Recently, I have found some Unknown plugin features which are actually useful
PluginMenu
If you’re curious about how Studio Essentials made a menu, then PluginMenu is what you’re looking for
This is useful if you want a plugin to do a certain action and you don’t want to cover the screen with the UI or clutter the workflow with docking or clutter the toolbar like this
If you are wondering how to create it, You can use plugin:CreatePluginMenu(), The ID parameter needs to be unique, so it’s best to use Random for that to get an actual unique value as it can generate decimals even if the number has no decimals
But if you’re making a Submenu, The function is still required and you would need to fill in icon and title parameters for the submenu
The Icon property is the PluginMenu’s icon
The Title property is the PluginMenu’s title
The AddAction(action: Instance) adds the a action parameter to the PluginMenu
The AddMenu(menu: PluginMenu) adds the a Submenu parameter to the PluginMenu
The AddSeperator() Sepreates two sections of the PluginMenu
The Clear() Clears the entire PluginMenu
DO NOT RUN THIS UNLESS IF NEEDED
The ShowAsync() shows the PluginMenu and returns the selected action (if selected, or else nil)
Code snippet for PluginMenu on one of my upcoming plugin updates
local random = Random.new()
local menu: PluginMenu = plugin:CreatePluginMenu(random:NextNumber(0, 10), "MeshPart Converter")
menu:AddNewAction("ConvertMeshPart", "Convert Mesh Part", "rbxassetid://14187539043")
menu:AddNewAction("ConvertSpecialMesh", "Convert Special Mesh", "rbxassetid://14187538370")
This info is kind of vague, so you can check out the docs for PluginMenu and contribute in any kind of way
I first found out about this from that topic I made earlier
PluginAction
If you want your plugin to work using a hotkey or seen a few plugins do this?
(Example of boatbomber’s RepoToRoblox doing the job)
if you need help accessing that feature
You can access the hotkey by FILE → Advanced → Customize Shortcuts…, This image can help you how to access it
It will appear in the Quick Access Toolbar
Here is what it looks like for basic customization
Here is what it looks like (the I> one opens the basic customization)
This is what the Advanced Customization looks
If it is triggered, the PluginAction.Triggered signal is activated
Like PluginMenu The Creation is done using plugin:CreatePluginAction(), The ID parameter needs to be unique, so it’s best to use Random for that to get an actual unique value as it can generate decimals even if the number has no decimals
the text parameter is the name of the action, which is the Text property of the PluginAction
the statusTip is the description of the action, which is the StatusTip property of the PluginAction
the iconName is the icon id of the action
the allowBinding allows the key to be binded, which defaults to true, which is the AllowBinding property of the PluginAction
The ActionID is the actionId parameter of the plugin:CreatePluginAction()
no code examples to provide for now…
It’s kind of vague soo you can read the PluginAction documentation
Everyone gave me good suggestions so i’m doing a insanely heavy edit, I put these in a dropdown so people don’t have to scroll for hours looking for what they want, Any type of reply helps me, even if it’s hate, even if it’s criticism, Anything matters to me
If you know one unknown yet useful plugin feature, then reply with one
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