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Title: Running maxscript and customizing UI in the library browser
Post by: Nate on June 18, 2025, 04:45:47 pm

Hi,

Is there more thorough documentation or tutorials for editing the xml of user libraries? I have seen the tutorial videos and they are a great start but I am running into problems. Specifically I am wanting to know what the options are for the "execute_on" events and if there are other options to customize the browsers ui than the material/renderer dropdowns.

Thanks in advance for any tips!

Title: Re: Running maxscript and customizing UI in the library browser
Post by: Michal Karmazín on June 19, 2025, 10:34:32 am

Hi,

Aside from the options covered in the 'Creating Libraries (https://www.itoosoft.com/tutorials/creating-libraries)' tutorial - which explains the available customization features - there currently aren’t many additional settings to adjust. The system is mainly designed to automatically handle multiple materials and variations based on the active renderer, as well as perform basic map checks. The available execute_on events are as follows:

execute_on="lib_open"
execute_on="item_select"
execute_on="material_load"
execute_on="option_changed"

I hope this helps.

Best regards,

Title: Re: Running maxscript and customizing UI in the library browser
Post by: Nate on June 19, 2025, 04:21:36 pm

Ah I see. I was not aware of the text version of this tutorial so that is a big help. I think the "option_changed" event is what I am looking for. Thanks!

Title: Re: Running maxscript and customizing UI in the library browser
Post by: Nate on June 20, 2025, 08:24:48 pm

Michal,

As I am testing out options I am running into trouble triggering the "option_changed" event. Does this need the class of the changed option passed in somehow?