pymel.core.windows.menuSet

menuSet(*args, **kwargs)

Create a menu set which is used to logically order menus for display in the main menu bar. Such menu sets can be edited and reordered dynamically.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
addMenu (am)		unicode
	Appends a menu onto the end of the current menu set.
allMenuSets (ams)		bool
	Returns an array of the all the menu set object names in use. Query returns string array.
currentMenuSet (cms)		unicode
	The currently active menu set under which all operations affect (append, insert, remove, etc.). Query returns string.
exists (ex)		unicode
	Returns whether the specified menu set exists. This query flag supports string arguments. ie. menuSet -q -exists animationMenuSet;
hotBoxVisible (hbv)		bool
	Whether this menu set should be displayed in the hotbox as well as in the main menubar.
insertMenu (im)		unicode, int
	Inserts a menu into a specified index in the current menu set.
label (l)		unicode
	The label of the current menu set. Query returns string.
menuArray (ma)		<type ‘unicode’>, ...
	An array of menu names (strings) in the current menu set. Query returns string array.
moveMenu (mm)		unicode, int
	Moves a specified menu from the current menu set to a new position.
moveMenuSet (mms)		unicode, int
	Moves a specified menu set to another index.
numberOfMenuSets (nms)		bool
	Number of menuSets in total. Query returns int.
numberOfMenus (nm)		bool
	The mumber of menus in the current menu set. Query returns int.
permanent (p)		bool
	Whether this menu set can be removed.Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
removeMenu (rm)		unicode
	Removes a specified menu from the current menu set.
removeMenuSet (rms)		unicode
	Removes the specified menu set object from the list of all menu sets.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.menuSet

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

import maya.cmds as cmds

# creating a new menu set;
pm.menuSet( 'newMenuSetObjName', label='newMenuSet Label' )
# Result: u'newMenuSetObjName' #

# using commands on a current menu set
# first find the menu set if you don't know the name of it
animMS = maya.mel.eval('findMenuSetFromLabel("Animation")')

# menu sets can be queried like normal commands
animMenus = pm.menuSet(animMS, query=True, menuArray=True)

# but editing the set requires either setting the current menu set...
# (notice that the menu set comamnds following specify no specific menu set)
pm.menuSet( currentMenuSet=animMS )
# Result: u'animationMenuSet' #
pm.menuSet( removeMenu=animMenus[0] )
# Result: u'animationMenuSet' #
# : (other commands which pertain to the animation menu set)

# .. or temporarily setting the menu set to work on (does not affect current menu set)
# (notice that every command following specifies the specific set to apply operations to)
polyMS = maya.mel.eval('findMenuSetFromLabel("Polygons")')
polyMenus = pm.menuSet(polyMS, query=True, menuArray=True)
pm.menuSet( modelMS, removeMenu=polyMenus[0], insertMenu=(polyMenus[1], 0) )

# .. where the following commands still affect the animation menu set
animMenus = pm.menuSet(query=True, menuArray=True)

# if you need to find a specific menu...
deformMenu = maya.mel.eval( ('findMenuFromMenuSet(\"' + animMS + '\", "Deform")') )

# moving a menu from one spot to another
# (ie. moving the Deform Menu to the front of the list)
pm.menuSet( moveMenu=(deformMenu, 0) )