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How to rename buttons in the UI using Add-inn's

gerrieYAQRA — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 09:32:51 GMT

I am trying to rename the existing buttons to something else. Lets say - rename the sketch button to "Begin Teken" which means "start drawing" in another language. I have been going through User-Interface Customization articles and command articles to find the command/code to do the changes but nothing has exactly what I am looking for. Am I missing something?

Here is what I have gone through already:
UI Customization

Commands

And even Python Templates

These are quite lengthy and take a lot of time to understand/execute. This doesn't mention how to change existing code to display what I would like it to.. in the end.

Re: How to rename buttons in the UI using Add-inn's

kandennti — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 06:00:18 GMT

Hi @gerrieYAQRA -San.

It is probably not possible to rename the native command button (ToolbarControl).

Instead, we have created a sample add-in that hides the native sketch command and adds a new "Begin Teken" command.
When the "Begin Teken" command is executed, the native sketch command is executed.

#FusionAPI_python addin import traceback import adsk.core import adsk.fusion _app = adsk.core.Application.cast(None) _ui = adsk.core.UserInterface.cast(None) _handlers = [] _cmdInfo = { "id": "Begin Teken", "name": "Begin Teken", "tooltip": "Begin Teken", } _toolBarInfo = { "workspace": "FusionSolidEnvironment", "tab": "SolidTab", "panel": "SolidCreatePanel" } def run(context): try: global _app, _ui _app = adsk.core.Application.get() _ui = _app.userInterface cmdDefs: adsk.core.CommandDefinitions = _ui.commandDefinitions global _cmdInfo cmdDef: adsk.core.CommandDefinition = cmdDefs.itemById( _cmdInfo["id"] ) if cmdDef: cmdDef.deleteMe() sktCmdDef: adsk.core.CommandDefinition = get_create_sketch_command_definition() cmdDef = cmdDefs.addButtonDefinition( _cmdInfo["id"], _cmdInfo["name"], _cmdInfo["tooltip"], sktCmdDef.resourceFolder, ) onCommandCreated = CommandCreatedHandler() cmdDef.commandCreated.add(onCommandCreated) _handlers.append(onCommandCreated) global _toolBarInfo ws: adsk.core.Workspace = _ui.workspaces.itemById( _toolBarInfo["workspace"] ) tab: adsk.core.ToolbarTab = ws.toolbarTabs.itemById( _toolBarInfo["tab"] ) panel: adsk.core.ToolbarPanel = tab.toolbarPanels.itemById( _toolBarInfo["panel"] ) cmdControl: adsk.core.ToolbarControl= panel.controls.addCommand( cmdDef, sktCmdDef.id, False ) cmdControl.isVisible = True cmdControl.isPromoted = True sktCmdControl: adsk.core.ToolbarControl = panel.controls.itemById( sktCmdDef.id ) sktCmdControl.isVisible = False sktCmdControl.isPromoted = False except: if _ui: _ui.messageBox("Failed:\n{}".format(traceback.format_exc())) def stop(context): try: global _toolBarInfo ws: adsk.core.Workspace = _ui.workspaces.itemById( _toolBarInfo["workspace"] ) tab: adsk.core.ToolbarTab = ws.toolbarTabs.itemById( _toolBarInfo["tab"] ) panel: adsk.core.ToolbarPanel = tab.toolbarPanels.itemById( _toolBarInfo["panel"] ) global _cmdInfo if panel: panel.controls.itemById(_cmdInfo["id"]).deleteMe() cmdDefs: adsk.core.CommandDefinitions = _ui.commandDefinitions cmdDef: adsk.core.CommandDefinition = cmdDefs.itemById(_cmdInfo["id"]) if cmdDef: cmdDef.deleteMe() sktCmdDef: adsk.core.CommandDefinition = get_create_sketch_command_definition() sktCmdControl: adsk.core.ToolbarControl = panel.controls.itemById( sktCmdDef.id ) sktCmdControl.isVisible = True sktCmdControl.isPromoted = True except: print("Failed:\n{}".format(traceback.format_exc())) def get_create_sketch_command_definition() -> adsk.core.CommandDefinition: app: adsk.core.Application = adsk.core.Application.get() ui: adsk.core.UserInterface = app.userInterface cmdDefs: adsk.core.CommandDefinitions = ui.commandDefinitions return cmdDefs.itemById( "SketchCreate" ) class CommandCreatedHandler(adsk.core.CommandCreatedEventHandler): def __init__(self): super().__init__() def notify(self, args): try: sktCmdDef: adsk.core.CommandDefinition = get_create_sketch_command_definition() sktCmdDef.execute() except: if _ui: _ui.messageBox("Failed:\n{}".format(traceback.format_exc()))

However, this can be confusing for users.
It would be more user-friendly to create a tab for your add-in and place the necessary commands as shown in this add-in.

https://github.com/AutodeskFusion360/Fusion360DevTools

Re: How to rename buttons in the UI using Add-inn's

gerrieYAQRA — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 06:36:45 GMT

Hi Kandennti-san,

Thank you for the assist and interest.

I think this is great, thanks for the info. Before I mark this as the solution, would you kindly let me know how you know this would be (ToolbarControl) we needed to address?

If I can have a list of what each section is called, it would help a lot. If I have touched base on this on the previous articles, please let me know as this is all still new and needs to sink in.

Much appreciated!!

Re: How to rename buttons in the UI using Add-inn's

kandennti — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 08:11:56 GMT

@gerrieYAQRA -San.

This sample is easy to understand.

https://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=GUID-

Re: How to rename buttons in the UI using Add-inn's

Jorge_Jaramillo — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 15:00:26 GMT

@Jorge_Jaramillo - this post is being edited to remove PII.

hi @kandennti ,

You can also set the name of the command definition with the following sentence:

adsk.core.Application.get().userInterface.commandDefinitions.itemById("SketchCreate").name = "Begin Teken"

Look at the following image when I did it from the Text Commands panel without the need of a add-in:

Could it be a solution?

Regards,

Jorge Jaramillo

Re: How to rename buttons in the UI using Add-inn's

kandennti — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 02:39:22 GMT

@Jorge_Jaramillo -San.

Thank you very much. I had not noticed that.
This method is much easier.

Re: How to rename buttons in the UI using Add-inn's

gerrieYAQRA — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 07:32:44 GMT

Hi @Jorge_Jaramillo,

Thanks you for your input. That would be a nice quick fix, but it would probably need to be done every time via the "text commands" whereas if we did it through an add-in, it should be one click to rename all. And also, you can have the add-in run on startup or disable it if you would like to turn it off and revert to the original state.

Re: How to rename buttons in the UI using Add-inn's

Jorge_Jaramillo — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 14:59:23 GMT

@Jorge_Jaramillo - this post is being edited to remove PII.

Hi,

The line of code I post is not a text command. It is python code, which you can include in any script/add-id. I did it that way just to show how easy it is to execute single instructions from there without the need of a script.

You can create an add-in which run on start-up to rename the buttons names you want every time Fusion 360 starts.
To revert to the original state you have to add the code to rename them back in the stop method, or to disable the add-in and restart Fusion 360; either way will work.

Regards,
Jorge Jaramillo