topic Re: Editable hotspot in COMMON IE MARKER does not work? in GDL

Editable hotspot in COMMON IE MARKER does not work?

Palawat — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:58:00 GMT

Hi,

I am working on a Common IE Marker subtype and I can't seems to make editable hotspot to work, unlike Section/Elevation and Individual IE Marker. I also notice that a hotspot on "Common IE Marker 2" doesn't work, at least for me. There's no "Move Node" available on the pet palette.

Does anyone has the same issue?

I'm using AC29 3200 on Windows 10

Re: Editable hotspot in COMMON IE MARKER does not work?

vlahtinen — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:08:41 GMT

I can confirm that hotspots are not editable in markers of the Common IE Marker subtype. The only available option in the pet palette is to move the entire marker. If the same code is used in a regular object, the hotspot behaves normally.

I tested this in Archicad 29 (build 3200), both FIN localization and INT version, on macOS Sequoia, and the behavior is the same in both.

I’ve attached a simple test marker object for reference.

Re: Editable hotspot in COMMON IE MARKER does not work?

Barry Kelly — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 01:28:07 GMT

There are no editable (pink diamond) hotspots.

But you should be able to move and rotate the marker.

This is what I see in 29.

Barry.

Re: Editable hotspot in COMMON IE MARKER does not work?

Palawat — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 03:55:11 GMT

Thank you very much, @vlahtinen. Now I know that it's not OS related.

And thank you, @Barry Kelly . My goal here is to create Editable Hotspots to change some parameters, apart from location and rotation angle.

It's kinda weird though. You can script the Editable Hotspots and the hotspots are even show up correctly. The only missing part is the "Move Node" option on the pet palette.

Re: Editable hotspot in COMMON IE MARKER does not work?

Barry Kelly — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 04:04:18 GMT

Sorry, I missed this was in the GDL forum.

Maybe the pet palette is hard coded to show only those options when the interior elevation marker is selected.

Like it will show slab edge options only when a slab is selected.

As it is coded in the program, I am not sure there is anything you can do about it in GDL.

So yes, you can script the hotspot, but can't control the pet palette.

Barry.

Re: Editable hotspot in COMMON IE MARKER does not work?

vlahtinen — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:52:16 GMT

You’re right — GDL cannot directly control the pet palette.

However, the pet palette should still react to an editable hotspot. In this case, I think the behavior should be considered a bug.

Even the default Common IE Marker 2 that ships with Archicad 29 includes a movable hotspot.

Since this affects the out-of-the-box library part as well, it seems more like an inconsistency in how editable hotspots are handled in IE markers. At the very least, this limitation should be clearly documented.

Re: Editable hotspot in COMMON IE MARKER does not work?

Barry Kelly — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:00:16 GMT

I agree.

The individual marker has a pet palette option to move a hotspot.

I see you have created a wish.

People should go and vote for that.

https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Wishlist/Make-Editable-Hotspot-works-on-Common-IE-Marker-subtype/idi-p/693418

Barry