Change order of plugin Sub Category C#

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Permalink Reply by Laurent DELRIEU on October 14, 2017 at 2:34pm

Is it related to that ?

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/how-can-i-split-subcatego...

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on October 14, 2017 at 2:41pm

Ah no I know how to set Exposure level(split the tabs). I mean the sub categories. For instance, the sub categories of the params tab are - Geometry, Primitive, Input, Util. 

As you will see those are not in alphabetical order but by default they are when making a plug in. So if I made those categories they would be ordered like - Geometry, Input, Primitive, Util.

So I am looking for a way to override the alphabetical order.

Permalink Reply by Andrew Heumann on October 18, 2017 at 6:47pm

you cant!

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on October 19, 2017 at 7:43am

I knew it was some Rutten magic :D

Permalink Reply by Matthew Breau on October 18, 2017 at 8:55pm

Last I heard, David has some method to control tab order for vanilla Grasshopper components, *BUT* whatever it is is not available to plugin developers. I'll try to find the thread where I read that and post a link.

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/panel-sort-in-gh-tabs

Permalink Reply by Matthew Breau on October 18, 2017 at 9:06pm

Found it:

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/change-the-position-of-gh...

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on October 19, 2017 at 7:43am

Thanks for the link, so yea it is not exposed. 

Permalink Reply by Daniel González Abalde on October 19, 2017 at 8:13am

Grasshopper.GUI.Ribbon.GH_LayoutTab have the Panels property as list of Grasshopper.GUI.Ribbon.GH_LayoutPanel, perhaps by changing the order of this list from Grasshopper.Kernel.GH_AssemblyPriority you can produce this change.

Something like (not tested):

public class SetupPanelOrder : Grasshopper.Kernel.GH_AssemblyPriority
{

public override GH_LoadingInstruction PriorityLoad()
{

GH_ComponentServer server = Grasshopper.Instances.ComponentServer;
Grasshopper.GUI.Ribbon.GH_Layout ribbon = server.CompleteRibbonLayout;

Grasshopper.GUI.Ribbon.GH_LayoutTab tab = ribbon.Tabs[IndexOfYourTab];

//Change order in some way, here swapping panel0 by panel1
Grasshopper.GUI.Ribbon.GH_LayoutPanel temp = tab.Panels[0];
tab.Panels[0] = tab.Panels[1];
tab.Panels[1] = temp;

return GH_LoadingInstruction.Proceed;
}

}

Or perhaps subscribing to the Instances.CanvasCreated event.
I have no idea if this can work, but try. 

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on October 19, 2017 at 8:37am

Thanks Daniel, I'll give it a try. It's not super important but was just thinking if it makes sense to sort a plugin category by relevance vs alphabetical. At the end of the day, it's not a deal breaker. 

Permalink Reply by Paul N Jeffries on October 19, 2017 at 5:15pm

There's actually an easy way to do this: put spaces in front of the subcategory names.  The spaces will be accounted for when sorting alphabetically (so, the more spaces you put in front the earlier it will be) but will automatically be trimmed out when displaying the name.  So, instead of "Geometry", "Primitive", "Input", "Util" use "   Geometry", "  Primitive", " Input", "Util".

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on October 19, 2017 at 10:28pm

Thanks! That's a nice trick