a problem with my custom menu item

27. April 2010, 15:01:47

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what I want to do is add an option to the right click menu to upload an image on imgur.

what I did was duplicate the standard menu and edit it. added the following piece of text under image link popup menu and image popup menu:

Item, upload image on imgur=Copy image address & Go to page, "http://imgur.com/api/upload/?url=%c", , , imgur

after that I took a backup of the standard skin and added the imgur icon under icons-folder and the following piece of text under images in skin.ini:

imgur icons/imgur.ico

now, the menu item works like it should but I see no icon what so ever. tried various things myself but can't get it to show up. what am I doing wrong?

thanks in advance!

(I'm running 10.52 on windows 7 x64)

27. April 2010, 15:06:10

Pesala

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AFAIK icons need to be in PNG format.

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27. April 2010, 15:07:41

mfs9

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oh, I will try that out and see if it works. thank you.

27. April 2010, 15:18:47

mfs9

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changed the image and path to .png and it's still not showing up.

27. April 2010, 15:39:58

Pesala

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The icon also needs to be on the first command.

Item, upload image on imgur=Copy image address, , , , imgur & Go to page, "http://imgur.com/api/upload/?url=%c"

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27. April 2010, 16:02:42

mfs9

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tried what you suggested and now it's showing the icon it shows in bookmarks when the site doesn't have any favicon assigned (the star on a red background). this and now imgur gives and error "invalid url".

27. April 2010, 17:15:13

Pesala

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If you're getting an invalid URL message then you probably made a syntax error.

I wasn't able to get a custom icon yet — only the default icon for go to web address, but the menu item does take me to the site.

I think I was wrong about putting the icon on the first command — maybe that applies only to buttons.

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27. April 2010, 17:24:30

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Originally posted by Pesala:

If you're getting an invalid URL message then you probably made a syntax error.

I wasn't able to get a custom icon yet — only the default icon for go to web address, but the menu item does take me to the site.

I think I was wrong about putting the icon on the first command — maybe that applies only to buttons.

In your skin.ini below [Images] put
imgur = icons/imgur.png

Put imgur.png in \icons\ inside the skins zip.

In your menu.ini under [Image Popup Menu] add

Item, upload image on imgur = Copy image address ,-2,"urlinfo",, imgur & Go to page, "http://imgur.com/api/upload/?url=%c"

27. April 2010, 17:24:51

mfs9

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according to tamil the icon name should be the last in line (but he states the same for buttons and I have no idea if it has changed since the blog entry was updated). if I do that, like I did in my first post, the menu item works but the icon doesn't show.

27. April 2010, 17:34:03

mfs9

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thank you, nailz! that worked.

27. April 2010, 17:39:19

Nailz

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Originally posted by mfs9:

thank you, nailz! that worked.

http://operawiki.info/AllActions

A general syntax for a single command: Action, property1, property2, label, icon

When you make multiple action commands, you may wish to add an icon or title. The icon must then be appended to the first command

27. April 2010, 18:13:24

Pesala

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Originally posted by Nailz:

Item, upload image on imgur = Copy image address ,-2,"urlinfo",, imgur & Go to page, "http://imgur.com/api/upload/?url=%c"

This works for me. The custom icon is displayed and the image is uploaded.

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28. April 2010, 20:39:14

mfs9

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ok, what to change to make it open in a new background tab instead of the same one?

29. April 2010, 05:17:31

Pesala

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There is no command to go to background page, so add "switch to previous page" to the end of the command string.

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