ActiveCommand not working for Tool Library

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I am currently writing out to a file whatever the currently active command is.

This seems to work with almost all commands except with the 'tool library' window? 

In which case it just returns the 'SelectComand' instead.

app = adsk.core.Application.get()

ui  = app.userInterface 

ActiveCom = ui.activeCommand

Is there any other way to know when then Tool Library is opened and closed?

Thanks,

Matt

[kandennti · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous .

It can be picked up by using the commandStarting and commandTerminated events of the UserInterface object.

http://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=GUID-52303e26-c1c2-4a1c-8c1a-a3c199e6db63 

In this add-in, the commandStarting event is used.

https://github.com/kantoku-code/Fusion360_Small_Tools_for_Developers/tree/master/CommandLogger 

[Anonymous]

@kandennti 

This is almost exactly what I want to do! Perfect!

I just need to add the commandTerminated handler now.

Thank you very much!

[Anonymous]

@kandennti 

Hi again, I have just discovered a particular case in which opening the tool library doesn't not get picked up by the commandStarting event.

It works fine when the tool library is opened from the ribbon toolbar but not when it is open from with in another command, e.g when selecting a tool from inside any of the tooling operation commands as in the image below.

Is this to do with the fact it is a nested command event? I would appreciate any thoughts you might have!

Thanks,

Matt

[kandennti]

I think you're probably right.
I'm sorry, but I don't know how to detect it either.