coloured buttons

[gogosAC]

Hello, I'm new here. Working for some months with AC3D.

Now I've added some buttons in the upper button-menu, just adding them in the toolbar.tcl

1) Now I wish to get some of the buttons coloured.

I have seen this in another thread here. But it was scripted.

2) Is it possible to get a coloured button just adding the "colour-command" to my "toolbar-command" (without scripting) : e.g.

--- toolbar_add_button "SnTog" "ac3d snaptogether" "Snap Together" ---

3) if yes, where to get the colour-names ?

Thanks

[Andy]

The buttons are made from ttk so they inherit their appearance from ttk styles. Therefore it's difficult to change their color.

You could use a tk button.

As an example, put this into a file in the scripts folder "test.tcl":

button $UI(toolbar).mybutton -text "Make selected red" -background red -command "ac3d set_col 2"
pack $UI(toolbar).mybutton -side left

When AC3D starts, it will run the script and put a button on the tool bar, which when pressed will set the color of anything to selected to red.

Not as pretty. Like you discovered, toolbar_add_button is the way to go for standard toolbar buttons

[gogosAC]

Thanks Andy, I feared this answer ! It's fortunately only a comfort-problem.

Now another little "problem".

For the upper question, I checked all the tcl-files, to get familiar with.
Perhaps I was a little bit clumsy.
Also I put the - bgimageloadsave.tcl - to the scripts-directory (but didn't see any changes).

It seems, as a result of these two actions(?), that I lost my (quite a lot) "personal" settings.

I detected the ac3dprefs.TXT in the c:\users\...area with MY settings-name.

How can I get my settings back to AC3D ?

I'm not really understanding the settings dialog.

I can save, but there is no "load-button".
What's the function of this TXT-file?

Thanks

[Andy]

That file stores your settings. If you delete it, you'll go back to all the default settings. You can load the file into a text editor and have a look inside.



Are you taking about the user interface colors ("UI" tab on settings dialog)? If so - select one from the list and press Apply (or double click on the list) - same as loading one.

[gogosAC]

Hello Andy,

that's the problem. My settingsname has disappeared from the apply-list.

And I was glad to find the ac3dprefs.TXT (not .tcl) in the c:\users\...area with MY settings-name INSIDE.
Probably before closing AC3D once more.

But how can I use this textfile, just a list of the settings, now ?
Place it in a certain directory?
Rename it ?

Thanks

[Andy]

It should remain in your home directory - it's read every time AC3D starts, and written to when AC3D quits.


If you want to save a copy of the settings, perhaps to move to another computer or send to someone, just make a copy of the ac3dprefs8.txt file. (note that AC3D 8 uses the filename with an "8" in it. The other (non-8) version is for older versions of AC3D.

[gogosAC]

In Germany, we say thousand thanks, Andy !

It's like a grab bag.

I saved this ac3dprefs8.txt, and copying it back to users\xxx, it worked again
AND solved an additional menu-problem TOO !

But difficult to know, that this is the right place ?

Have a nice day

Gogo