RevitRibbonControl non-public break main Ribbon.

[ricaun]

RevitLookup version

2025.0.9

Steps to reproduce

If the option non-public is enable in RevitLookup and you snoop the Ribbon inside the Component manager the main Revit ribbon stop working.

Here is a video: RevitLookup - Snoop RevitRibbonControl breaks main Ribbon.

I don't know yet what specific non-public member in RevitRibbonControl that is breaking the UI, gonna make some tests later.

[Nice3point]

Most likely the private members contain a method or property that causes this glitch. Which does not return a value, but changes something in the normal behavior. The only thing to do is to figure out what the method is and forcibly disable it

[ricaun]

Which does not return a value

The void methods is ignore right?

[Nice3point]

The void methods is ignore right?

Yes, but we have a methods like Focus() that returns bool

[ricaun]

The void methods is ignore right?

Yes, but we have a methods like Focus() that returns bool

The Enter() that returns bool breaks the UI.

Here is a quick command to break the Revit ribbon.

[Transaction(TransactionMode.Manual)]
public class Command : IExternalCommand
{
    public Result Execute(ExternalCommandData commandData, ref string message, ElementSet elementSet)
    {
        var ribbon = UIFramework.RevitRibbonControl.RibbonControl;
        var type = ribbon.GetType();
        var method = type.GetMethod("Enter", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance); // System.Windows.Media.Visual
        var result = method.Invoke(ribbon, null);
        Console.WriteLine($"{method} \t {result}");

        return Result.Succeeded;
    }
}

[ricaun]

Maybe the methods should be only executed if the use click, is related to this issue as well: #239

[Nice3point]

Yes, I plan to take the Lookup engine out as a new project and develop it separately, it will be easier to test and implement such functionality. It will be possible to add Lazy evaluation and Force evaluation for similar cases

[Nice3point]

The Enter() that returns bool breaks the UI.

Oh great, thanks for research 🎉