How to add a "PopupButton" in OnLinearMarkingMenu

[Rene_Gerlach]

Hello,

I try to add a popup-menu to the LinearMarkingMenu without success:

HRESULT EventClass::OnLinearMarkingMenu( struct Inv::ObjectsEnumerator * SelectedEntities,
                                                                    enum Inv::SelectionDeviceEnum SelectionDevice,
                                                                    struct Inv::CommandControls * LinearMenu,
                                                                    struct Inv::NameValueMap * AdditionalInfo )

{

if (Inv::kBrowserSelection != SelectionDevice) // add this only at browser window

{
  return S_FALSE;
}

Inv::CommandControlPtr pCC;
Inv::ObjectCollectionPtr pObjectCollection;
Inv::TransientObjectsPtr pTransientObjects;
hr = m_pApplication->get_TransientObjects(&pTransientObjects);
if (S_OK == hr && NULL != pTransientObjects)
{
  hr = pTransientObjects->CreateObjectCollection(_variant_t(), &pObjectCollection);

  hr = pObjectCollection->Add(pEditCmd); // pEditCmd is a Inv::ButtonDefinitionObjectPtr, it is a valid object, checked before

  // if I try this

  hr = LinearMenu->AddPopup(pBDO, pObjectCollection, VARIANT_FALSE, VARIANT_TRUE, _bstr_t(L""), VARIANT_FALSE, &pCC);

  // i get hr == E_FAIL

   hr = LinearMenu->AddButton(pBDO, VARIANT_FALSE, VARIANT_TRUE, _bstr_t(L""), VARIANT_FALSE, &pCC); // <- this works 

   // if I try to get the child controls, to add a button

   // Inv::CommandControlsPtr pCCs;
   // hr = pCC->get_ChildControls(&pCCs);

   // hr == S_OK but pCCs == NULL

So what can I do to add a PopupMenu in this situation?

Or what I'm doing wrong?

Win7x64

Inventor2014SP2

[adam.nagy]

Hi Rene,

<sigh>

I'm double checking with others but it does look like an issue 😞

I'll get back to you.

Cheers,

[adam.nagy · Accepted solution]

Others agree, so have logged it in our system: CR 1518148

Sorry about the inconvenience it causes 😞

[Rene_Gerlach]

Thanks Adam

Cheers

René

[Anonymous]

Hello Rene,

I too am trying to do some thing similar in Inventor 2014.

Adding a custom flyout menu similar to the Measure menu seen in the RMB action.

I too will be interested in if a solution is provided by Autodesk.

Regards,

Aditya

[jan.pomplun]

Hi,

I am using Inventor 2018 and the problem still exists! I can not add a split button to a linear context menu.

Does autodesk have the intention to fix the problem ever??

It has been reported almost 4 years ago and no workaround exists!

Best,

Jan

[adam.nagy]

Hi Jan,

Turns out it's not an issue with the API, but it's a functionality that is simply not available in Inventor - i.e. Inventor does not create such menu items either.

To check how much support this feature has in the community the best thing is to log it on the Inventor IdeaStation:

http://modthemachine.typepad.com/my_weblog/2015/07/tracking-api-wishes.html 

Cheers,

[jan.pomplun]

Dear Adam,

thanks for the reply. Please see the picture in the original question in following post:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/submenu-in-linear-marking-menu/m-p/7984381#M84...

there you see an entry in the context menu with black arrow opening a sub menu. This is what I want to do programmatically, but still can not get it to work. Adding a split button to the robbons works, adding it to the linear menu throws an exception.

I have been pointed to the context menu. Do you know what is the difference between context menu and linear menu?

        private UserInputEvents mEventsObj;
            mEventsObj.OnContextMenu += UserInputEvents_OnContextMenu_Handler;
            mEventsObj.OnLinearMarkingMenu += UserInputEvents_OnLinearMarkingMenu_Handler;

Both are fired at right click.

Best,

Jan

[adam.nagy]

This is the feedback I got:

"It is not implemented to add pop up button in linear Marking Menu directly, so currently users can use the legacy API to add the pop up buttons in the context menu as a workaround.

The marking menu was introduced into Inventor to provide a new and enhanced style context menu against the legacy one, when users set the context menu using the legacy API, then the marking menu will pick up the context menu buttons to linear marking menu, so that is why currently users can still use the legacy context menu as workaround. The marking menu supports mouse gesture (i.e. you right click mouse and hole down and drag the cursor in the direction of the button in the radial marking menu) which provides more quick operation."

So it sounds like you could use the legacy Context Menu API to achieve what you want.

Cheers,