componentEditor

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Synopsis

componentEditor( name , [control=boolean], [defineTemplate=string], [docTag=string], [exists=boolean], [filter=string], [floatField=string], [floatSlider=string], [forceMainConnection=string], [hidePathName=boolean], [hideZeroColumns=boolean], [highlightConnection=string], [lockInput=boolean], [lockMainConnection=boolean], [mainListConnection=string], [newTab=[string, string, string]], [operationCount=boolean], [operationLabels=boolean], [operationType=int], [panel=string], [parent=string], [precision=int], [removeTab=string], [selected=boolean], [selectionConnection=string], [setOperationLabel=[int, string]], [showObjects=boolean], [showSelected=boolean], [sortAlpha=boolean], [stateString=boolean], [unParent=boolean], [unlockMainConnection=boolean], [updateMainConnection=boolean], [useTemplate=string])

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

componentEditor is undoable, queryable, and editable.

Return value

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

Flags

Long name (short name)	Argument types	Properties
exists(ex)	boolean
Returns true|false depending upon whether the specified object exists. Other flags are ignored.
defineTemplate(dt)	string
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.
useTemplate(ut)	string
Force the command to use a command template other than the current one.
panel(pnl)	string
Specifies the panel that the editor belongs to. By default if an editor is created in the create callback of a scripted panel it will belong to that panel. If an editor doesn't belong to a panel it will be deleted when the window that it is in is deleted.
parent(p)	string
Specifies the parent layout for this editor. This flag will only have an effect if the editor is currently un-parented.
unParent(up)	boolean
Specifies that the editor should be removed from its layout. This cannot be used with query.
control(ctl)	boolean
Query only. Returns the top level control for this editor. Usually used for getting a parent to attach popup menus. Caution: It is possible, at times, for an editor to exist without a control. This flag returns "NONE" if no control is present.
mainListConnection(mlc)	string
Specifies the name of a selectionConnection object which the editor will use as its source of content. The editor will only display items contained in the selectionConnection object.
forceMainConnection(fmc)	string
Specifies the name of a selectionConnection object which the editor will use as its source of content. The editor will only display items contained in the selectionConnection object. This is a variant of the -mainListConnection flag in that it will force a change even when the connection is locked. This flag is used to reduce the overhead when using the -unlockMainConnection , -mainListConnection, -lockMainConnection flags in immediate succession.
selectionConnection(slc)	string
Specifies the name of a selectionConnection object which the editor will synchronize with its own selection list. As the user selects things in this editor, they will be selected in the selectionConnection object. If the object undergoes changes, the editor updates to show the change.
highlightConnection(hlc)	string
Specifies the name of a selectionConnection object which the editor will synchronize with its highlight list. Not all editors have a highlight list. For those that do, it is a secondary selection list.
filter(f)	string
Specifies the name of an itemFilter object to be placed on this editor. This filters the information coming onto the main list of the editor.
lockMainConnection(lck)	boolean
Locks the current list of objects within the mainConnection, so that only those objects are displayed within the editor. Further changes to the original mainConnection are ignored.
stateString(sts)	boolean
Query only flag. Returns the MEL command that will edit an editor to match the current editor state. The returned command string uses the string variable $editorName in place of a specific name.
unlockMainConnection(ulk)	boolean
Unlocks the mainConnection, effectively restoring the original mainConnection (if it is still available), and dynamic updates.
updateMainConnection(upd)	boolean
Causes a locked mainConnection to be updated from the orginal mainConnection, but preserves the lock state.
docTag(dtg)	string
Attaches a tag to the Maya editor.
lockInput(li)	boolean
Prevents the editor from responding to changes in the active list. Independent of selection connection.
precision(pre)	int
Specifies the maximum number of digits displayed to the right of the decimal place. Can be 0 to 20.
setOperationLabel(sol)	[int, string]
uses the string as the new name for the existing operation type specified by the integer index. Note that there is no messaging system which allows UI to be informed of changes made by this flag.
operationLabels(ol)	boolean
returns a string array containing the names for all operation types known to the editor.
operationCount(oc)	boolean
returns the total number of operation types known to the component editor.
operationType(ot)	int
Tells the editor which of its known operation types it should be performing. This is a 0-based index.
hideZeroColumns(hzc)	boolean
Hides columns whose elements are all zero. By default this flag is set to false.
sortAlpha(sa)	boolean
Controls alphabetical (true), or hierarchical sorting of columns
showObjects(so)	boolean
Restricts the display to columns that are in the current active list.
showSelected(ss)	boolean
Restricts the display to those columns which are currently selected. By default this flag is set to false, so all columns are selected. The results from this flag obey the current -hideZeroColumns setting.
floatSlider(fs)	string
assigns a float slider that the component editor will use for editing groups of values.
floatField(ff)	string
assigns a float field that the component editor will use for editing groups of values.
hidePathName(hpn)	boolean
Hides path name of displayed element. By default this flag is set to false.
newTab(nt)	[string, string, string]
Creates a new tab, named by the first argument, based on an existing tab, given as the second argument using elements from a set, given in the third argument
removeTab(rt)	string
Removes the tab based on the set provided
selected(sl)	boolean
Returns a list of strings, containing the labels of the currently selected columns

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

# componentEditorWindow is a MEL procedure so need to call through MEL.
import maya.mel
maya.mel.eval('componentEditorWindow()')
cmds.componentEditor( 'componentEditorWinComponEditor', q=True, ctl=True )