Scripting-API - Allow for tool-groups / sections #3242

I guess you mean similar to how it is done here?

It's a nice idea, but I think it would easily look a bit cluttered. As a first step, it might be a good idea to add support for adding separators between tools.

Yeah, like that. Separators would be a good starting point I assume. Maybe upon calling registerTool a group identifier could be given to add the tool to the specific group. Ideally the user would have a way to disable specific groups in order to not have a cramped toolbar.

On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 11:10 AM Thorbjørn Lindeijer < @.***> wrote:

I guess you mean similar to how it is done here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26837441/how-to-give-headings-for-each-toolbar-section-in-qt ?

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It's a nice idea, but I think it would easily look a bit cluttered. As a first step, it might be a good idea to add support for adding separators between tools.

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I'm not interested in labels, but I'd love defined sections that let you insert a tool at a specific location (similar logic to e.g. map.addLayerAt(index)). Tools are added to the toolbar in the order their script files are read, which means if you have multiple tools, they'll likely end up not organized in any meaningful way. With menus, at least you can control where in the menu the item will go, though there are still load order issues if you want to group items from multiple scripts together. With tools, there's no control at all.