Terminate or deactivate add-in Tool when user is done

CatlinBartman — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 16:13:41 GMT

I'm building a python add-in tool.

The function of the tool isn't important, but essentially the user clicks on the tool in the toolbar and then performs a series of clicks on the map. When the user is done their series of clicks, is there a way to end/terminate the tool?

I tried the deactivate function but it doesn't seem to work.

It seems I can only end the tool by selecting a different tool. Is there a keyboard shortcut to select another tool like the 'select elements' tool? Maybe I could emulate a keyboard shortcut?

I can't even click on the tool button in the toolbox to cancel the tool - is this normal?

Any other workarounds or am I missing something?

One idea I had was maybe to have a Button instead of a Tool in the toolbar, and then have the Tool activated when the button is clicked, so at least the button could appear not depressed all the time and I could make it seem like the tool is deactivated by limiting mouse inputs. I'm not sure if there is a way for a Button to activate a Tool?

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