pymel.core.general.reorderContainer

reorderContainer(*args, **kwargs)

This command reorders (moves) objects relative to their siblings in a container. For relative moves, both positive and negative numbers may be specified. Positive numbers move the object forward and negative numbers move the object backward amoung its siblings. When an object is at the end (beginning) of the list of siblings, a relative move of 1 (-1) will put the object at the beginning (end) of the list of siblings. That is, relative moves will wrap if necessary. Only nodes within one container can be moved at a time. Note: The container command’s -nodeList flag will return a sorted list of contained nodes. To see the effects of reordering, use the -unsortedOrder flag in conjunction with the -nodeList flag.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
back (b)		bool
	Move object(s) to back of container contents list
front (f)		bool
	Move object(s) to front of container contents list
relative (r)		int
	Move object(s) relative to other container contentsFlag 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.reorderContainer

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

import maya.cmds as cmds

# create a container
pm.sphere( n='sphere1' )
# Result: [nt.Transform(u'sphere1'), nt.MakeNurbSphere(u'makeNurbSphere1')] #
pm.sphere( n='sphere2' )
# Result: [nt.Transform(u'sphere2'), nt.MakeNurbSphere(u'makeNurbSphere2')] #
pm.sphere( n='sphere3' )
# Result: [nt.Transform(u'sphere3'), nt.MakeNurbSphere(u'makeNurbSphere3')] #
pm.sphere( n='sphere4' )
# Result: [nt.Transform(u'sphere4'), nt.MakeNurbSphere(u'makeNurbSphere4')] #
pm.container( addNode=['sphere1', 'sphere2', 'sphere3', 'sphere4'], n='sphereCon' )
# Result: nt.Container(u'sphereCon') #
# The container sphereCon contains sphere1, sphere2, sphere3 and sphere4.
# The command below moves sphere2 before sphere1.
pm.reorderContainer( 'sphere2', r=-1 )
# make sphere1 the first sibling
pm.reorderContainer( 'sphere1', front=True )
# move sphere3 forward 2 siblings. Moving it forward one
# sibling would put it at the end. Moving it forward again
# puts it at the beginning.
pm.reorderContainer( 'sphere3', r=2 )