Adding Buttons to Modify Panel

atki224 · May 23, 2024, 5:10pm

Is there a way to use pyRevit to make some of my custom extension script buttons visible in other panels?

For example, using context is nice but if that could be extended even more to allow the buttons to move to other panels that would be awesome.

I’ve searched the topic a bit and it seems kind of complicated but maybe pyRevit has some existing code to make it easier?

Any ideas would be helpful!

Steven · May 23, 2024, 6:13pm

Can you provide an example of what you mean?

If I am understanding you correctly yes this is possible.

In the above, there are three tabs for pyRevit. The default and two custom ones that I created. On the tab in the image, there are four panels (not organized but they are there). Some of those buttons also have drop-downs with multiple tools under a single button.

https://pyrevit1.readthedocs.io/en/latest/creatingexts.html
https://www.bim-api.com/en/blog/pyrevit-folder-structure/
https://www.bim-api.com/en/blog/pyrevit-folder-structure-part-2/

sanzoghenzo · May 24, 2024, 5:17am

Do you mean to have buttons in standard revit or other plugin tabs/panels?
Have you tried to call you .tab and .panel folders with the same name as those?

I once did the opposite: use the same tab as my pyrevit extension for a custom revit plugin I developed. At boot they appeared in the same tab, but as soon as I reload pyrevit, my custom plugin buttons are removed. It shouldn’t be a problem for the end user that doesn’t add pyrevit scripts, but it could be annoying…

atki224 · May 24, 2024, 6:51pm

Here is a link I found on github that describes what I was trying to do:

github.com/pyrevitlabs/pyRevit

Ability to put buttons to Tabs existing on Ribbon

opened 10:45AM - 24 Jan 19 UTC

closed 04:56PM - 24 Jan 19 UTC

melnikovalex

Hey Ehsan! I would like to suggest a possibility to put buttons into Tabs on R…evit Ribbon, native ones or created by other Addins. There are several reasons for that. At the moment I have a necessity to append some pyRevit buttons to tab, I am creating with c# written addin. My idea that for target user of these scripts it doesn't matter how it was written - with python, dynamo or c#. So it would be more comfortable to have everything developed in a company on one tab. Another option I can see - sometimes there are not so much scripts to create a certain tab for it. So it could make sense to add these button to Add-ins or Analyse tab. **Describe the solution you'd like** I think it would be okay just to append pyRevit buttons at the end of the Tab according to pyRevit extension folders. I found an article on TBC https://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2013/02/adding-a-button-to-existing-ribbon-panel.html but it seems more like workaround. So I'm not sure if it could be a clean sollution for that. **Describe alternatives you've considered** In case of in-house developed addins, maybe it make sense to edit c# written addin, to wait until pyRevit loaded. Or is there are possibilities to create button which linked to c# command with pyRevit? **Additional context** Now if I use tab folder name (`Berechnung.tab`) the same as already existing ribbon Tab on pyRevit load there is an error (Berechnung = Analyze in German): ```ERROR: [pyrevit.loader.uimaker] UI error: Can not de/activate native item: Name: Berechnung RevitAPIObject: <UIFramework.RvtRibbonTab object at 0x0000000000000AB3 [UIFramework.RvtRibbonTab]>``` Debug output: https://gist.github.com/melnikovalex/269e0a6e12a1f926977d4fc945756671 Thank you!

Basically, moving one of my custom extension panels/buttons from its own tab to within a native Revit tab (which apparently some think is bad practice but I’ve not had any issues).

sanzoghenzo · May 26, 2024, 9:22pm

What do you mean by this? Have you done this before? If so, what’s your question about?

Steven · May 30, 2024, 10:42pm

Why put it in a native panel? Just add a hotkey to the tool and call it a day.