Utilizing Native Revit Commands - Navigating Revit Dialogs with the API

[rhanzlick]

I am trying to create an External command that will launch the "Visibility/Graphic Overrides for ()" dialog for a view template.

With quite a lot of effort, research, and skimming JournalFiles, I have managed to figure out how to launch the native "Visibility/Graphic Overrides for (ActiveView)" dialog.

I would like to launch the "Visibility/Graphic Overrides for (ViewTemplate)" dialog with the API. Is there a way to do this? See below for a C# example method:

private void LaunchVG_VTDialog(UIApplication uiApp)

{

    //commandId for Visibility/GraphicsOverride dialog

    string commandId1 = "ID_VIEW_CATEGORY_VISIBILITY";

    uiapp.PostCommand(RevitCommandId.LookupCommandId(commandId1));

}

[franciscopossetto]

Hey,

Here are listed all the commands you can execute:

https://www.revitapidocs.com/2020/f6ccdc1b-6ac3-9c49-d0bb-8a7d1877eab0.htm

I think this one is the closest to what you need:

uiApp.PostCommand(RevitCommandId.LookupPostableCommandId(PostableCommand.ManageViewTemplates));

But you have to select the template and the V/G option, what is basically the same to select it manually from the UI.

I am not aware if exist another way to do it. 

[rhanzlick]

Thanks for your response Francis. I was aware of this command, and was
hoping there was a way to skip this (intermediate) step. (ie some way of
modifying these postable commands with some type of options or additional
settings).

[Moustafa_K]

Does assigning and triggering keyboard shortcuts would help in this case ?

[rhanzlick]

I am open to keyboard shortcuts, just not aware of how one would assign them to this particular window.

[Sean_Page]

I think this is what you are looking for.

uiapp.PostCommand(RevitCommandId.LookupPostableCommandId(PostableCommand.ApplyTemplatePropertiesToCurrentView));