Switch Icon on Button Bar ?

[islogged]

Hi!

Is that possible to make a switch icon in the button bar of TC?

Example:
I press the button once, icon write ON
I press the button again, icon write OFF

Thanks

[ts4242]

TC already do this if the command assigned to the button is toggle type e.g. cm_SwitchHidSys, cm_SwitchLongNames and many others. The button shown as pressed/unpressed but the icon remains as it is.

[islogged]

TC already do this if the command assigned to the button is toggle type e.g. cm_SwitchHidSys, cm_SwitchLongNames and many others. The button shown as pressed/unpressed but the icon remains as it is.

Hi,

Yeah, i know already this, but as u tell it's not my question.
All buttons are not cm_commandes but some are personal shortcuts.

My button call a script, after one call script is ON, after tow call script is OFF.
I ve iconON.ico and iconOFF.ico files, how i can make it a switch visible icon in the button bar of TC.

That's my question...

Thanks

[silencer]

I don't think there is a way to configure this. TC could not know if a script is "ON or OFF" since it could be triggered outside TC also.

[MVV]

TC doesn't support custom switch buttons. And you can't tell TC to reread specific buttonbar icon, sorry.

Of course there is a crazy way, but it is crazy (replace icon file, delete BR2 file and switch buttonbar off/on so TC will have to reread all icons).

[Lefteous]

A related idea was to display a button that changes to the current folder as pushed:
http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=315795#315795

[Damel]

Another crazy way is thru making of two almost identical button bars, one with ON and one with OFF icon. The rest of this craziness you probably already deduce. :)

[islogged]

TC could not know if a script is "ON or OFF" since it could be triggered outside TC also.

I never told that!

Another crazy way is thru making of two almost identical button bars, one with ON and one with OFF icon. The rest of this craziness you probably already deduce.

Yah i deduce, but it can not manage most than one switch button.

TC doesn't support custom switch buttons. And you can't tell TC to reread specific buttonbar icon, sorry.

Ok!

Of course there is a crazy way, but it is crazy (replace icon file, delete BR2 file and switch buttonbar off/on so TC will have to reread all icons).

Nice work around, but i got pb with.
Ur work around need to chain a script.cmd (for replace and delete job) + cm_VisButtonbar (bar off) + cm_VisButtonbar (bar on)

If i can chain multiples cm_commands on the commande button, example:
cm_VisButtonbar, cm_VisButtonbar

I can not chain:
path\script.cmd, cm_VisButtonbar, cm_VisButtonbar

or an em_command (who call the script):
em_Script, cm_VisButtonbar, cm_VisButtonbar

TC return an "File not found' Combo box in this case.

Then How to do?
Need also to find a work around for this

If u can fix that, ur work around will work i think ...
But actually it didn't !

Thx

[MVV]

Damel,
The rest of this craziness appears when you use multiple switch buttons so you need 2^N bar files.

[ts4242]

2islogged

Another crazy way is to use indicator button beside your script button

1- Create user command to run your script, name it e.g. em_Script
2- Add two neighbor buttons,
3- Assign this to the first button em_Script, cm_VisHistHotButtons
4- Assign this to the second button cm_VisHistHotButtons with suitable icon

Now when you run the script, the second button will checked, and when run the script again, the second button will unchecked

I used cm_VisHistHotButtons because i cannt find other better command, i thinked for cm_ToggleLockCurrentTab, cm_SwitchHidSys or cm_SwitchHid but cm_VisHistHotButtons is less impact TC's UI than others

[islogged]

The rest of this craziness appears when you use multiple switch buttons so you need 2^N bar files. Very Happy

Exactly!

Anyway my last post/pb stay open ^^
Because for this time i need 2 buttons.

One who call the script who do this: "replace icon file, delete BR2 file"
and One who do this: "switch buttonbar off/on so TC will have to reread all icons"

I can chain the both in one command button ...
Any ideas?

[ts4242]

It seems you disliked the idea of using indicator button!

or an em_command (who call the script):
em_Script, cm_VisButtonbar, cm_VisButtonbar

TC return an "File not found' Combo box in this case.

Then How to do?

If you still using TC 8.52 then remove spaces, just em_Script,cm_VisButtonbar,cm_VisButtonbar
It is work with TC 9.0 even with spaces!!!

[petermad]

I used cm_VisHistHotButtons because i cannt find other better command, i thinked for cm_ToggleLockCurrentTab, cm_SwitchHidSys or cm_SwitchHid but cm_VisHistHotButtons is less impact TC's UI than others

cm_FtpHiddenFiles could be a good alternative.

[ts4242]

cm_FtpHiddenFiles could be a good alternative.

Indeed, i missed it!

[islogged]

Hi

It seems you disliked the idea of using indicator button!

Ur post was not yet displayed when i wrote mine ^^
Anyway yeah, i don't like so much the idea to have two buttons to do the job of one.

If you still using TC 8.52 then remove spaces, just em_Script,cm_VisButtonbar,cm_VisButtonbar

Nice, that's work!
But still have another problem...

cm_VisButtonbar,cm_VisButtonbar are executed immediately after em_Script.
It's Ok, but em_Script don't have time to do the job (replace icon file and delete BR2 file) before than the button bar switch Off/On

I need something like this:
em_Script,cm_waitASecond,cm_VisButtonbar,cm_VisButtonbar

Any ideas?

Actually i call an autoitScript at the end of my mainScript (em_Script) which mimic a keyboard shortcut who switch On/Off the Button Bar in TC ... It work, but it's a fucking patch-up job