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Assign a template to a container

Creating templates and views

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Edit a container template

You can modify a container’s template file to make basic changes to the container interface. These changes can be seen in Maya when the container View Mode is set to Use Template and the View Name is set to None.

The following image shows the Attribute Editor for an asset with a basic, default template assigned. The container’s template has not yet been edited.

You can edit a container template file in the XML editor of your choice. (Refer to Parts of a container template and Template file format for detailed information about template files.) The following image shows the Attribute Editor for the same asset after some simple modifications to its template file.

To open a template file for editing

1. Open an text or XML editor and navigate to select a previously saved template file. (See Create a container template.)

   By default, the XML template files you create are saved in the assets sub-directory of your current project.

To rename published attribute names in the template

1. Edit the name text string within an <attribute> element.

   

   NoteThe name for an <attribute> element cannot contain spaces, special characters, or multibyte characters. If you want the display name for an attribute to display with spaces or special characters, you can add <label> elements to contain those names.

To change the display names for a container

1. Edit the <label> element within an <attribute> definition.

   

   Unlike the attribute names, the <label> elements can contain spaces, special characters, and multibyte characters.

   NoteEditing the <label> element also changes the tooltip text that displays over the attribute in the Asset Editor.

To reorder published attribute names

1. Select and cut an entire <attribute> element.
2. Paste the element to a new location.

   

   Ensure that you don’t paste the selected attribute element inside another attribute element, as this structure will not validate.

To remove published attribute names from the template

1. Delete entire <attribute> elements.

To change the tooltips that display over published names in the Attribute Editor

1. Edit the text within an attribute’s <description> element.
   TipThe text within <description> tags can be localized. See Localize the container user interface.