Suggestion: Prevent plugin UI window from reloading

Yeah, that would be cool! Here are a couple more ways to solve this which I think would be neat, and probably even a bit more flexible, not limited to this use-case. Moreover I don’t think the current architecture would allow you to relaunch the plugin without relaunching the UI without massive architectural changes.

1. The ability to run menu commands without restarting the plugin. In this case the user can either run another command like “refresh” and there will be a simple event like “onmessage” sent to the plugin. And in case of relaunching the plugin it would simply run the last command again and you will be able to catch it with a plugin.
2. Allow the plugin to intercept shortcuts when the plugin window is not in focus. This way a plugin would be able to read any custom key combination for any action, like refreshing the plugin UI, and even more. This could be useful for so many plugins!

Thanks Gleb, these ideas are great and both I’ve also had needs for, in the past. I’d like to add that with either of these I feel it is still important to be able to cater for the use-case when the user selects “Run last plugin”. As depending on the implementation, both of these suggestions could potentially still not cover this issue when the user selects this option from the menu.