SketchUp crashes on quit when using Sketchup.send_action in html dialog on_close event

[valdemar]

Tested on SketchUp 2024 on Windows.

SketchUp crashes when the user quits if a HtmlDialog is open that has a on_closed event handler that calls Sketchup.send_action

Paste the following code snippet into the ruby console and then quit SketchUp to reproduce:

module TestingDialog

  def self.show
    @dialog = UI::HtmlDialog.new(
      dialog_title: 'SketchUp Crasher',
      style: UI::HtmlDialog::STYLE_DIALOG
    )
    @dialog.set_on_closed do
      Sketchup.send_action('selectSelectionTool:')
    end
    @dialog.show
  end

end

TestingDialog.show

[thomthom]

Did you test on any earlier versions?

[valdemar]

Did you test on any earlier versions?

No, not yet. I only have SketchUp 2024 installed at the moment.

I discovered that a solution is to use Sketchup.active_model.select_tool(nil) instead of send_action - that does not cause SketchUp to crash.

[sketchup[bot]]

Logged as: SKEXT-4141

[thomthom]

Did you test on any earlier versions?

No, not yet. I only have SketchUp 2024 installed at the moment.

I discovered that a solution is to use Sketchup.active_model.select_tool(nil) instead of send_action - that does not cause SketchUp to crash.

Thanks for the follow up.

I'd strongly recommend avoiding send_action whenever possible. It's not a stable API and it'll likely be deprecated.