pymel.core.windows.panel

panel(*args, **kwargs)

This command allows editing or querying properties of any panels. Not all of the common properites of panels can be used with this command. Flags such as -tearOff and -replacePanel require that you use the explicit panel command. The command ‘getPanel -typeOf panelName’ will return the explicit type of a panel. In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
control (ctl)		bool
	Returns the top level control for this panel. Usually used for getting a parent to attach popup menus. CAUTION: panels may not have controls at times. This flag can return if no control is present.
copy (cp)		unicode
	Makes this panel a copy of the specified panel. Both panels must be of the same type.
createString (cs)		bool
defineTemplate (dt)		unicode
	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.
docTag (dtg)		unicode
	Attaches a tag to the maya panel. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
editString (es)		bool
exists (ex)		bool
	Returns true|false depending upon whether the specified object exists. Other flags are ignored.
init (init)		bool
	Initializes the panel’s default state. This is usually done automatically on file -new and file -open.
isUnique (iu)		bool
	Returns true if only one instance of this panel type is allowed.
label (l)		unicode
	Specifies the user readable label for the panel.
menuBarVisible (mbv)		bool
	Controls whether the menu bar for the panel is displayed.
needsInit (ni)		bool
	(Internal) On Edit will mark the panel as requiring initialization. Query will return whether the panel is marked for initialization. Used during file -new and file -open.
parent (p)		unicode
	Specifies the parent layout for this panel.
popupMenuProcedure (pmp)		callable
	Specifies the procedure called for building the panel’s popup menu(s). The default value is buildPanelPopupMenu. The procedure should take one string argument which is the panel’s name.
replacePanel (rp)		unicode
	Will replace the specifed panel with this panel. If the target panel is within the same layout it will perform a swap.
tearOff (to)		bool
	Will tear off this panel into a separate window with a paneLayout as the parent of the panel. When queried this flag will return if the panel has been torn off into its own window.
tearOffCopy (toc)		unicode
	Will create this panel as a torn of copy of the specified source panel.
unParent (up)		bool
	Specifies that the panel should be removed from its layout. This (obviously) cannot be used with query.
useTemplate (ut)		unicode
	Force the command to use a command template other than the current one.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.panel

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

MyLabel = 'My Panel'
pm.window()
# Result: ui.Window('window1') #
pm.frameLayout( lv=0 )
# Result: ui.FrameLayout('window1|frameLayout11') #
pm.modelPanel( l=MyLabel )
# Result: ui.ModelPanel('frameLayout11|modelPanel5') #
pm.showWindow()

panels = pm.getPanel( all=True )

for panel in panels:
    if MyLabel == pm.panel( panel, q=True, label=True ):
            myPanel = panel
            print( 'Found: '+MyLabel )