-on toolbar is
defined by a XCU-file and have no settings which can be changed. This is
related to the fact that changes have to be stored in the user layer.
Unfortunately if you deinstall an extension these user layer data won't
be removed. That would mean that your add-on toolbar won't be removed,
too. Therefore we decided to disable settings for add-on toolbars. If
you want to circumvent this design, what I cannot recommend, then you
can use the configuration API to make direct changes to your Addons.xcu
file. Please be aware that you and your users would see the negative
effects that I described before!
You can enable/disable button if you have a DispatchProvider that
controls the commands behind the buttons. This is a very complex task if
you want to do it in Basic.
Am I unable to change the settings of an add-on toolbar that is defined
by an .XCU file - e.g. disable/enable buttons ? Or is it just Basic that
is stopping me ? Can I do it from e.g. Python ?
I don't know what features the current UNO Python implementation
provides, but would guess that it supports all necessary things.
Regards,
Carsten
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