topic Re: Custom Ribbon Button Drop Down in Add-in in ArcGIS Pro SDK Questions

Custom Ribbon Button Drop Down in Add-in

JoeMadrigal — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 22:23:53 GMT

I'm looking to create my own custom menu from a button drop down like the "Download Map" on the standard Pro Map tab:

Is there a way to do this in the Pro SDK? Perhaps using a supplied XAML template inside a button splitter or palette control? I looked through the samples and don't seem to find anything. Maybe its not possible?

Re: Custom Ribbon Button Drop Down in Add-in

KirkKuykendall1 — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 22:36:21 GMT

Did you try putting a CustomControl inside a SplitButton?

See page 6 here:

https://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/devsummit-euro16/papers/devsummit-euro_30.pdf

Re: Custom Ribbon Button Drop Down in Add-in

JoeMadrigal — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:29:57 GMT

Haven't tried that yet since there is little documentation on custom controls that I can see. I just added the custom control to my project now. I just have to figure out how to add it to the split button (I assume in place of any of the buttons perhaps?). Thanks for the presentation. Just wish I can see their demos for the details 🙂

Re: Custom Ribbon Button Drop Down in Add-in

KirkKuykendall1 — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 01:13:33 GMT

Yeah, the documentation is pretty sparse. This works for me, but when I check/uncheck the checkbox on my control, it closes. With Esri's download map control, it stays open when do the same.

XAML:

DAML:

Re: Custom Ribbon Button Drop Down in Add-in

JoeMadrigal — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 05:43:49 GMT

Ahh, seems straight forward now. Appreciate it!

Re: Custom Ribbon Button Drop Down in Add-in

JoeMadrigal — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 05:46:16 GMT

Checkbox issue might be frustrating, I'll play with it.

Re: Custom Ribbon Button Drop Down in Add-in

CharlesMacleod — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:42:54 GMT

looking in the ADMapping.daml I see this:

Note the staysOpenOnClick and IsDropDown attributes. I think those are what you are after.

You can find the ADMapping.daml here: <your Pro install location>/bin/Extensions/Mapping

and here: https://github.com/Esri/arcgis-pro-sdk/wiki/DAML-ID-Reference-ADMapping.daml

Re: Custom Ribbon Button Drop Down in Add-in

JoeMadrigal — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 21:24:45 GMT

Ok, this is what I learned. If I host the custom control via splitbutton, then the staysOpenOnClick has no affect. If I put the custom control directly in the tab group, then it works as long as you also set the isDropDown to true. Thanks @CharlesMacleod for the hint and link. This is exactly what they are doing in the download map custom control!

Re: Custom Ribbon Button Drop Down in Add-in

danielkebbe — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 12:02:18 GMT

This works for me as well, but when I check/uncheck the checkbox on my control, it closes. With Esri's download map control, it stays open when do the same. If I put the custom control directly in the tab group, then it works as long as you also set the isDropDown to true.

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