Installation | Getting Started | Features | Commands | Contexts | Use in Browser | Common Errors |
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Left to right: Illustrator, Browser, After Effects
NOTE: This repo should not be
git clone
d directly because it has breaking placeholder values and will not run on it's own.
# Node and bombino are required
npm install -g bombino
# In any valid CEP extension folder:
# (e.g. <USERNAME>/AppData/Roaming/CEP/extensions)
bombino
# In any valid CEP extension folder:
bombino
# > Create a new Adobe panel
# Input the name of panel
# > Bombino (if local templates are present)
# > Vue-CLI
# > bombino-brutalism-basic
# Input a valid localhost port
# > Select Y to use npm install
cd [name of panel]
npm run serve
# (Re)launch your host app and find in Windows > Extensions > [name of panel]
- Vue as JS framework
- Hot Reloading (panel updates instantly on every save during
npm run serve
) - Vue-CLI-3 as Node.js tooling (webkit)
- bombino as dev tooling and workflow
- Full typescript support for any app with pravdomil's Adobe types (same as writing .jsx scripts but access to host DOM as autocomplete while typing)
- Battleaxe's own brutalism component library and design
- Various utility functions and components for ease of panel development
- ✨ All color themes of any host app automatically handled by starlette library ✨
This panel comes with various commands baked in (see details here):
npm run help
- A full list of the commands available and descriptions.npm run serve
- Start the development server and edit your panel.npm run build
- Create and compile to production context.npm run switch
- Reports whether in developer or production context and can switch automatically.npm run update
- Reports current version of panel in manifest and prompts to update Major, Minor, or Micro.npm run register
- Reports the current user data (if any) and prompts to save new info to be used in certificates.npm run sign
- Automatically stages and signs the extension, placing it in a./archive
directory within the current directory.
You can automate this by using npm run switch
. In case you need to do it manually:
- Ensure
index-dev.html
is uncommented inCSXS/manifest.xml
<Resources>
<MainPath>./public/index-dev.html</MainPath>
<!-- <MainPath>./dist/index.html</MainPath> -->
- Run
npm run serve
in the terminal at the project root - Launch host application and find in Window > Extensions
Panel now updates in real time and recompiles every time you save in VSCode
- Ensure
dist/index.html
is uncommented inCSXS/manifest.xml
<Resources>
<!-- <MainPath>./public/index-dev.html</MainPath> -->
<MainPath>./dist/index.html</MainPath>
- Run
npm run build
in the terminal at the project root - Launch host application and find in Window > Extensions
Panel is now ready to sign and certify or be used on any client
- Ensure these lines in
./vue.config.js
are commented out:
configureWebpack: {
// target: "node-webkit",
// node: false
},
-
Restart your localhost server with
npm run serve
-
Launch
https://localhost:8080
in a Chrome window
NOTE: The panel cannot interact with the host app while in browser. Script loading and style is given a fallback (second parameter for returned data in evalScript, uses default or defined app/theme/gradient props for Panel component to determine style) while in browser.
- You can easily define script and utility script location to be anywhere in your directory via Panel script-path and utils props
- You can use the
./.certignore
file (especially withsrc
included) to manually ignore any specific files or folders during staging
- If in Adobe context and not browser, make sure your
target
andnode
lines in./vue.config.js
are not commented out.
- Ensure that
starlette
is version1.0.2
or greater. - Due to Issues #265 and #266 for Animate,
<Menus>
is automatically given aSwitch Theme
option for Animate only. The user will need to manually triggerSwitch Theme
if the host theme is set todark
orlight
, but all future instances of the panel launch will remain in this theme.
- Scripting files are not a part of hot-reloading and are loaded into memory at your extension's
mounted
lifecycle. You will need toRefresh panel
in a menu for them to be updated. - Adding or reorganizing components may cause hot reloading to fail. Many times you will be warned of this in
CEF debug
's console, fix this by hitting^C
in your active terminal toTerminate batch job
, then runnpm run serve
once more and refresh the panel.
- Must run
npm run serve
and have theApp running at: -Local / -Network
message in your terminal - If you launched the app before running
npm run serve
, click the localhost URL inside the panel's error message
- Check your CEF client via
localhost:####
for an error thrown in your code which breaks the panel's rendering - If in
Production
context and receiving404
errors in yourindex.html
, ensure yourdist/index.html
's script tags havesrc
attributes such assrc=./filepath
orsrc=filepath
instead ofsrc=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/filepath
(leading slash is default but will break, should be fixed viavue.config.js
)
- Including hidden files and repositories in your ZXP/ZIP will cause a misleading error message. Be sure to delete hidden items such as
node_modules/
,.git/
, and any other hidden files/folders prior to your sign/certify if not including these in your./.certignore
file.