pymel.core.windows.uiTemplate

uiTemplate(name=None, force=False, exists=None)

This command creates a new command template object. Template objects can hold default flag arguments for multiple UI commands. The command arguments are specified with the individual commands using the -defineTemplate flag and the desired flags and arguments. See also setUITemplate.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
defineTemplate (dt)		unicode
exists (ex)		bool
	Returns true|false depending upon whether the specified uiTemplate exists. Other flags are ignored.Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
useTemplate (ut)		unicode

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.uiTemplate

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

import maya.cmds as cmds

#    Create a new template.
#
if pm.uiTemplate( 'ExampleTemplate', exists=True ):
        pm.deleteUI( 'ExampleTemplate', uiTemplate=True )

pm.uiTemplate( 'ExampleTemplate' )
# Result: UITemplate(u'ExampleTemplate') #

pm.button( defineTemplate='ExampleTemplate', width=100, height=40, align='left' )
pm.frameLayout( defineTemplate='ExampleTemplate', borderVisible=True, labelVisible=False )

#    Create a window and apply the template.
#
window = pm.window()
pm.setUITemplate( 'ExampleTemplate', pushTemplate=True )
# Result: u'ExampleTemplate' #
pm.columnLayout( rowSpacing=5 )
# Result: ui.ColumnLayout('window1|columnLayout94') #

pm.frameLayout()
# Result: ui.FrameLayout('window1|columnLayout94|frameLayout24') #
pm.columnLayout()
# Result: ui.ColumnLayout('window1|columnLayout94|frameLayout24|columnLayout95') #
pm.button( label='One' )
# Result: ui.Button('window1|columnLayout94|frameLayout24|columnLayout95|button103') #
pm.button( label='Two' )
# Result: ui.Button('window1|columnLayout94|frameLayout24|columnLayout95|button104') #
pm.button( label='Three' )
# Result: ui.Button('window1|columnLayout94|frameLayout24|columnLayout95|button105') #
pm.setParent( '..' )
# Result: u'window1|columnLayout94|frameLayout24' #
pm.setParent( '..' )
# Result: u'window1|columnLayout94' #

pm.frameLayout()
# Result: ui.FrameLayout('window1|columnLayout94|frameLayout25') #
pm.columnLayout()
# Result: ui.ColumnLayout('window1|columnLayout94|frameLayout25|columnLayout96') #
pm.button( label='Red' )
# Result: ui.Button('window1|columnLayout94|frameLayout25|columnLayout96|button106') #
pm.button( label='Green' )
# Result: ui.Button('window1|columnLayout94|frameLayout25|columnLayout96|button107') #
pm.button( label='Blue' )
# Result: ui.Button('window1|columnLayout94|frameLayout25|columnLayout96|button108') #
pm.setParent( '..' )
# Result: u'window1|columnLayout94|frameLayout25' #
pm.setParent( '..' )
# Result: u'window1|columnLayout94' #

pm.setUITemplate( popTemplate=True )
# Result: u'NONE' #

pm.showWindow( window )