I have just installed SU2018 and that has meant re-installing the plugins I use.
A lot of plugins have palettes that open up automatically. Mostly, I don’t want them as I may only use one or two icons and I can put them in the icon bar at the top of the screen. Some then don’t reappear after you close and then re-open SU but some do. What I would like is to decide which of them opens by default and which doesn’t. Is that possible?
Mmm, well I’m no computer boffin so I would be wary of that. However, if the line was easy to find and easy to amend safely, I would probably give it a go. So what I would need to know is what line to look for, how to make sure it is not “calling” the palette automatically if I don’t want it, and how to make sure it is calling it if I do. I guess there’s a clue in the line of code you included but is that enough for someone unfamiliar with the computer language?
if you have a toolbar that keeps popping up on restart, it’s either from @medeek who needs to fix his, or most likely an older plugin whose name should be obvious to you…
open your plugins folder ~/Library/Application Support/SketchUp\ 2018/SketchUp
if the offering plugin has no same name folder, open the .rb file and look for
<something> = UI::Toolbar.new
a few lines down there will be
<something>.show
change it to
<something>.restore
or if you alway transfer an old ruby to new versions change it to
I just turned off both the Foundation and the Truss Plugin toolbars, shut down SketchUp and then restarted it. Both toolbars are turned off.
I’m not seeing this behavior. I’m running Windows 7 64-bit with SketchUp 2017 Make on my PC at my office/work. I will check it on SU 2018 PRO at home later tonight.
I am so untechy that I don’t actually know how to open a ruby file. I’m guessing you have to use a text editor?
However, if I can get into the code, you seem to have given me exactly what I need. I presume if I do want a palette to open on startup I need to put in .show where it might currently be .restore?
I think the only offending plugin I still have is Selection Toys by Thomas Thomassen. He seems to produce a lot of very good plugins so it is a bit surprising that this issue exists. I also have his Edge Tools but that doesn’t offend in the same way.