Is there a way to dynamically update the icon for an action tool from a Java PlugIn or Macro PlugIn? I am making a tool that toggles between two states and I’d like to update the icon to represent the state.
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> On Jan 15, 2021, at 8:51 AM, Alan Brooks <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > Is there a way to dynamically update the icon for an action tool from a Java PlugIn or Macro PlugIn? I am making a tool that toggles between two states and I’d like to update the icon to represent the state. The latest daily build (1.53h46) adds a Toolbar.setIcon(name,icon) method that allows macros and plugins to update tool icons. The action tool below uses this method to toggle between blue square and red circle icons. I am trying to figure out why the icon sometimes flashes when it is updated. -wayne var state = 1 macro "Toggle Icon Action Tool - C00cF00ff" { if (state==1) { call("ij.gui.Toolbar.setIcon", "Toggle Icon Action Tool", "Cc00V00ff"); state = 2; } else { call("ij.gui.Toolbar.setIcon", "Toggle Icon Action Tool", "C00cF00ff"); state = 1; } } -- ImageJ mailing list: http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/list.html |
Thanks, Wayne. This API is exactly what I was after.
I also see the visual flickering and sometimes also see the blue square / red circle update again when I interact with a different tool such as switching from the Rectangle to Oval selection tool. It is as if the some clicks are missed and they catch up the next time I interact with the Toolbar? Alan > On Jan 15, 2021, at 9:07 PM, Wayne Rasband <[hidden email]> wrote: > >> On Jan 15, 2021, at 8:51 AM, Alan Brooks <[hidden email]> wrote: >> >> Is there a way to dynamically update the icon for an action tool from a Java PlugIn or Macro PlugIn? I am making a tool that toggles between two states and I’d like to update the icon to represent the state. > > The latest daily build (1.53h46) adds a Toolbar.setIcon(name,icon) method that allows macros and plugins to update tool icons. The action tool below uses this method to toggle between blue square and red circle icons. I am trying to figure out why the icon sometimes flashes when it is updated. > > -wayne > > > var state = 1 > > macro "Toggle Icon Action Tool - C00cF00ff" { > if (state==1) { > call("ij.gui.Toolbar.setIcon", "Toggle Icon Action Tool", "Cc00V00ff"); > state = 2; > } else { > call("ij.gui.Toolbar.setIcon", "Toggle Icon Action Tool", "C00cF00ff"); > state = 1; > } > } > > -- > ImageJ mailing list: http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/list.html -- ImageJ mailing list: http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/list.html |
> On Jan 16, 2021, at 12:21 AM, Alan Brooks <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > Thanks, Wayne. This API is exactly what I was after. > > I also see the visual flickering and sometimes also see the blue square / red circle update again when I interact with a different tool such as switching from the Rectangle to Oval selection tool. It is as if the some clicks are missed and they catch up the next time I interact with the Toolbar? The flickering problem is fixed in the 1.53h48 daily build. The daily build also adds Jerome Mutterer’s very cool Help>Examples>Tools>Animated Icon Tool demo. -wayne >> On Jan 15, 2021, at 9:07 PM, Wayne Rasband <[hidden email]> wrote: >> >>> On Jan 15, 2021, at 8:51 AM, Alan Brooks <[hidden email]> wrote: >>> >>> Is there a way to dynamically update the icon for an action tool from a Java PlugIn or Macro PlugIn? I am making a tool that toggles between two states and I’d like to update the icon to represent the state. >> >> The latest daily build (1.53h46) adds a Toolbar.setIcon(name,icon) method that allows macros and plugins to update tool icons. The action tool below uses this method to toggle between blue square and red circle icons. I am trying to figure out why the icon sometimes flashes when it is updated. >> >> -wayne >> >> >> var state = 1 >> >> macro "Toggle Icon Action Tool - C00cF00ff" { >> if (state==1) { >> call("ij.gui.Toolbar.setIcon", "Toggle Icon Action Tool", "Cc00V00ff"); >> state = 2; >> } else { >> call("ij.gui.Toolbar.setIcon", "Toggle Icon Action Tool", "C00cF00ff"); >> state = 1; >> } >> } -- ImageJ mailing list: http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/list.html |
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