tabLayout is undoable, queryable, and editable.
This command creates a tab group. Tab groups are a specialized form of
control layouts that contain only control layouts.
Whenever a control layout is added to a tab group it will have a tab
provided for it that allows selection of that group
from amongst other tabbed control groups. Only one child of a tab
layout is visible at a time.
In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.
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Argument types |
Properties |
-exists(-ex)
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Returns true|false depending upon whether the
specified object exists. Other flags are ignored.
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-defineTemplate(-dt)
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string
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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.
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-useTemplate(-ut)
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string
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Force the command to use a command template other than
the current one.
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-parent(-p)
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string
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The parent layout for this control.
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-enable(-en)
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boolean
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The enable state of the control. By default, this flag is
set to true and the control is enabled. Specify false and the control
will appear dimmed or greyed-out indicating it is disabled.
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-width(-w)
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int
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The width of the control. The control will attempt to
be this size if it is not overruled by parent layout conditions.
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-height(-h)
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int
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The height of the control. The control will attempt to
be this size if it is not overruled by parent layout conditions.
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-visible(-vis)
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boolean
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The visible state of the control. A control is created
visible by default. Note that a control's actual appearance is
also dependent on the visible state of its parent layout(s).
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-visibleChangeCommand(-vcc)
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script
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Command that gets executed when visible state of the control changes.
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-isObscured(-io)
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Return whether the control can actually be seen by the user.
The control will be obscured if its state is invisible, if it is
blocked (entirely or partially) by some other control, if it or a
parent layout is unmanaged, or if the control's window is
invisible or iconified.
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-manage(-m)
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boolean
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Manage state of the control. An unmanaged control is
not visible, nor does it take up any screen real estate. All
controls are created managed by default.
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-numberOfPopupMenus(-npm)
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Return the number of popup menus attached to this control.
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-popupMenuArray(-pma)
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Return the names of all the popup menus attached to this
control.
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-preventOverride(-po)
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boolean
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If true, this flag disallows overriding the control's
attribute via the control's right mouse button menu.
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-annotation(-ann)
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string
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Annotate the control with an extra string value.
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-backgroundColor(-bgc)
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float float float
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The background color of the control. The arguments correspond
to the red, green, and blue color components. Each component ranges
in value from 0.0 to 1.0.
When setting backgroundColor, the background is automatically
enabled, unless enableBackground is also specified with a false
value.
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-noBackground(-nbg)
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boolean
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Clear/reset the control's background.
Passing true means the background should not be drawn at all, false means the background should be drawn. The state of this flag is inherited by children of this control.
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-enableBackground(-ebg)
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boolean
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Enables the background color of the control.
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-docTag(-dtg)
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string
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Add a documentation flag to the control. The documentation flag
has a directory structure like hierarchy.
Eg. -dt render/multiLister/createNode/material
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-dragCallback(-dgc)
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script
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Adds a callback that is called when the middle mouse button
is pressed. The MEL version of the callback is of the form:
global proc string[] callbackName(string $dragControl, int $x, int $y, int $mods)
The proc returns a string array that is transferred to the drop site.
By convention the first string in the array describes the user settable
message type. Controls that are application defined drag sources may
ignore the callback. $mods allows testing for the key modifiers CTL and
SHIFT. Possible values are 0 == No modifiers, 1 == SHIFT, 2 == CTL,
3 == CTL + SHIFT.
In Python, it is similar, but there are two ways to specify the callback. The
recommended way is to pass a Python function object as the argument. In that
case, the Python callback should have the form:
def callbackName( dragControl, x, y, modifiers ):
The values of these arguments are the same as those for the MEL version above.
The other way to specify the callback in Python is to specify a string to be
executed. In that case, the string will have the values substituted into it
via the standard Python format operator. The format values are passed in a
dictionary with the keys "dragControl", "x", "y", "modifiers". The
"dragControl" value is a string and the other values are integers (eg the
callback string could be "print '%(dragControl)s %(x)d %(y)d %(modifiers)d'")
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-dropCallback(-dpc)
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script
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Adds a callback that is called when a drag and drop
operation is released above the drop site. The MEL version of the callback is
of the form:
global proc callbackName(string $dragControl, string $dropControl, string $msgs[], int $x, int $y, int $type)
The proc receives a string array that is transferred from the drag source.
The first string in the msgs array describes the user defined message type.
Controls that are application defined drop sites may ignore the
callback. $type can have values of 1 == Move, 2 == Copy, 3 == Link.
In Python, it is similar, but there are two ways to specify the callback. The
recommended way is to pass a Python function object as the argument. In that
case, the Python callback should have the form:
def pythonDropTest( dragControl, dropControl, messages, x, y, dragType ):
The values of these arguments are the same as those for the MEL version above.
The other way to specify the callback in Python is to specify a string to be
executed. In that case, the string will have the values substituted into it
via the standard Python format operator. The format values are passed in a
dictionary with the keys "dragControl", "dropControl", "messages", "x", "y",
"type". The "dragControl" value is a string and the other values are integers
(eg the callback string could be
"print '%(dragControl)s %(dropControl)s %(messages)r %(x)d %(y)d %(type)d'")
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-fullPathName(-fpn)
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string
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Return the full path name of the widget, which includes all the parents
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-numberOfChildren(-nch)
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Returns in an int the number of immediate children of the layout.
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-childArray(-ca)
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Returns a string array of the names of the layout's
immediate children.
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-tabsVisible(-tv)
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boolean
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Visibility of the tab labels.
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-selectTab(-st)
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string
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The name, in short form, of the selected tab. An empty
string is returned on query if there are no child tabs.
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-selectTabIndex(-sti)
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int
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Identical to the -st/selectTab flag except this
flag takes a 1-based index to identify the selected tab. A value of
0 is returned on query if there are not child tabs.
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-tabLabel(-tl)
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string string
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Set a tab label. The first argument is the name of a
control that must be a child of the tab layout. The second
argument is the label for the tab associated with that child.
If this flag is queried then the tab labels for all the children
are returned.
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-tabLabelIndex(-tli)
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int string
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Identical to the -tl/tabLabel flag except this
flag takes a 1-based index to identify the tab you want to set the
label for. If this flag is queried the tab labels for all the
children are returned.
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-scrollable(-scr)
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boolean
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Puts all children of this layout within a scroll area.
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-horizontalScrollBarThickness(-hst)
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int
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Thickness of the horizontal scroll bar. Specify an
integer value greater than or equal to zero. This flag has
no effect on Windows systems.
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-verticalScrollBarThickness(-vst)
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int
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Thickness of the vertical scroll bar. Specify an
integer value greater than or equal to zero. This flag has
no effect on Windows systems.
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-innerMarginWidth(-imw)
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int
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Margin width for all tab children.
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-innerMarginHeight(-imh)
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int
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Margin height for all tab children.
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-image(-i)
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string
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Image appearing in top right corner of tab layout.
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-imageVisible(-iv)
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boolean
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-changeCommand(-cc)
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script
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Command executed when a tab is selected interactively.
This command is only invoked when the selected tab changes.
Re-selecting the current tab will not invoke this command.
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-selectCommand(-sc)
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script
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Command executed when a tab is selected interactively This
command will be invoked whenever a tab is selected, ie.
re-selecting the current tab will invoke this command. Note that
this command is not executed by using either of
the -st/selectTab or -sti/selectTabIndex flags.
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-preSelectCommand(-psc)
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script
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Command executed when a tab is selected but before it's
contents become visible. Re-selecting the current tab will not
invoke this command. Note that this command is not executed by
using either of the -st/selectTab
or -sti/selectTabIndex flags.
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-doubleClickCommand(-dcc)
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script
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Command executed when a tab is double clicked on. Note
that the first click will select the tab and the second click
will execute the double click command. Double clicking the
current tab will re-invoke the double click command.
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-childResizable(-cr)
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boolean
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Set to true if you want the child of the control layout to be
as wide as the scroll area. You may also indicate a minimum
width for the child using the -mcw/minChildWidth flag.
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-minChildWidth(-mcw)
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int
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Specify a positive non-zero integer value indicating the
minimum width the tab layout's children. This flag only has
meaning when the -cr/childResizable flag is set to true.
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-moveTab(-mt)
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int int
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Move the tab from the current index to a new index.
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