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Fundamental Concepts

The Action Manager system relies on a series of fundamental elements that can be reused to standardize the interfaces.

Elements

TopicDescription
ActionsRegistering and triggering editor behaviors.
MenusRegistering and displaying menus in the editor interface.
ToolBarsRegistering and displaying toolbars in the editor interface.
HotKeysAssigning a widget to an action context to allow triggering actions via a hotkey.

Concepts

TopicDescription
RegistrationBest practices and specifics on the Action Manager registration API mechanism.
IdentifiersUnique strings used to address all of the individual elements of the system.
Sort KeysIntegers to determine the ordering of items in an extensible framework.
VisibilitySettings to define whether disabled actions should be shown on the interface or not.