pymel.core.animation.clipEditor

clipEditor(*args, **kwargs)

Create a clip editor with the given name.

Flags:

• allTrackHeights : th (int) []

  OBSOLETE flag. Use clipStyle instead.

• autoFit : af (unicode) [query,edit]

  on | off | tgl auto fit-to-view

• characterOutline : co (unicode) []

• clipDropCmd : cd (unicode) [edit]

  Command executed when clip node is dropped on the TraX editor

• clipStyle : cs (int) [query,edit]

  Set/return the clip track style in the specified editor. Default is 2. Valid values are 1-3.

• control : ctl (bool) [query]

  Query only. Returns the top level control for this editor. Usually used for getting a parent to attach popup menus. Caution: It is possible, at times, for an editor to exist without a control. This flag returns NONEif no control is present.

• defineTemplate : dt (unicode) [create]

  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.

• deleteCmd : dc (unicode) [edit]

  Command executed when backspacekey is pressed

• deselectAll : da (bool) [edit]

  Deselect all clips and blends in the editor.

• displayActiveKeyTangents : dat (unicode) [edit]

  on | off | tgl display tangents in the editor

• displayActiveKeys : dak (unicode) [edit]

  on | off | tgl display tangents in the editor

• displayInfinities : di (unicode) [edit]

  on | off | tgl display infinities in the editor

• displayKeys : dk (unicode) [edit]

  on | off | tgl display keyframes in the editor

• displayTangents : dtn (unicode) [edit]

  on | off | tgl display tangents in the editor

• docTag : dtg (unicode) [create,query,edit]

  Attaches a tag to the Maya editor.

• exists : ex (bool) [create]

  Returns true|false depending upon whether the specified object exists. Other flags are ignored.

• filter : f (unicode) [create,query,edit]

  Specifies the name of an itemFilter object to be placed on this editor. This filters the information coming onto the main list of the editor.

• forceMainConnection : fmc (unicode) [create,query,edit]

  Specifies the name of a selectionConnection object which the editor will use as its source of content. The editor will only display items contained in the selectionConnection object. This is a variant of the -mainListConnection flag in that it will force a change even when the connection is locked. This flag is used to reduce the overhead when using the -unlockMainConnection , -mainListConnection, -lockMainConnection flags in immediate succession.

• frameAll : fa (bool) [edit]

  Frame view around all clips in the editor.

• frameRange : fr (float, float) [query,edit]

  The editor’s current frame range.

• highlightConnection : hlc (unicode) [create,query,edit]

  Specifies the name of a selectionConnection object which the editor will synchronize with its highlight list. Not all editors have a highlight list. For those that do, it is a secondary selection list.

• highlightedBlend : hb (unicode, unicode) [query]

  Returns the highlighted blend, listed as scheduler and index

• highlightedClip : hc (unicode, unicode) [query]

  Returns the highlighted clip, listed as scheduler and index

• listAllCharacters : lac (bool) [edit]

  List all characters in the editor and outliner.

• listCurrentCharacters : lc (bool) [edit]

  List only the characters in the editor and outliner.

• lockMainConnection : lck (bool) [create,edit]

  Locks the current list of objects within the mainConnection, so that only those objects are displayed within the editor. Further changes to the original mainConnection are ignored.

• lookAt : la (unicode) [edit]

  all | selected | currentTime fitView helpers

• mainListConnection : mlc (unicode) [create,query,edit]

  Specifies the name of a selectionConnection object which the editor will use as its source of content. The editor will only display items contained in the selectionConnection object.

• manageSequencer : ms (bool) [create,query,edit]

  Sets/returns whether the clip editor should manage sequencer nodes. If so, animation clips and characters are not represented. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

• menuContext : mc (unicode) [query]

  Returns a string array denoting the type of data object the cursor is over. Returned values are: timeSlider nothing track, track index, character node name, group name clip, clip node name

• panel : pnl (unicode) [create,query]

  Specifies the panel that the editor belongs to. By default if an editor is created in the create callback of a scripted panel it will belong to that panel. If an editor doesn’t belong to a panel it will be deleted when the window that it is in is deleted.

• parent : p (unicode) [create,query,edit]

  Specifies the parent layout for this editor. This flag will only have an effect if the editor is currently un-parented.

• selectBlend : sb (unicode, unicode, unicode) [query,edit]

  Select the blends specified by the scheduler name and the indicies of the two clips used in the blend. When queried, a string containing the scheduler name and the two clip indicies for all of the selected blends is returned.

• selectClip : sc (unicode, unicode) [query,edit]

  Selects the clip specified by the scheduler name and the clip index. When queried, a string containing the scheduler and clip index of all of the selected clips is returned.

• selectionConnection : slc (unicode) [create,query,edit]

  Specifies the name of a selectionConnection object which the editor will synchronize with its own selection list. As the user selects things in this editor, they will be selected in the selectionConnection object. If the object undergoes changes, the editor updates to show the change.

• snapTime : st (unicode) [query,edit]

  none | integer | keyframe keyframe move snap in time

• snapValue : sv (unicode) [query,edit]

  none | integer | keyframe keyframe move snap in values

• stateString : sts (bool) [query]

  Query only flag. Returns the MEL command that will edit an editor to match the current editor state. The returned command string uses the string variable $editorName in place of a specific name.

• unParent : up (bool) [create,edit]

  Specifies that the editor should be removed from its layout. This cannot be used with query.

• unlockMainConnection : ulk (bool) [create,edit]

  Unlocks the mainConnection, effectively restoring the original mainConnection (if it is still available), and dynamic updates.

• updateMainConnection : upd (bool) [create,edit]

  Causes a locked mainConnection to be updated from the orginal mainConnection, but preserves the lock state.

• useTemplate : ut (unicode) [create]

  Force the command to use a command template other than the current one.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.clipEditor