Tool property sheets
 
 
 

Tool property sheets are interactive editors for displaying and modifying the properties of a context. They are similar to attribute editors for modifying properties of a dependency graph node. They execute the context command following user actions in the editor to perform editing operations on the activated context. The tool property sheet for the activated context is displayed by double-clicking on the tool’s icon.

Refer to the helixProperties.mel and helixValues.mel files in the example plug-in directory for a sample implementation of a property sheet.

To effectively implement a tool property sheet for your context, you must implement sufficient edit and query options in your context command as well as sufficient access methods in your MPxContext class for setting and retrieving its internal properties.