Python plugin way to nestle two tools unders same icon?

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Is there a way to do this like with the oval/rectangle tool. I have a selectTool that will draw something at the cursor and I’d like to toggle between two settings with a shortcut, my current solution is to just provide two plugins even though there is only one difference in the two plugins.

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One option is to build one tool that has two different states. It returns a different toolbar icon according to the state and reacts accordingly. To get the small triangle and the popup menu, implement this method:

def toolbarMenu(self):
    	theMenu = NSMenu.alloc().initWithTitle_(self.title())
	newMenuItem = NSMenuItem.alloc().initWithTitle_action_keyEquivalent_("Erase", self.setErease , "") # self.setErease is a method in your plugin class
	newMenuItem.setTarget_(self)
	newMenuItem.setImage_(self.toolbarErase) # it has to be an NSImage, this is optional
	theMenu.addItem_(newMenuItem)

	newMenuItem = NSMenuItem.alloc().initWithTitle_action_keyEquivalent_("Knife", self.setKnife , "")
	newMenuItem.setTarget_(self)
	newMenuItem.setImage_(self.toolbarKnife) # it has to be an NSImage, this is optional
	theMenu.addItem_(newMenuItem)

	return theMenu;

(typed in Safari, so it might not run as is)

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Sorry I really don’t know anything about PyObjC, my plugin is drawing something in the foreground, do I write two different foreground methods?

4

No, you do:

def foreground(self):
    if self.toolOneActive:
        # draw for first tool
    else:
        # draw for second tool
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thanks, so toolOneActive is an exisiting state depending on the toolbarMenu() ? I don’t have to define this?

and do i put self.foreground here

newMenuItem = NSMenuItem.alloc().initWithTitle_action_keyEquivalent_("Tool 1", self.foreground , "")

or is it supposed to be a method that will define the toolOneActive as true?

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self.toolOneActive is a viable that stores what tool is active (just pick a different name if you like). You set it in the methods you assigned in the menu item. You should never call the foreground methods yourself. The menu items get a method each that sets the current tool.