Customize Right Click Menu on Material Node

[mitchell.lotierzoJ5X6W]

Anyone know if you can customize this menu detailed here? The menu doesn't show up in the 'Customize User Interface' dialog and I can't seem to find an entry for it using 'menuMan' in MAXScript.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[denisT.MaxDoctor]

fn dumpItem item tab:"" out: =
(
	t = item.gettitle()
	format (tab + "%\n") t to:out
	if not i.getIsSeparator() do
	(
		s = i.getSubMenu()
		if s != undefined do
		(
			dumpMenu s tab:(tab + "\t") out:out
		)
	)
)
fn dumpMenu menu tab:"" out: =
(
	t = menu.gettitle()
	format (tab + "%\n") t to:out
	for k=1 to menu.numitems() do
	(
		i = menu.getitem k
		dumpItem i tab:(tab + "\t") out:out
	)
)

fn menuInspector menu: tab:"" out: = 
(
	for k=1 to menuMan.nummenus() do
	(
		m = menuMan.getmenu k
		dumpMenu m tab:(tab + "\t") out:out
	)
)

/*
out = newScript()
menuInspector out:out
*/

try this "inspector", uncomment the comments, run, and then use a simple search...

Unfortunately for you, the menu you are looking for goes through a different system (not the Menu Manager) and cannot be extended with pure MXS. The Slate Material Editor has its own set of RC menus.

[mitchell.lotierzoJ5X6W]

@denisT.MaxDoctor Thanks for this! So, do you know how I would go about extending those menus? Should I be looking into the C++ SDK or?

[denisT.MaxDoctor · Accepted solution]

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@mitchell.lotierzoJ5X6W wrote:

@denisT.MaxDoctor Thanks for this! So, do you know how I would go about extending those menus? Should I be looking into the C++ SDK or?

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Since you don't have the resources for the Slate Editor, the only chance I see is to catch the popup menu with a dialog monitor and add items on the fly. You can do it with C++  or C# (which might be easier). The MAX SDK must be used to call the methods you wish to add. Adding "custom menus" does not require the SDK.

[denisT.MaxDoctor]

just curious what methods you want to add to those menus?

[Serejah]

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@mitchell.lotierzoJ5X6W  написал (-а):

@denisT.MaxDoctor Thanks for this! So, do you know how I would go about extending those menus? Should I be looking into the C++ SDK or?

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you can use this thread as a starting point

https://forums.cgsociety.org/t/can-mxs-add-custom-menus-to-eg-maxscript-editor/2056944

As you can see it is possible to add, but it is a pain to continuously monitor that some sme context menu just opened and the hardest part is to monitor if user actually clicked some of your custom menu items

[denisT.MaxDoctor]

how is about to add a new (custom) item to the specified submenu? 😉

[Serejah]

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@denisT.MaxDoctor  написал (-а):

how is about to add a new (custom) item to the specified submenu? 😉

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hmm.. I just tried that and each time submenu pops up it adds another item, so the submenu stays the same for currently opened parent-menu. So we need to check whether custom items were already added to a submenu with such a handle.

I didn't play much with menu customization, but can't see any good window message to catch up click/mouseup/keyup event on particular item

Do you have any ideas, Denis?

[denisT.MaxDoctor]

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@Serejah wrote:

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@denisT.MaxDoctor  написал (-а):

how is about to add a new (custom) item to the specified submenu? 😉

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I didn't play much with menu customization, but can't see any good window message to catch up click/mouseup/keyup event on particular item

Do you have any ideas, Denis?

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it has to send at least MN_SELECTITEM := 0x1E5, and MN_BUTTONUP := 0x1EF