pymel.core.windows.deleteUI

deleteUI(*args, **kwargs)

This command deletes UI objects such as windows and controls. Deleting a layout or window will also delete all of its children. If a flag is used then all objects being deleted must be of the specified type. This command may not be edited or queried. NOTE: it is recommended that the type flags be used to disambiguate different kinds of objects with the same name.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
collection (cl)		bool
	Object names for deletion are all radio or tool collections.
control (ctl)		bool
	Object names for deletion are all controls.
editor (ed)		bool
	Object names for deletion are all editors.
layout (lay)		bool
	Object names for deletion are all layouts.
menu (m)		bool
	Object names for deletion are all menus.
menuItem (mi)		bool
	Object names for deletion are all menu items.
panel (pnl)		bool
	Object names for deletion are all panels.
panelConfig (pc)		bool
	Object names for deletion are panel configurations.Flag can appear in Create mode of commandFlag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
radioMenuItemCollection (ric)		bool
	Object names for deletion are all radio menu item collections.
toolContext (tc)		bool
	Object names for deletion are all tool contexts.
uiTemplate (uit)		bool
	Object names for deletion are all UI templates.
window (wnd)		bool
	Object names for deletion are all windows.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.deleteUI

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

#    Example 1.
#
#    Create a simple window and then delete it and all of its children
#    with one 'deleteUI -window' command.
#
window = pm.window()
pm.paneLayout()
# Result: ui.PaneLayout('window1|paneLayout2') #
pm.button()
# Result: ui.Button('window1|paneLayout2|button15') #
pm.showWindow( window )

pm.deleteUI( window, window=True )
# Result: u'' #

#    Example 2.
#
#    Create a window with a number of buttons and delete a few of the
#    buttons with the 'deleteUI -control' command.
#
window = pm.window()
pm.columnLayout()
# Result: ui.ColumnLayout('window1|columnLayout25') #
pm.button()
# Result: ui.Button('window1|columnLayout25|button16') #
pm.button()
# Result: ui.Button('window1|columnLayout25|button17') #
pm.button()
# Result: ui.Button('window1|columnLayout25|button18') #
b1 = pm.button()
b2 = pm.button()
b3 = pm.button()
pm.showWindow( window )

pm.deleteUI( b1, b2, b3, control=True )
# Result: u'' #