Using the Python Editor Contextual Help

You trigger the Python contextual Help by clicking the Contextual Help button in the Python Editor toolbar or by using the F1 keyboard shortcut. Since the Help is contextual, the information displayed depends on whether or not the interactive console is populated, whether you selected text in the interactive console or in the active work area, or whether or not the cursor is positioned at the end of a line of code in the interactive console.

To access the list of Python Editor keyboard shortcuts:

1. From the MotionBuilder menu bar, select Window > Python Editor.

   The Python Editor displays.

2. If there are lines of code in the interactive console, click the Clear interactive console button in the Python Editor toolbar. If there are no lines of code, proceed to the next step.
3. In the Python Editor toolbar, click the Python contextual Help button or press F1.
   

   Python Editor commands keyboard shortcuts

   The Python Editor interactive console displays the list of Python Editor keyboard shortcuts.

   The Python Editor keyboard shortcut mappings are listed in the C:\My Documents\MB\2012-x32\config\Python\Keyboard\ and in the C:\My Documents\ MB\2012-x64\config\Python\Keyboard\ default directories in the PythonKeyboard.txt file.

   NoteAdditional Help information is available based on the context.

To display contextual help related to a command in the interactive console:

1. Make sure the interactive console is active.
2. In the Python Editor toolbar, click the Python contextual Help button or press F1.

   The Python Editor interactive console displays Help related to the command entered in the interactive console.

   

   Help about a command in the interactive console

To display contextual help related to selected content in the interactive console:

1. Select text in a line of code in the interactive console.
2. In the Python Editor toolbar, click the Python contextual Help button or press F1.

   Help related to the selected text is displayed in the interactive console.

   TipTo see all the content displayed in the interactive console, you can either resize the Python Editor window by dragging any corner or border of the window or adjust the height of the interactive console (without resizing the Python Editor window) by dragging the bottom border of the interactive console.

To display contextual help related to selected content in the work area:

1. Select text in a line of code in the work area.
2. In the Python Editor toolbar, click the Python contextual Help button or press F1.
   

   Python Editor interactive console displays contextual Help

   Help related to the selected text in the Python Editor work area is displayed in the interactive console.

To display contextual help related to the content in the work area:

• In the Python Editor toolbar, click the Python contextual Help button or press F1.

  Help related to the text in the work area is displayed in the interactive console.