pymel.core.context.showManipCtx

showManipCtx(*args, **kwargs)

This command can be used to create a show manip context. The show manip context will display manips for all selected objects that have valid manips defined for them.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
currentNodeName (cnn)		bool
	Returns the name of the first node that the context is attached to. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
exists (ex)		bool
history (ch)		bool
image1 (i1)		unicode
image2 (i2)		unicode
image3 (i3)		unicode
incSnap (incSnap)		int, bool
	If true, the manipulator owned by the context will use incremental snapping for specified mode.
incSnapRelative (isr)		int, bool
	If true, the manipulator owned by the context will use relative incremental snapping for specified mode.
incSnapUI (isu)		bool
	Returns an array of elements indicating what kind of incremental snap UI is required by the manipulator owned by the context. If no UI is required, the result array will contain a single element of with the value 0. The other values and their meanings are: 1 - UI for linear incremental translate2 - UI for incremental rotate3 - UI for inclremental scale
incSnapValue (isv)		int, float
	Supply the step value which the manipulator owned by the context will use for specified mode.
lockSelection (ls)		bool
	If true, this context will never change the current selection. By default this is set to false.
name (n)		unicode
toggleIncSnap (tis)		bool
	Toggles (enables/disables) snapping for all modes.
toolFinish (tf)		callable
	Supply the script that will be run when the user exits the script.
toolStart (ts)		callable
	Supply the script that will be run when the user first enters the script

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.showManipCtx

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

# Creates a new show manip context.
pm.showManipCtx()
# Result: u'showManipCtx1' #