Tool Setttings at Cursor

[mathieu-fournier]

I need to prototype having Tool Settings at the cursor.
From a UX perspective, it increases efficiency and puts the action (tool settings inputs) available directly without mouse movements.

I would like some help on how I can prototype this the "cleanest" way possible.
Things I would like to know, that I need to figure out :

• How to get the tool setting informations for the current tool.
• How sync the values of tool settings inputs (events).
• How to handle the interaction of both accudraw and tool settings at cursor. (avoid overlapping popups, handle keys, focus, etc..)

For reference, we had this concept of having tool settings at cursor in other applications like OpenSiteDesigner.

[GerardasB]

• How to get the tool setting informations for the current tool.

Use InteractiveTool.supplyToolSettingsProperties i.e.:

appui/ui/appui-react/src/appui-react/toolsettings/InternalToolSettingsManager.ts

Line 113 in 0f8ec24

IModelApp.toolAdmin.activeTool.supplyToolSettingsProperties();

• How sync the values of tool settings inputs (events).

Listen to onReloadToolSettingsProperties and onSyncToolSettingsProperties events to get notified about changes from the tool i.e.:

appui/ui/appui-react/src/appui-react/frontstage/InternalFrontstageManager.ts

Line 125 in 0f8ec24

UiFramework.toolSettings.onSyncToolSettingsProperties.addListener(

To sync the values from components back to the tool use applyToolSettingPropertyChange i.e.

appui/ui/appui-react/src/appui-react/toolsettings/DefaultToolSettingsProvider.tsx

Line 33 in 0f8ec24

IModelApp.toolAdmin.activeTool

• How to handle the interaction of both accudraw and tool settings at cursor. (avoid overlapping popups, handle keys, focus, etc..)

This is too big in scope to answer, but ideally both "popups" should share a shared parent/container to address overlapping.