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Synopsis

selectPref([affectsActive=boolean], [allowHiliteSelection=boolean], [autoSelectContainer=boolean], [clickBoxSize=uint], [clickDrag=boolean], [containerCentricSelection=boolean], [disableComponentPopups=boolean], [expandPopupList=boolean], [ignoreSelectionPriority=boolean], [manipClickBoxSize=uint], [popupMenuSelection=boolean], [singleBoxSelection=boolean], [trackSelectionOrder=boolean], [xformNoSelect=boolean])

Note: Strings representing object names and arguments must be separated by commas. This is not depicted in the synopsis.

selectPref is undoable, queryable, and NOT editable.

This command controls state variables used to selection UI behavior.

Return value

boolean in the query mode.

In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.

Related

select, selectKey, selectMode, selectPriority, selectType, selectedNodes

Flags

affectsActive, allowHiliteSelection, autoSelectContainer, clickBoxSize, clickDrag, containerCentricSelection, disableComponentPopups, expandPopupList, ignoreSelectionPriority, manipClickBoxSize, popupMenuSelection, singleBoxSelection, trackSelectionOrder, xformNoSelect
Long name (short name) Argument types Properties
singleBoxSelection(sbs) boolean createquery
Set single box selection on/off. This flag indicates whether just single object will be selected when the user box (marquee) selects several objects if flag set to true. Otherwise, all those objects inside the box will be selected.
clickBoxSize(cbs) uint createquery
When click selecting, this value defines the size of square picking region surrounding the cursor. The size of the square is twice the specified value. That is, the value defines the amount of space on all four sides of the cursor position. The size must be positive.
manipClickBoxSize(mcb) uint createquery
When selecting a manipulator, this value defines the size of square picking region surrounding the cursor. The size of the square is twice the specified value. That is, the value defines the amount of space on all four sides of the cursor position. The size must be positive.
clickDrag(cld) boolean createquery
Set click/drag selection interaction on/off
affectsActive(aa) boolean createquery
Set affects-active toggle which when on causes the active list to be affected when changing between object and component selection mode.
xformNoSelect(xns) boolean createquery
Disable selection in xform tools
allowHiliteSelection(ahs) boolean createquery
When in component selection mode, allow selection of objects for editing. If an object is selected for editing, it appears in the hilite color and its selectable components are automatically displayed.
ignoreSelectionPriority( isp) boolean createquery
If this is set, selection priority will be ignored when performing selection.
popupMenuSelection(pms) boolean createquery
If this is set, a popup menu will be displayed and used to determine the object to select. The menu lists the current user box (marquee) of selected candidate objects.
expandPopupList(epl) boolean createquery
When in popup selection mode, if this is set then all selection items that contain multiple objects or components will be be expanded such that each object or component will be a single new selection item.
disableComponentPopups( dcp) boolean createquery
A separate preference to allow users to disable popup menus when selecting components. This pref is only meaningful if the popupMenuSelection pref is enabled.
containerCentricSelection( ccs) boolean query
When enabled, selecting any DAG node in a container in the viewport will select the container's root transform if there is one. If there is no root transform then the highest DAG node in the container will be selected. There is no effect when selecting nodes which are not in a container.
autoSelectContainer(asc) boolean query
When enabled, with container centric selection also on, whenever the root transform is selected in the viewport, the container node will automatically be selected as well.
trackSelectionOrder(tso) boolean query
When enabled, the order of selected objects and components will be tracked. The 'ls' command will be able to return the active list in the order of selection which will allow scripts to be written that depend on the order.

Flag can appear in Create mode of command Flag can appear in Edit mode of command
Flag can appear in Query mode of command Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Python examples

import maya.cmds as cmds

cmds.selectPref(popupMenuSelection=True,disableComponentPopups=True)