insert item to options bar

[Anonymous]

I try to insert textbox to options bar in revit by API. Someone can show me how to insert textbox to options bar. thank you so much!!

[rosalesduquej]

Hello Kools,

If you are reffering to insert or add a textbox to the Ribbon here is a great resource link on how to do something similar to what you are looking for. 

http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2010/09/simulating-a-ribbon-textbox-label.html

The class that will help you to add that will RibbonPanel

first create the textbox and then you can add that to your ribbon using RibbonPanel.AddItem(). 

Here is a small snippet of code to do something similar. 

var tab = application.CreateRibbonTab("tab");
RibbonPanel ToolsPanel = application.CreateRibbonPanel(tab, "Instruments");
TextBoxData tbData1 = new TextBoxData("tbName1");
TextBox tb1 = ToolsPanel.AddItem(tbData1) as TextBox; // TextBox comes from Autodesk.Revit.UI.TextBox
tb1.EnterPressed += SetTextBoxValue; //save value

Try it and let me know how it works.

Cheers,

[Anonymous]

oh no, i mean textbox in options bar, not ribbon panel.

[Revitalizer]

Hello 01688686718,

you only could try to place a dialog as an overlay for the options bar.

In this case, you need to get the rectangles of the other option controls and the options bar itself.

Also, you would need to adjust its position if the user moves or resizes the Revit host window.

But this is just a workaround, and it is resulting in simulating a built-in option which is in fact not Autodesk's but yourself one.

Users may be confused this way.

It would be better to follow rosalesduquej's (and Jeremy's) suggestion.

Best regards,

Revitalizer

[AndrewButenko]

Hello! Did you get work with options bar?