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Okay, i found it. I didnt check the addon menu properly :)

This is really well done man! Im working on some addons and was always wondering how people make the custom UI items in the 3dview port. Is it okay i look at how you did that?

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Hi,
Feel free to inspire, re-use the way you like !

Archipack's sample may be overkill, as it does override regular preset_loader operator and hide bgl logic behind an abstraction layer.
archipack_presets.py and archipack_gl.py

You may take a look at asset flinger implementation (wich was inspiration for archipack preset menu).
Asset flinger github repo

As a side note, bgl module is currently not supported in 2.8 series and a complete rewrite is planed, so this api is likely to change.
Also keep in mind that some folders are read only - this is the main reason for your issue, presets have to move into user profile folder to be writeable.

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Aha, thanks for explaining! Im helping a guy with a addon for Thea Render engine and have done many adds for this render engine. What i like i that GUI in the 3dview when something is added, just like HardOps has. This makes it much more clear that something is happening. At the moment when we render in the view port, there is only simple text which can be set to a certain size. I would like to make this a bit more visible if i can do so.

I also like those foldout menu's, I wanted to use those small + menu but not really got how that worked. This is done much easier using a simple boolean and if else statement.

I do see something about BGL in API 2.78 https://docs.blender.org/api/blender_python_api_current/bgl.html
I will see if i can understand all of that. What ive seen so far is that there are tons of functions involved to show something on top of blender GUI in viewport.

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Yep, drawing using gl is painfull, but archipack provide an abstraction layer to do so.
see Feedback panel
The feedback panel does rely on archipack addon preferences for colors and font sizes (parameters are in init.py).

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I did look into it and got some simple square. Not sure how you manage to have the rectangle below the text. I did also have this with mine, but when its rendering the text stays and the rectangle becomes darker and darker.

Do you draw the whole block as a new image or something?

Finding the code in the files took me a while as well as to figure it all out. I think i should start with a very simple square, than add more dynamic aspects and more interaction if needed.

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Hi,
Feedback panel and Preset menu are full real-time gl only.
Obviously i'm using images in thumbs, but that's it.

From what you say it seem you are adding the draw handler more than once.

I can't figure if you try to use FeedbackPanel or Preset menu ?
Could you share the code ?

Here is a complete sample of proper Feedback usage in a modal.

import bpy
from bpy.types import Operator
from .archipack_gl import FeedbackPanel

class DEMO_OP_Feedback(Operator):
    bl_idname = "demo.feedback"
    bl_label = "Feedback"
    bl_description = "Feedback panel in modal"
    bl_options = {'REGISTER', 'UNDO'}
    
    feedback = None
    _handle = None
    
    # draw callback
    def draw_callback(self, _self, context):
        self.feedback.draw(context)
    
    def invoke(self, context, event):
        # Create a panel instance
        self.feedback = FeedbackPanel(title="Main Title")
        self.feedback.instructions(context, "Sub title", "hint", [
            ('SHIFT', 'deselect'),
            ('CTRL', 'contains'),
            ('A', 'All'),
            ('I', 'Inverse'),
            ('ESC or RIGHTMOUSE', 'exit when done')
        ])
        # Enable panel
        self.feedback.enable()
        
        # panel draw handler to be added only once at beginning
        args = (self, context)
        self._handle = bpy.types.SpaceView3D.draw_handler_add(
            self.draw_callback, 
            args, 
            'WINDOW', 
            'POST_PIXEL')
        
        # add modal handler
        context.window_manager.modal_handler_add(self)
        return {'RUNNING_MODAL'}
       
    def modal(self, context, event):
        
        # tag area for gl redraw
        context.area.tag_redraw()
        
        # exit condition
        if event.type in {'ESC', 'RIGHTMOUSE'}:
            # Ensure you remove your draw handler on exit
            bpy.types.SpaceView3D.draw_handler_remove(self._handle, 'WINDOW')
            self.feedback.disable()
            return {'FINISHED'}
                
        # do whatever you need
        
        if user_do_something:
            # here you are able to change feedback on the fly, calling instructions again
            self.feedback.instructions(context, 'Title', 'Hints about usage', [
                ('SHORTCUT', 'Hints about shortcut'),
                ...
            ])
            
        if no_feeddback_need_for_this_action:
            # disable / enable feedback drawing at any time too
            self.feedback.disable()
        
        return {'RUNNING_MODAL'}

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