pymel.core.windows.panelConfiguration

panelConfiguration(*args, **kwargs)

This command creates a panel configuration object. Typically you would not call this method command directly. Instead use the Panel Editor. Once a panel configuration is created you can make it appear in the main Maya window by selecting it from any panel’s “Panels-Saved Layouts” menu.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
addPanel (ap)		bool, unicode, unicode, unicode, unicode
	Adds the specified panel to the configuration. Arguments are: isFixed, label string, type string, create string, edit string.
configString (cfs)		unicode
	Specifies the string that arranges the panels.
createStrings (cs)		bool
	Returns an string array of the panel creation strings.
defaultImage (di)		unicode
	The default image for this configuration. Once the default image is set it may not be changed. If an image is set with the -i/imageflag then it’s value will take precedence.
defineTemplate (dt)		unicode
	Puts a command in a mode where any other flags and args are parsed and added to the command template specified in the argument. They will be used as default arguments in any subsequent invocations of the command when templateName is set as the current template.
editStrings (es)		bool
	Returns an string array of the panel edit strings.Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
exists (ex)		bool
	Returns true|false depending upon whether the specified object exists. Other flags are ignored.
image (i)		unicode
	The user specified image for this configuration. Use this flag to override the default image.
isFixedState (isFixedState)		bool
	Returns an integer array of whether the panels have fixed states or not.
label (l)		unicode
	Configuration label.
labelStrings (ls)		bool
	Returns an string array of the panel labels.
numberOfPanels (np)		bool
	Returns the number of panels in the configuration.
removeAllPanels (rap)		bool
	Removes the last panel in the config.
removeLastPanel (rlp)		bool
	Removes the last panel in the config.
replaceCreateString (rcs)		int, unicode
	Replaces the specified create string. The index is 1 based.
replaceEditString (res)		int, unicode
	Replaces the specified edit string. The index is 1 based.
replaceFixedState (rfs)		int, bool
	Replaces the specified fixed state value (true|false). The index is 1 based.
replaceLabel (rl)		int, unicode
	Replaces the specified label. The index is 1 based.
replacePanel (rp)		int, bool, unicode, unicode, unicode, unicode
	Replaces the specified panel in the configuration. Arguments are: index, isFixed, label string, type string, create string, edit string. The index is 1 based.
replaceTypeString (rts)		int, unicode
	Replaces the specified type string. The index is 1 based.
sceneConfig (sc)		bool
	Specifies whether the configuration is associated with the scene. Scene configurations are created when the scene is opened and deleted when the scene is closed.
typeStrings (ts)		bool
	Returns an string array of the panel types.
useTemplate (ut)		unicode
	Force the command to use a command template other than the current one.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.panelConfiguration

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

import maya.cmds as cmds

#    Create a custom panel configuration.
#
configName = pm.panelConfiguration(
                                label="Custom Panel Layout",
                                sceneConfig=False,
                                configString="paneLayout -e -cn \"vertical2\" -ps 1 39 100 -ps 2 61 100 $gMainPane;",
                                addPanel=[
                                        (False,
                                        'Outliner',
                                        'outlinerPanel',
                                        ("{global int $gUseMenusInPanels;\
                                        $panelName = `outlinerPanel -mbv $gUseMenusInPanels -unParent -l \"Outliner\"`;\
                                        outlinerEditor -e -highlightActive true $panelName;}"),
                                        "outlinerPanel -edit -l \"Outliner\"  $panelName"),

                                        (True,
                                        "Persp View",
                                        "modelPanel",
                                        ("{global int $gUseMenusInPanels;\
                                        modelPanel -mbv $gUseMenusInPanels\
                                        -unParent -l \"Persp View\" -cam persp;}" ),
                                        "modelPanel -edit -l \"Persp View\"  -cam \"persp\" $panelName")
                                ]
                        )

#    Update the main Maya window to reflect the custom panel configuration.
#    Note also that your custom configuration may be selected from any
#    panel's "Panels-"Saved Layouts" menu.
#
maya.mel.eval('setNamedPanelLayout( "Custom Panel Layout" )')