ScriptUI window.minimized = true; on Mac

[Silly-V]

I would like to make custom palettes for Illustrator which have the ability to get out of the way, similar to native palettes.  On Windows, my minimized = true; command works, and the palette shrinks into a tiny bar, which I like.  However, same command on Mac does not do the trick.

#target illustrator
#targetengine main
function myPanel(){
    var arr = ["A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","I","J","K","L","M","N","O","P","Q","R","S","T","U","V","W","X","Y","Z"];


    function paletteWindow(){
        var w = new Window('palette', 'My Panel', undefined, {resizeable: true});
        var g1 = w.add('group');
        var t = g1.add('treeview', undefined, []);   t.size = [200, 450];
        for(var i=0; i<arr.length; i++){
            var item = arr;
            var n = t.add('node', item);
        }
        t.onDoubleClick = function(){
            if(t.selection != null && t.selection.text != ''){
                alert(t.selection.text);
            }
        };


        var btn_min = w.add('button', undefined, 'Minimize');
        btn_min.onClick = function(){
            w.minimized = true;
            w.update();
        }


        w.onResizing = w.onResize = function () {this.layout.resize ();}
        w.onShow = function(){
            w.minimumSize.width = 220;
            w.minimumSize.height = 100;
            t.items[1].expanded = true;
        }
        this.show = function(){w.show();}
    }
    var thisPaletteWindow = new paletteWindow(); // have to call it like this, or it disappears.
    thisPaletteWindow.show();
}


myPanel();

[W_J_T]

Yeah fun, fun, (sorry for my glossing over all the unneeded confusion due to Adobe's ineptitude.) Sigh, you could check the app version and build the UI accordingly for each. ScriptUI is headed to be as good as dead across all products from what I have been reading. Just like CC, they are moving in a different direction and burning bridges all the way there.

[Silly-V]

Oh no the end is near?  Please elaborate! Is this having to do with extensions and stuff?

[Qwertyfly___]

My fist play with this proved to frustrate me a bit.

I found when you moved it quickly and got the cursor off the wind things got messy.

but I will persist and see if it can be made more stable.

[Qwertyfly___]

added a bar to drag from and an extra event handler.

Found this stops the issue with fast mouse movement causing issues when the upHandler cannot fire due to cursor leaving the window.

Only tested in CC2014 - Note the #target illustrator-18 #target illustrator

//#target illustrator
#target illustrator-18  
#targetengine main  

function demo () {  
    var win = new Window ("palette", undefined, undefined, {borderless:true});  

    // ***************************  
    // CC - add a panel the size of the window, then add all controls to the panel as usual  
    // then when the script runs, click and drag anywhere within the Panel  


     //added a bar to drag from to emulate illustrator panels
     var bar = win.add('group');
     bar.graphics.backgroundColor = win.graphics.newBrush(win.graphics.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR,[0.17,0.17,0.17], 1);
     bar.size = [200,13];
     bar.margins = 0;


    var p = win.add('panel');  
    p.alignment = ['fill', 'fill'];  

    win.size = [200,150];  
    win.margins = 1;  
    win.spacing = 1;  

    // ***************************  
    // CS6 - didn't work with the panel above, controls must be added to the Window itself  
    // CS5 - works OK with or without the Panel  
    // Thanks Adobe !!!  

    var btnOk = p.add('button', undefined, 'OK');  
    var btnCancel = p.add('button', undefined, 'Close');  

    btnCancel.onClick = function () {win.close()}  

    makeWinDraggable (win,bar); // click and drag on any empty space in the Window (or Panel) to move it around  

    win.show();  
}  


demo();  

function makeWinDraggable (w,bar) {  
/* //********************************************* 
    Pass a window of any kind to be able to click and drag the window around 
    CC - didn't work, had to add a panel the size of the window, then add all controls to the panel 
    CS6 - didn't work with the panel, add controls to the Window 
    CS5 - worked beautifully with or without the panel, all testing done in Windows 
    Carlos Canto // 04/12/15 
*/ //*********************************************  


    var xClient, yClient; // mouse position from left/top window (client is the Panel if added)  

    w.drag = false;  

    bar.addEventListener('mousemove', moveHandler); //calls function when the mouse moves inside the window  
    bar.addEventListener('mousedown', downHandler); // (eventName, handler, capturePhase);  
    bar.addEventListener('mouseup', upHandler); // (eventName, handler, capturePhase);  
    bar.addEventListener('mouseout', upHandler); // fix for fast mouse movement that leaves cursor outside window without triggering upHandler

    function moveHandler(e) {  
        if (w.drag) {  
            w.location = [e.screenX-xClient, e.screenY-yClient]; // screenX/Y, mouse position from Monitor left/top  
        }  
    } 


    function downHandler(e) {  
        w.drag = true;  
        xClient = e.clientX;  
        yClient = e.clientY;  
    } 


    function upHandler(e) {  
        w.drag = false;  
    }  
}  

[CarlosCanto]

the bar works fine in CS5, thanks for adding the mouseout event

[CarlosCanto]

Disappointed or Missed me?

the latter of course

[julioc4816867]

sorry my bad english

It's possible to convert that in a Script Panel?

example, double click in "A" and run process or other script? thanks

[Silly-V]

Yes, I've made a previous example, but it is still in progress. I'll put it up on GitHub when it is complete.

[Silly-V]

Okay, here it is. The purpose is to have a working model for other developers to pick out the "good parts", or just to navigate the logic and make a whole new custom one.

So what we have is:

• Scripts folders in treeview: you can add new folders & assign an icon from a limited icon set & notes
• Favorite scripts: you can add individual scripts with an image (custom image of a certain dimension) and notes
• XML configuration file for the scripts
• XML personal settings file
• hard-coded admin privileges setting
• hard-coded path to config file

The idea is to be able to distribute this panel to workstations, and control the configuration of each one with a single XML file.

There's also the incomplete "Open in ESTK" function, which could probably be made workable by someone smart.

imagecollection‌ can probably polish this mess into something good

Adobe-Illustrator/ScriptPanel.jsx at master · Silly-V/Adobe-Illustrator · GitHub

[julioc4816867]

AWESOME!!! the best script!! Thanks very much, you are outstanding, works 100%

[Qwertyfly___]

Not had heaps of time to play with this yet, but initial impression is WOW.

I like the layout and it all seems very functional.

A lot of work has gone into this!!!

I have been working on the same thing as some will know, but I just spent a month friking about with Bridgetalk.

Finally got that working so I am happy and now you pull this.

I am impressed and will be using this as of now!

the only improvements I can think of right now would be a Sub Folder option in the config.

and maybe the option to Type or Paste in the choose folder dialog.

and a way to re-order the folders in tree view.

But these are minor fixes.

Again

Great work!

[Qwertyfly___]

The only major thing is not with your script but ScripUI.

is there anyone who know how to make a "borderless = true" palette, and keep the ability to re-position with the mouse?

[Silly-V]

Thank you, and it is now up to you to take it to the next level

Oh , and I briefly took a look at trying to do borderless, but no luck there. Otherwise, it's amazing that it still works from CS5 to CC+, even through all the ScriptUI changes.

[Qwertyfly___]

yeah, I've noticed that a lot of the Mouse event listners do not work as expected in cc+

[Silly-V]

Also, just to remind everyone, big grain of salt when investing reliance on this method: scripts are launched via bridgetalk, so there's no debugging- you get silent failure. As in the instructions, $.fileName in target scripts is not going to work, so there's a hard-coded variable for this kind of thing to help out. ScriptPanel_MyLocation. All in all, please use caution and know that this is a community-based work-in-progress, so it's far from the stability which may be offered by a plugin, for instance. I say this because just today, I had an experience where the scripts didn't execute for no reason at all, until I restarted my AI.

[Qwertyfly___]

Silly-V‌, Question on the Embedded Images.

more info, did you do the embedding?

the script I have found to do this is not working, guessing I am not using it correctly or feeding it an incorrect file formatting, or something.

Thanks in advance

[Qwertyfly___]

Scrap that, I got it working.

1 more dumb error on my behalf.

[Qwertyfly___]

There is some nice little gems in this code,

thanks again.

there is always so much to learn...

[Silly-V]

It's like a box of crayons!

I'm excited to see what you're going to come up with!

[Qwertyfly___]

ha, Crayons...

ScriptUI is like drawing the plans to your house with said crayons...

an this is wear smoke comes out