Custom Command Button in Toolbar
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 9:34 pm
Today I went to add a custom button to the toolbar (the way I used to in Classic).
I added Photoshop as the command, and set the label,
but then I noticed the icon wasn't showing up.
The text for the button where you fetch the icon is missing:
However, after you set the command and go back into customize the button again, the button label changes to:
I think the button label should be something like "Set Icon...".
AND, when you go to specify the icon location, you can't choose the exe file.
And if you use the dropdown to change the file filter to * you CAN choose .exe and .dll, but it doesn't do anything - they don't seem to load from those files.
IMHO, when you choose an .exe as the command, it's icon should be loaded from the .exe file by default; you shouldn't even have to select the icon.
But you SHOULD be able to choose from the icons *inside* exe and dll file resources.
Also, just like in Classic, you can choose an executable for the CUSTOM_COMMAND, but you don't get any option to add commandline parameters. I think there should be another field for parameters along with a little dropdown so you can choose-to-insert substitution-tokens such as file-name, etc. Right now, sure, you can create a custom button to launch Photoshop, but you can't open any files with that button! (yes, I am aware I could right-click on the file and use the open-with menu in MP - but *I LIKE BUTTONS*) In Classic you were forced to create scripts or batch files and link to those if you wanted special parameters. But this is MP!
Now, I am using MP 64bit v.79, and am choosing the 64bit Photoshop executable here, if that makes any difference.
I added Photoshop as the command, and set the label,
but then I noticed the icon wasn't showing up.
The text for the button where you fetch the icon is missing:
- missing button label
- screenshot_xnviewmp_001.png (2.73 KiB) Viewed 1600 times
- ... button label
- screenshot_xnviewmp_002.png (1.33 KiB) Viewed 1600 times
AND, when you go to specify the icon location, you can't choose the exe file.
- choosing icon from exe
- screenshot_xnviewmp_003.png (1.69 KiB) Viewed 1600 times
IMHO, when you choose an .exe as the command, it's icon should be loaded from the .exe file by default; you shouldn't even have to select the icon.
But you SHOULD be able to choose from the icons *inside* exe and dll file resources.
Also, just like in Classic, you can choose an executable for the CUSTOM_COMMAND, but you don't get any option to add commandline parameters. I think there should be another field for parameters along with a little dropdown so you can choose-to-insert substitution-tokens such as file-name, etc. Right now, sure, you can create a custom button to launch Photoshop, but you can't open any files with that button! (yes, I am aware I could right-click on the file and use the open-with menu in MP - but *I LIKE BUTTONS*) In Classic you were forced to create scripts or batch files and link to those if you wanted special parameters. But this is MP!
Now, I am using MP 64bit v.79, and am choosing the 64bit Photoshop executable here, if that makes any difference.
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