QtDragon feature request go_to_zero

Sorry for reviving an old thread but I don't see either of the "go to zero" buttons in qtdragon_hd. Is that an option I need to enable?

I'd be fine writing my own OWord routine but I'm not sure how to make the buttons visible, if they exist.
From the qtdragon docs: linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/gui/qtdragon.html
 

I only added it to qtdragon.
I don't see an available and appropriate place to put them - do you?

Oh from context I thought they were present but hidden. Idk, assuming the jogging buttons are a 3x6 grid (including when the A axis is present), maybe put them right next to the Z+ and Z- buttons?
 

I agree that's not necessarily the best place. It would be nice to have a dedicated area where we could have a handful of MDI shortcut buttons.

Maybe instead on the main view tab we could have a right-justified column with several MDI command buttons? What do you think?
 

If you like uncompess this folder in your config folder and try it out.

you'll need to add this to INI:

[MDI_COMMAND_LIST]
MDI_COMMAND = G0 Z0;X0 Y0
MDI_COMMAND = G53 G0 Z0;G53 G0 X0 Y0

you can add a third MDI command for the user button.

If it doesn't create usability problems we can talk about adding it to linuxcnc.

Chris

Removing or Renaming the folder will return the original qtdragon_hd

Maybe the position in qtdragon is better - it just seemed to close in qtdragon_hd.
But I don't use it everyday so I'll take advisement.

For the safety of the machine, there should be no buttons (go_to) in the foreground, I think so. I suggest the following as in the screenshots.

I figured out how to work QT designer and add a macro panel to the side of the main tab like I suggested above. I connected each button up to the MDI_COMMAND_LIST section of the INI file. The panel doesn't get enabled until the machine is powered on and homed.

 

What I'd like to do now is have a user-configurable label for each button so they can name their own macro's one at a time by just adding a line to the INI file. Something like this:
 

I think this is probably possible but I haven't dug into how to tackle it yet.

if you use the 'check_state_text_option' of the action button, then you can set the text in the stylesheet with a command like this (modify the widget name to suit):

#usr_mdi1{
qproperty-false_state_string: "Go\\nThere";
}