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Also removes commands added by Install Plugin and removes plugins installed in the Plugins menu. Removes commands added to the Shortcuts submenu by Create Shortcuts. Argument (optional) is the string that will passed to the plugin's run method. Shortcut (optional) must be a single letter or 'F1' through 'F12'. The command must be different from any existing ImageJ command. Use the first popup menu to select the plugin and the second to select the submenu it is to installed in. Plugins with a showAbout() method are also automatically added to the Help>About Plugins submenu. Installs a plugin in a user-specified submenu. Use Plugins>Utilities>List Shortcuts to get a list of shortcuts that are already being used. A shortcut can be a lower or uppercase letter or 'F1' through 'F12'. Select the command from the popup menu and enter the shortcut in the text field. This submenu contains commands for creating keyboard shortcuts and for installing and removing plugins.Īssigns a keyboard shortcut to an ImageJ menu command and lists the shortcut in the Shortcuts submenu. Select an image from the Window menu to generate a selectWindow() call.Ĭlick in the Image>Color>Color Picker window to generate setForegroundColor() and The Image>Adjust>Threshold window to generate a setThresold() call,Īnd on 'Reset' to generate a resetThresold() call. MakeRectangle(), makeOval() or makeLine() function call. The optional second argument contains dialog box parameters.Ĭreate a rectangular, oval or line selection and the recorder will generate a The run() function has one or two string arguments. When the recorder is open, each menu command you use generates a macro run() function call. To create a macro, open the recorder, use one or more ImageJ commands, then click 'Create'. Open it with File>Open and use the editor's File>Run Macro command. To run a macro,Īnd at the same time view its source code, Loads and runs a macro without opening it in the ImageJ editor. ImageJ/macros/StartupMacros.txt are automatically installed when ImageJ starts up. Open the macro file with File>Open and use the editor's Macros>Install Macros command. To install a set of macros,Īnd at the same time view their source code, Install.Ĭontained in a file to the bottom of this submenu. In the macros folder, are automatically added to this submenu when ImageJ starts up. Macros contained in a file named 'StartupMacros.txt', This submenu contains commands for installing, running and recording macros, as well as any macro commandsĪdded by Plugins>Macros>Install. System.getProperties().setProperty('plugins.dir', '/users/wayne') This property can also be set in a program It will look for the plugins folder in the /Users/wayne/ directory. Java -Dplugins.dir=/Users/wayne -cp ij.jar ij.ImageJ For example, if you run ImageJ with the command This property can be set from either the command line or from within a Java program that starts The 'plugins.dir' property specifies the location of the parent of the plugins directory. There will be a new Roi Manager command in the Plugins menu the next time you restart ImageJ.

Run the new plugin using the editor's File>Compile and Run command.

Change the first line from 'package ij.ame ' to 'import ij.ame.* '.

Open Roi_Manager.java using Plugins>Edit and change all instances (4) of 'RoiManager' to 'Roi_Manager'.

Change the file name to Roi_Manager.java.

Copy ij/plugin/frame/RoiManager.java to the plugins folder.

For example, to change the RoiManager (Analyze/Tools/ROI Manager) to a user plugin: You can convert an internal plugin to a user plugin by copying the source to the plugins folder,Īdding an underscore to the file name and class name, and changing the package statement toĪn import statement.

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You can use a ZIP utility to look at the contents of ij.jar.

A JAR file (Java ARchive) is formatted the same as a ZIP file, so ( IJ_Props.txt) that ImageJ uses to install internal The ij.jar file, not in the plugins folder. Most commands in ImageJ are implemented as plugins but these internal plugins are located in Use the New command to create a new macro or plugin and Edit to makeĪvailable on the ImageJ Web site as well as more thanĪ tutorial for plugin writers is available at

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Use the Record command to record a series of commands and to convert them to a macro. To assign a keyboard shortcut to a plugin or a macro. PluginsĪnd macros in subfolders of the plugins folder are listed in submenus. Plugins run faster and are more flexible but macros areĪnd macros in the plugins folder, with an underscore in their name,Īre listed at the bottom of this menu. The Java programming language and compiled to.

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Plugins and macros are loadable code modules that extend the capabilities of ImageJ. Home | contents | previous | next Plugins Menu