"Soft Messages" interface in SDK, as alternative to modal dialogs
Can the SDK get an interface for Soft Messages like the "Shape Expanded" message that quietly appears at the top of the screen, then fades away on its own? Sometimes modal dialogs or even floating windows are just way too intrusive to simply pass a message on to the user.
I have managed to pretty much replicate this in one of my own plugins using annotations, but it would be much simpler if a few lines of code could allow any developer and any plugin to call a behavior that already exists in Illustrator.
RJ Graffix
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Modal dialogs are very dated, especially in cases like this.
I still hate when I try to join a closed path (just in case, to be sure it is closed), but Ai yells at me — 'you caaaaan't' — with a ding and a message and a text... just show the 'Path is already closed' soft message.
Actually, I am going to make this one a separate request :)
https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/46690231-show-can-t-join-a-path-message-as-a-soft-one
