make external API command available in list of commands available to be a keyboard shortcut

[james.levieux]

I've made a few commands that work well from the ribbon which I've been using for years.  Lately, I've added a command that I want to be available as a shortcut.  I was surprised to find that every other addin in the addin tab was listed in the addins tab and all of mine were not!  What do I need to do to join the club?

[jeremy_tammik]

You can create a shortcut for a built-in command; here are some articles on that by The Building Coder:

• Add-In Keyboard Shortcut
• Revit 2010 Subscription Pack
• What's New in the Revit 2011 API
• What's New in the Revit 2013 API
• Keyboard Shortcuts and Other News

[james.levieux]

Thank you for the response Jeremy.  Just to clarify, is this what the developers are doing, editing the contents of the KeyboardShortcuts.txt file so that their shortcut appears on the list within the keyboard shortcut editor?  I thought there was some OnStartup ribbon function that I was missing.

[ricaun · Accepted solution]

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@james.levieux wrote:

Thank you for the response Jeremy.  Just to clarify, is this what the developers are doing, editing the contents of the KeyboardShortcuts.txt file so that their shortcut appears on the list within the keyboard shortcut editor?  I thought there was some OnStartup ribbon function that I was missing.

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If your addin is registering the RibbonPanel and Buttons in the IExternalApplication.OnStartup, the commands should appear in the keyboard shortcut by default. No extra steps are required.

Just register using Ribbon Panels and Controls should work by default.

• https://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2024/ENU/?guid=Revit_API_Revit_API_Developers_Guide_Introduction_...

[james.levieux]

Thank you for that confirmation Luiz.  That led me to look more closely at my startup method and found that I had a licensing scheme was interfering with the process and was able to fix the problem.  Many thanks!