Show/Hide Tabs in GUI

neon

Hello PluginCafe,
I wanted toknow whether it is possible to show/hide tabs in the GUI (like the Fields tab in the VertexMap) if the Tabs / Groups have been defined in the resource file. Or do I have to add/remove them dynamically through description handling?

Best Regards,
Florian

s_bach

Hello,

as always, please use the Q&A system to mark your post as a question.

do you mean with GUI the parameter description of a NodeData based plugin?

You can only hide description elements through "description handling". So in your plugin, you must implement GetDDescription().

You can load the description defined in the *.res file using Description.LoadDescription().

Description Manual

Then you can edit that description e.g. hide some parameter or some group. You access an existing parameter description using Description.GetParameterI().

Description Manual - Edit

To hide an element, you have to set the setting DESC_HIDE.

Description Settings Manual - Visibility

This example hides the ID_BASELIST_ICON_SETTINGS_GROUP group from the description:

def GetDDescription(self, node, description, flags):

    if not description.LoadDescription(node.GetType()):
        return False

    descID = c4d.DescID(c4d.DescLevel(c4d.ID_BASELIST_ICON_SETTINGS_GROUP, c4d.DTYPE_GROUP, 0))
    db = description.GetParameterI(descID)
    db.SetBool(c4d.DESC_HIDE, True)

    return True, flags | c4d.DESCFLAGS_DESC_LOADED

best wishes,
Sebastian

neon

Hello Sebastian,
sorry, for not using the QA System, will do in the future!

This was exactly what I needed. I have never changed my GUI outside the res file and it felt kinda confusing to me what exactly I have to do after reading the doc.

Thanks for your awnser!

Best Regards,
Florian