I try to add a toolbar but I'm failing :D

static_noise · April 14, 2022, 3:26pm

I have very very basic coding knowledge yet I try to come up with an additional toolbar

So far I was able to create a xrnx tool. I’ve set up a manifest.xml and a main.lua
I also created the option to keybinding and added a menu entry. Here it stops

I tried to call a widget via the menu entry but failed this is the error message.


*** main.lua:23: variable 'show_dialog' is not declared
*** stack traceback:
***   [C]: in function '_error'
***   [string "local mt = getmetatable(_G)..."]:29: in function <[string "local mt = getmetatable(_G)..."]:24>
***   main.lua:23: in function <main.lua:23>

But hey maybe some coders are can come up easily with what I want to achieve:

I want to create a widget toolbar which reflects parts of context menu in the sample editor menu. So I/we could have a floating widget with options like “Cross Reverse” / “Rubberband-Aid” / “Generate Custome Wave” … I do not necessarily need icons pure text-buttons would be fine too.

I took a look at the Renoise ViewBuilder API Reference but can’t get my head around it
I also tried to alter and/or copy parts of code from other tools but nothing works.

Any tips on how to come forward? Thanks

joule · April 14, 2022, 3:42pm

github.com

renoise/xrnx/blob/1112604a9c656f42c57b109eb227b4a551bf2766/Tools/com.renoise.ExampleToolGui.xrnx/main.lua#L79-L114

      
        
            -- to create views, we do need to create a "viewbuilder object", which
            -- can be instantiated from the class renoise.ViewBuilder:
            local vb = renoise.ViewBuilder()
            
            
-- a viewbuilder constructs views for us, which can then later on be
            -- passed to renoise to be shown - somehow. Right now there are two
            -- ways to show your custom views:
            -- app():show_custom_prompt() -> shows a modal dialog with buttons
            -- app():show_custom_dialog() -> shows a non modal dialog with custom content
            
            
-- lets start with the most simple view/dialog thats possible, by only
            -- creating a prompt with a custom text.
            
            
-- To create & configure views, we do pass a table with properties as
            -- argument to the viewbuilder functions:
            
            
-- vb:text { text = "My text" }
            
            
-- means nothing more than:
            -- 1. create a text view

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There are more examples below, where you don’t use the prompt style for window. renoise.app():show_custom_dialog is the way to go.

static_noise · April 14, 2022, 4:06pm

Thanks for the fast replies and hints… I’ll give it a check…

static_noise · April 14, 2022, 10:37pm

Thanks for pointing to GitHub. Those examples are helping a lot. First steps are made: widget and first buttons with actions added. I hope this will not become a rabbit hole

esaruoho · December 28, 2023, 9:33pm

did you continue with your project? what kind of a tool were you trying to make?