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editDisplayLayerGlobals([baseId=int], [currentDisplayLayer=name],
[mergeType=int], [useCurrent=boolean])
Note: Strings representing object names and
arguments must be separated by commas. This is not depicted in the
synopsis.
editDisplayLayerGlobals is undoable, queryable, and NOT
editable.
Edit the parameter values common to all display layers. Some of
these paremeters, eg. baseId and mergeType, are stored as
preferences and some, eg. currentDisplayLayer, are stored in the
file.
| boolean |
Command success |
| string |
Current display layer name, when querying |
| int |
Merge type, when querying |
| int |
Base ID, when querying |
In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.
displayLayer, display, layer, globals, current, merge
createDisplayLayer, editDisplayLayerMembers,
layerButton
baseId, currentDisplayLayer, mergeType, useCurrent
| Long name (short name) |
Argument types |
Properties |
currentDisplayLayer(cdl) |
name |
  |
|
Set current display layer; ie. the one that all new objects are
added to. |
|
baseId(bi) |
int |
|
|
Set base layer ID. This is the number at which new layers start
searching for a unique ID. |
|
useCurrent(uc) |
boolean |
|
|
Set whether or not to enable usage of the current display layer
as the destination for all new nodes. |
|
mergeType(mt) |
int |
|
|
Set file import merge type. Valid values are 0, none, 1, by
number, and 2, by name. |
|
| 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. |
import maya.cmds as cmds
cmds.editDisplayLayerGlobals( cdl='displayLayer1' )
cmds.editDisplayLayerGlobals( query=True, cdl=True )
# Result: displayLayer1
cmds.editDisplayLayerGlobals( 'bi', query=True )
# Result: 10
cmds.editDisplayLayerGlobals( useCurrent='on' )