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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] [-selectionChildHighlightMode int] [-singleBoxSelection boolean] [-trackSelectionOrder boolean] [-xformNoSelect boolean]

selectPref is undoable, queryable, and NOT editable.

This command controls state variables used to selection UI behavior.

Return value

booleanin 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, selectionChildHighlightMode, 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.
-selectionChildHighlightMode(-sch) int createquery
Controls the highlighting of the children of a selected object. Valid modes are: 0: Always highlight children 1: Never highlight children 2: Use per-object "Selection Child Highlight" setting. Default mode is (0): Always highlight children. For (2), each DAG object has an individual "Selection Child Highlight" boolean flag. By default, this flag will be TRUE. When mode (2) is enabled, the control is deferred to the selected object's "Selection Child Highlight" flag.

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 be used more than once in a command.

MEL examples

// enable popup menu selection except for components
//
selectPref -popupMenuSelection true -disableComponentPopups true;