Hi all,
It is possible to create an object on canvas with a bang. So without using ctrl+1 or going to the Put menu and selecting the object option?

Casper

@casper Hello Casper...... you could send a message to the canvas, but you would have to have a patch with all the possible objects, and change the name of the patch to send to........ for every new patch.
52.send_messages_to_pd.pd
Or you could use a plugin, which gives a pop-up window that you could select your object from.......
You will need to modify the plugin (popup-plugin.tcl), so that it gives you a selection list of all the objects you want. It's fairly obvious how to do that.
You need to put the plugin in one of Pd's recognised paths.
try.zip (sys-gui included as I cannot remember if it is part of Vanilla)
But..... you have to be out of edit mode to click the message and you are not returned back as the object is "put" if it is "named". It works better with an empty atom. You could probably get around that with a hid. I will post again if I can refine it (make it better!).
It saves typing in the object name though.

@whale-av this is awesome thank you. I have to be awkward though I'm using Pd-L20rk on Ubuntu Studio 14.04. I went to my mates house who runs PD exended and your sloution works perfectly.

I think there may be a problem with sys_gui.pd_linux in the Pd-L20rk distribution. In the help file for sys_gui.pd_linux when I click on the menu_helpbrowser message it doesn't work! Do you know a work around?

all the best

Casper