pymel.core.uitypes.PyUI

class PyUI

asQtObject(mayaName)

Given the name of a May UI control, return the corresponding QWidget. If the object does not exist, returns None

Note

Requires PyQt

delete(*args, **kwargs)

This command deletes UI objects such as windows and controls. Deleting a layout or window will also delete all of its children. If a flag is used then all objects being deleted must be of the specified type. This command may not be edited or queried. NOTE: it is recommended that the type flags be used to disambiguate different kinds of objects with the same name.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
collection (cl)		bool
	Object names for deletion are all radio or tool collections.
control (ctl)		bool
	Object names for deletion are all controls.
editor (ed)		bool
	Object names for deletion are all editors.
layout (lay)		bool
	Object names for deletion are all layouts.
menu (m)		bool
	Object names for deletion are all menus.
menuItem (mi)		bool
	Object names for deletion are all menu items.
panel (pnl)		bool
	Object names for deletion are all panels.
panelConfig (pc)		bool
	Object names for deletion are panel configurations.Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

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	Object names for deletion are all radio menu item collections.
toolContext (tc)		bool
	Object names for deletion are all tool contexts.
uiTemplate (uit)		bool
	Object names for deletion are all UI templates.
window (wnd)		bool
	Object names for deletion are all windows.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.deleteUI

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

import maya.cmds as cmds

#    Example 1.
#
#    Create a simple window and then delete it and all of its children
#    with one 'deleteUI -window' command.
#
window = pm.window()
pm.paneLayout()
# Result: ui.PaneLayout('window1|paneLayout2') #
pm.button()
# Result: ui.Button('window1|paneLayout2|button13') #
pm.showWindow( window )

pm.deleteUI( window, window=True )
# Result: u'' #

#    Example 2.
#
#    Create a window with a number of buttons and delete a few of the
#    buttons with the 'deleteUI -control' command.
#
window = pm.window()
pm.columnLayout()
# Result: ui.ColumnLayout('window1|columnLayout24') #
pm.button()
# Result: ui.Button('window1|columnLayout24|button14') #
pm.button()
# Result: ui.Button('window1|columnLayout24|button15') #
pm.button()
# Result: ui.Button('window1|columnLayout24|button16') #
b1 = pm.button()
b2 = pm.button()
b3 = pm.button()
pm.showWindow( window )

pm.deleteUI( b1, b2, b3, control=True )
# Result: u'' #

classmethod exists(name)

getParent()

name()

parent()

rename(*args, **kwargs)

This command renames the UI object passed as first arument to the new name specified as second argument. If the new name is a duplicate, or not valid, then re-naming fails and the old name is returned.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.renameUI

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

import maya.cmds as cmds

#    Create a window with a single button.
#
window = pm.window()
pm.columnLayout()
# Result: ui.ColumnLayout('window1|columnLayout77') #
pm.button( 'exampleButton', label='Example' )
# Result: ui.Button('window1|columnLayout77|exampleButton') #
pm.showWindow( window )

#    Edit the button label.
#
pm.button( 'exampleButton', edit=True, label='New Label' )
# Result: ui.Button('window1|columnLayout77|exampleButton') #

#    Rename the button.
#
pm.renameUI( 'exampleButton', 'newButton' )
# Result: u'newButton' #

#    Query the button label using the new object name.
#
pm.button( 'newButton', query=True, label=True )
# Result: u'New Label' #

shortName()

type(*args, **kwargs)

This command returns the type of UI element such as button, sliders, etc.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
isType (i)		unicode
	Returns true|false if the object is of the specified type.
listAll (la)		bool
	Returns a list of all known UI commands and their respective types. Each entry contains three strings which are the command name, ui type and class name. Note that the class name is internal and is subject to change.
superClasses (sc)		bool
	Returns a list of the names of all super classes for the given object. Note that all class names are internal and are subject to change.Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.objectTypeUI

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

import maya.cmds as cmds

print(pm.objectTypeUI( 'viewPanes' ))

# show all commands as their types
import sys
for c,e in enumerate(pm.objectTypeUI(listAll=True)):
    c += 1
    sys.stdout.write(e + " ")
    if c % 3 == 0:
        sys.stdout.write('\n')

# show Qt inheritence hierachy for buttons
pm.window()
pm.rowColumnLayout()
b = pm.button()
pm.showWindow()
print(pm.objectTypeUI(b,sc=True))

window()