With the R8 ScriptEditor’s “Build Package” functionality, an RUI (toolbars) file is always added to the yak package. Please give us an option to disable this.
Background: In our company, we deploy about 4 or 5 different yak packages that are developed by different people, and in different programming languages. One of our packages is solely concerned with distributing our 2 toolbars, and to provide a consistent workspace. It takes care of our toolbars, icons etc.
Unless the developer provides icons for each of the commands in their plug-in, the RUI file ends up with just plain ‘grey box’ icons. The user then has to disable them.
Admittedly, our deployment scenario is rather niche. However, being able to build a Yak package w/o the RUI file might have benefits to other deployment scenarios, too.
I am aware that a Yak package is simply a Zip archive, and that it is possible to programmatically extract the RUI from it. But this is not the same as building the Yak package w/o the RUI in the first place. Some of our developers simply wish to distribute RS Python packages for their team members, and don’t want to go through the process of rename .yak to .zip, deleting the .rui, and then renaming back from .zip to .yak.
Thank you for considering this.
What I might do is send you a video of my current workflow with all the “extra processing” I do after I create the YAK and before I upload to the package manager.
Currently the Script Editor tool chain is awesome, but is not idealized for a professional Grasshopper to commercial plugin workflow.
it seems my Feature Request for building Yak packages w/o RUI has not progressed. Until @kiteboardshaper replies with more details on their desired workflow, would you please accept my ‘no RUI’ feature request?
Sorry I have been heads down focusing on getting my 9.x tickets done. I added a feature to add a custom RUI file to a project. @axa I will add a toggle for disabling RUIs as well. Added the YT below.
I tested the Link Custom RUI feature in 9.0.26230.12303, 2026-08-18, and it seems to work.
Unfortunately, the Turn Off Auto RUI seems to have no affect. A default ‘plain gradients’ RUI is still created in the build/ folder, and this RUI file also makes it into the Yak package.
