topic Re: ComboBox in a custom Ribbon in Navisworks API Forum

ComboBox in a custom Ribbon

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 11:02:01 GMT

Hello,

I'm trying to implement a ComboBox in a custom Ribbon Pannel for Navisworks, but i didn't find any examples or documentation for the subject.

I can't use a split button because i need to be able to modify the Items List using some code in the plugin (which is not possible in the case of a split button).

Is it possible to use a ComboBox in a custom ribbon ? if yes, any example codes are available ?

Thanks in advance,

Best Regards.

Re: ComboBox in a custom Ribbon

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 14:29:52 GMT

I found the following peace of code used to define the default Navisworks Ribbons (in the Ribbon.xaml file located in the Navisworks Manage directory ), it defines a TreeCombo element ( or a combobox) :

<local:NWRibbonTreeCombo Width="65" MinWidth="65" Id="SelectionSetsTreeCombo.Navisworks" Image="pack://siteOfOrigin:,,,/Images/Ribbon_SelectionSets_16.ico" IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="False" Text="Jeux" UseCommandDisplayTextWhenClosed="False" x:Uid="local:NWRibbonTreeCombo_Sets">
	<local:NWRibbonTreeCombo.MenuItems>
		<local:NWRibbonMenuItem Id="SelectionSetsManageCommand.Navisworks" Text="Gérer les jeux..." x:Uid="local:NWRibbonMenuItem_ManageSets"/>
	</local:NWRibbonTreeCombo.MenuItems>
</local:NWRibbonTreeCombo>

i tried to implement it in my xaml code but Navisworks always crashes and i can't debug it (the autodesk.navisworks.api.pdb symbols file is not found). Besides, i didn't define it in the C# code (i don't know if it is possible).

I don't know if this is availble only in the native code of Navisworks or is it possible to define such an object using the Navisworks API ?

Any help please ? thanks in advance.

Best Regards,

Re: ComboBox in a custom Ribbon

xiaodong_liang — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 08:57:09 GMT

Hi @Anonymous ,

After a lot of tests, I have to say sorry I did not figure out. And after double checking with engineer team, I got to know there might be some ribbon items a plugin just cannot create. The ones in the sample (CustomRibbon) are the only ones we supported at the time. We apologize for the inconvenience.

I logged a wish #NW-54970 to ask for Ribbon API supports more types of UI elements.

Re: ComboBox in a custom Ribbon

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 09:12:35 GMT

Hello, Mr. @xiaodong_liang ,

thank you very much for your kind reply. Unfortunately, that's exactly what i guessed. I hope that more elements are supported in future versions of Navisworks API.

By the way, for those who are interested, there are other elements that i found in the Official Ribbon.xaml that worked well using Navisworks API (which were not mentioned in the CustomRibbon example code), such as : NWRibbonLabel, NWRibbonStaticLabel and NWRibbonTextBox. (other elements are there, but i didn't test if they work).

Best Regards,