tabLayout

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Synopsis

tabLayout( [string] , [annotation=string], [backgroundColor=[float, float, float]], [changeCommand=script], [childArray=boolean], [childResizable=boolean], [defineTemplate=string], [docTag=string], [doubleClickCommand=script], [dragCallback=script], [dropCallback=script], [enable=boolean], [enableBackground=boolean], [exists=boolean], [fullPathName=string], [height=int], [horizontalScrollBarThickness= int], [image=string], [imageVisible=boolean], [innerMarginHeight=int], [innerMarginWidth=int], [isObscured=boolean], [manage=boolean], [minChildWidth=int], [moveTab=[int, int]], [numberOfChildren=boolean], [numberOfPopupMenus=boolean], [parent=string], [popupMenuArray=boolean], [preSelectCommand=script], [preventOverride=boolean], [scrollable=boolean], [selectCommand=script], [selectTab=string], [selectTabIndex=int], [tabLabel=[string, string]], [tabLabelIndex=[int, string]], [tabsVisible=boolean], [useTemplate=string], [verticalScrollBarThickness= int], [visible=boolean], [visibleChangeCommand=script], [width=int])

Note: Strings representing object names and arguments must be separated by commas. This is not depicted in the synopsis.

tabLayout is undoable, queryable, and editable.

Return value

In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.

Flags

Long name (short name)	Argument types	Properties
exists(ex)	boolean
Returns true|false depending upon whether the specified object exists. Other flags are ignored.
defineTemplate(dt)	string
Puts a command in a mode where any other flags and args are parsed and added to the command template specified in the argument. They will be used as default arguments in any subsequent invocations of the command when templateName is set as the current template.
useTemplate(ut)	string
Force the command to use a command template other than the current one.
parent(p)	string
The parent layout for this control.
enable(en)	boolean
The enable state of the control. By default, this flag is set to true and the control is enabled. Specify false and the control will appear dimmed or greyed-out indicating it is disabled.
width(w)	int
The width of the control. The control will attempt to be this size if it is not overruled by parent layout conditions.
height(h)	int
The height of the control. The control will attempt to be this size if it is not overruled by parent layout conditions.
visible(vis)	boolean
The visible state of the control. A control is created visible by default. Note that a control's actual appearance is also dependent on the visible state of its parent layout(s).
visibleChangeCommand(vcc)	script
Command that gets executed when visible state of the control changes.
isObscured(io)	boolean
Return whether the control can actually be seen by the user. The control will be obscured if its state is invisible, if it is blocked (entirely or partially) by some other control, if it or a parent layout is unmanaged, or if the control's window is invisible or iconified.
manage(m)	boolean
Manage state of the control. An unmanaged control is not visible, nor does it take up any screen real estate. All controls are created managed by default.
numberOfPopupMenus(npm)	boolean
Return the number of popup menus attached to this control.
popupMenuArray(pma)	boolean
Return the names of all the popup menus attached to this control.
preventOverride(po)	boolean
If true, this flag disallows overriding the control's attribute via the control's right mouse button menu.
annotation(ann)	string
Annotate the control with an extra string value.
backgroundColor(bgc)	[float, float, float]
The background color of the control. The arguments correspond to the red, green, and blue color components. Each component ranges in value from 0.0 to 1.0. When setting backgroundColor, the background is automatically enabled, unless enableBackground is also specified with a false value.
enableBackground(ebg)	boolean
Enables the background color of the control.
docTag(dtg)	string
Add a documentation flag to the control. The documentation flag has a directory structure like hierarchy. Eg. -dt render/multiLister/createNode/material
dragCallback(dgc)	script
Adds a callback that is called when the middle mouse button is pressed. The MEL version of the callback is of the form: global proc string[] callbackName(string $dragControl, int $x, int $y, int $mods) The proc returns a string array that is transferred to the drop site. By convention the first string in the array describes the user settable message type. Controls that are application defined drag sources may ignore the callback. $mods allows testing for the key modifiers CTL and SHIFT. Possible values are 0 == No modifiers, 1 == SHIFT, 2 == CTL, 3 == CTL + SHIFT. In Python, it is similar, but there are two ways to specify the callback. The recommended way is to pass a Python function object as the argument. In that case, the Python callback should have the form: def callbackName( dragControl, x, y, modifiers ): The values of these arguments are the same as those for the MEL version above. The other way to specify the callback in Python is to specify a string to be executed. In that case, the string will have the values substituted into it via the standard Python format operator. The format values are passed in a dictionary with the keys "dragControl", "x", "y", "modifiers". The "dragControl" value is a string and the other values are integers (eg the callback string could be "print '%(dragControl)s %(x)d %(y)d %(modifiers)d'")
dropCallback(dpc)	script
Adds a callback that is called when a drag and drop operation is released above the drop site. The MEL version of the callback is of the form: global proc callbackName(string $dragControl, string $dropControl, string $msgs[], int $x, int $y, int $type) The proc receives a string array that is transferred from the drag source. The first string in the msgs array describes the user defined message type. Controls that are application defined drop sites may ignore the callback. $type can have values of 1 == Move, 2 == Copy, 3 == Link. In Python, it is similar, but there are two ways to specify the callback. The recommended way is to pass a Python function object as the argument. In that case, the Python callback should have the form: def pythonDropTest( dragControl, dropControl, messages, x, y, dragType ): The values of these arguments are the same as those for the MEL version above. The other way to specify the callback in Python is to specify a string to be executed. In that case, the string will have the values substituted into it via the standard Python format operator. The format values are passed in a dictionary with the keys "dragControl", "dropControl", "messages", "x", "y", "type". The "dragControl" value is a string and the other values are integers (eg the callback string could be "print '%(dragControl)s %(dropControl)s %(messages)r %(x)d %(y)d %(type)d'")
fullPathName(fpn)	string
Return the full path name of the widget, which includes all the parents
numberOfChildren(nch)	boolean
Returns in an int the number of immediate children of the layout.
childArray(ca)	boolean
Returns a string array of the names of the layout's immediate children.
tabsVisible(tv)	boolean
Visibility of the tab labels.
selectTab(st)	string
The name, in short form, of the selected tab. An empty string is returned on query if there are no child tabs.
selectTabIndex(sti)	int
Identical to the -st/selectTab flag except this flag takes a 1-based index to identify the selected tab. A value of 0 is returned on query if there are not child tabs.
tabLabel(tl)	[string, string]
Set a tab label. The first argument is the name of a control that must be a child of the tab layout. The second argument is the label for the tab associated with that child. If this flag is queried then the tab labels for all the children are returned.
tabLabelIndex(tli)	[int, string]
Identical to the -tl/tabLabel flag except this flag takes a 1-based index to identify the tab you want to set the label for. If this flag is queried the tab labels for all the children are returned.
scrollable(scr)	boolean
Puts all children of this layout within a scroll area.
horizontalScrollBarThickness( hst)	int
Thickness of the horizontal scroll bar. Specify an integer value greater than or equal to zero. This flag has no effect on Windows systems.
verticalScrollBarThickness( vst)	int
Thickness of the vertical scroll bar. Specify an integer value greater than or equal to zero. This flag has no effect on Windows systems.
innerMarginWidth(imw)	int
Margin width for all tab children.
innerMarginHeight(imh)	int
Margin height for all tab children.
image(i)	string
Image appearing in top right corner of tab layout.
imageVisible(iv)	boolean
Visibility of tab image.
changeCommand(cc)	script
Command executed when a tab is selected interactively. This command is only invoked when the selected tab changes. Re-selecting the current tab will not invoke this command.
selectCommand(sc)	script
Command executed when a tab is selected interactively This command will be invoked whenever a tab is selected, ie. re-selecting the current tab will invoke this command. Note that this command is not executed by using either of the -st/selectTab or -sti/selectTabIndex flags.
preSelectCommand(psc)	script
Command executed when a tab is selected but before it's contents become visible. Re-selecting the current tab will not invoke this command. Note that this command is not executed by using either of the -st/selectTab or -sti/selectTabIndex flags.
doubleClickCommand(dcc)	script
Command executed when a tab is double clicked on. Note that the first click will select the tab and the second click will execute the double click command. Double clicking the current tab will re-invoke the double click command.
childResizable(cr)	boolean
Set to true if you want the child of the control layout to be as wide as the scroll area. You may also indicate a minimum width for the child using the -mcw/minChildWidth flag.
minChildWidth(mcw)	int
Specify a positive non-zero integer value indicating the minimum width the tab layout's children. This flag only has meaning when the -cr/childResizable flag is set to true.
moveTab(mt)	[int, int]
Move the tab from the current index to a new index.

Flag can appear in Create mode of command	Flag can appear in Edit mode of command
Flag can appear in Query mode of command	Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Python examples

import maya.cmds as cmds

cmds.window( widthHeight=(200, 150) )
form = cmds.formLayout()
tabs = cmds.tabLayout(innerMarginWidth=5, innerMarginHeight=5)
cmds.formLayout( form, edit=True, attachForm=((tabs, 'top', 0), (tabs, 'left', 0), (tabs, 'bottom', 0), (tabs, 'right', 0)) )

child1 = cmds.rowColumnLayout(numberOfColumns=2)
cmds.button()
cmds.button()
cmds.button()
cmds.setParent( '..' )

child2 = cmds.rowColumnLayout(numberOfColumns=2)
cmds.button()
cmds.button()
cmds.button()
cmds.setParent( '..' )

cmds.tabLayout( tabs, edit=True, tabLabel=((child1, 'One'), (child2, 'Two')) )

cmds.showWindow()