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Customizable Contextual Menus via API

Customizable Contextual Menus via API

Searching ribbons for buttons is slow and inefficient for me.  AutoCAD and Inventor APIs already permit this, wish Revit did the same.  

5 Comments
lionel.kai
Advisor

I think this is for the right-click menu, but access to the contextual ribbon tabs are needed as well (current workarounds are "unsupported").

If Autodesk expects us to fix the problems with THEIR software (and it seems they largely do), then we need the ability to create a smoother and more cohesive UI experience (through contextual UI elements).

roberta5QBFH
Explorer

+1

 

There are a lot of ideas on here that could be fixed decently fixed by a plugin if only we could access these contextual areas (right click menu on elements + on empty space in canvas + in the project browser).

roberta5QBFH
Explorer

And of course the contextual tab as Lionel said!

zefreestijl
Advocate

++

PieterL_TM
Advocate

I believe in 2025 it may be possible, haven't tried it out myself though:

https://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2025/ENU/?guid=Revit_API_Revit_API_Developers_Guide_Advanced_Topi... 

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