Use pqProxyGroupMenuManager::addProxyDefinitionUpdateListener() to set the group to listen to for updates (assuming you are using git-master/3.11.1)
Utkarsh On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 7:26 AM, Kit Chambers <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ok, > > Here's what I have so far: > > The filters for the new menu are given a different ProxyGroup name > ("myfiltergroup" ) in the XML i.e > <ServerManagerConfiguration> > <ProxyGroup name="myfiltergroup"> > <SourceProxy name="MyCellDerivatives" class="vtkCellDerivatives" label="My > Cell Derivatives"> > <Documentation > long_help="Create point attribute array by projecting points onto an > elevation vector." > short_help="Create a point array representing elevation."> > </Documentation> > <InputProperty > name="Input" > command="SetInputConnection"> > <ProxyGroupDomain name="filters"> > <Group name="sources"/> > <Group name="filters"/> > </ProxyGroupDomain> > <DataTypeDomain name="input_type"> > <DataType value="vtkDataSet"/> > </DataTypeDomain> > </InputProperty> > </SourceProxy> > </ProxyGroup> > </ServerManagerConfiguration> > > > Then I define a menu builder function which is called from the MainWindow app. > > void MyMenuBuilders::buildSecondFiltersMenu(QMenu* menu, QMainWindow* > mainWindow) > { > pqProxyGroupMenuManager* mgr = > new pqProxyGroupMenuManager(menu, "mysetfilters"); > mgr->setRecentlyUsedMenuSize(10); > new RosieProcessingMenuReactions(mgr); > > new pqUpdateProxyDefinitionsBehavior( > pqUpdateProxyDefinitionsBehavior::ANY, "myfiltergroup", mgr); > pqPVApplicationCore::instance()->registerForQuicklaunch(menu); > > if (mainWindow) > { > // create toolbars for categories as needed. > new pqCategoryToolbarsBehavior(mgr, mainWindow); > } > } > > > I can specify various filters to be loaded at startup by putting them inside > the mysetfilters XML (i.e. just like the ParaViewFilters XML object). > However, The when the above server manager XML is used a plugin it doesn't > come up in the menu. > > Any ideas as to what I'm missing here? Any guidance is welcome. > > Kit > > > > > On Mon, 2011-06-13 at 16:27 -0400, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote: > > You are on the right track. Any proxy registered in the "filters" group from > the plugins will automatically end up in the "Filters" menu, there's no way > around it. The solution would be create a new group for your filters that's > being shown in your menu. Theoretically, it should work, but I don't think we > test it, but definitely worth a try. > > > Utkarsh > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Kit Chambers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all > > Is it possible to create a second filters menu which I specify plugin filters > to be added to? > > I can create a static menu from the main application using > pqProxyGroupMenuManager() with the appropriate XML but cannot work out how to > specify make filters from plugins go to the new menu rather than the filters > menu. I guess I would like to be able to do something like specify a > ProxyGroup (i.e. <ProxyGroup name="MyGroup"> ... ) in the plugin XML which > puts filters in the new menu rather than in with the filters as a normal > <ProxyGroup name="filters"> does. > > Any suggestions and or help is welcome. > > Kit > > > > > > Kit Chambers > > Principal Geophysicist > Office: +33 9 6418 7790 > Direct: +44 1872 879 007 > Mobile: +44 7816506558 > Email: [email protected] > > NOTE: OUR WEBSITE AND EMAIL ADDRESSES HAVE CHANGED. TO ENSURE WE RECEIVE YOUR > COMMUNICATION, PLEASE UPDATE YOUR RECORDS. > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview > > > > > > > Kit Chambers > > Principal Geophysicist > Office: +33 9 6418 7790 > Direct: +44 1872 879 007 > Mobile: +44 7816506558 > Email: [email protected] > > NOTE: OUR WEBSITE AND EMAIL ADDRESSES HAVE CHANGED. TO ENSURE WE RECEIVE YOUR > COMMUNICATION, PLEASE UPDATE YOUR RECORDS. _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview
