Algodoo

hmm, what if, instead of cliccking on the buttons, one relies purely on hotkeys(or maybe the keys.isDown("mouse_left") function plus moving the buttons in another layer). that way one wouldnt have to worry about accidentially attaching something to the buttons. One would have to disable all default hotkeys first tho, however those are annoying most of the time anyways. Writing stuff to a file very likely requires external software however, since algodoo can not interact with file systems besides the integrated scene saving mechanics.

Some ideas:

Do everything in design mode by putting code in "update" events.
Turn off all tool hotkeys. For example, Tools.DragTool.hotkey = "";
Make a (20) item tool count array (scene.my.raToolCount := [0,0,0, ...0];).
In (1) update event: Detect tool hotkey press ? {select the correct tool; increment tool count array item}:{};
Increment tool count array item like this: scene.my.raToolCount = scene.my.raToolCount + [0,1,0, ...0]; (if tool is second item)
In each tool's update event: Detect mouse down within the tool's border ? {select the correct tool; increment tool count array item}:{};

Before exiting Algodoo: System.WriteToFile("ToolCount.txt", "," + scene.my.raToolCount);

System.WriteToFile will only append (not overwrite) a file, so the newest tool count will always be the last entry.

thanks, s_Noonan and FRA32!
It can be done without activating playmode:
using
GUI.Skin.Borders.ToolIcon.width = [-40, -20, -40, -30]
the usual diasplay of tools disappears.
A slight drawback is the appearance of pan and the
magnifying-glass(zoom), but i can live with that.
This way i can click on the prepared objects and all
is well!!!

To activate the GUI-command above,
even if i typed it into the console (F10) or by clicking
on an object with the script onclick,
i have to open the option-menue, then move the slider
of menue-scaling a bit.

Question: can one force Algodoo to activate
GUI-commands in a more elegant way, maybe also
by a thyme-command?
After leaving the scene, the settings remain, so
i think it has to do with the config-file.
maybe one can execute the config-file again while
algodoo is running?

update: FRA32 fund a better solution:
GUI.skin.toolIconSize = 1;
and
GUI.skin.borders.toolIcon.width = 0;

thanks!!!

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