pymel.core.windows.lsUI

lsUI(**kwargs)

This command returns the names of UI objects.

Modified:

• long defaults to True
• if no type is passed, defaults to all known types

Flags:

Long name (short name)		Argument Types	Properties
cmdTemplates (ct)		bool
	UI command templates created using ELF UI commands. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.
collection (col)		bool
	Control collections created using ELF UI commands.
contexts (ctx)		bool
	Tool contexts created using ELF UI commands.
controlLayouts (cl)		bool
	Control layouts created using ELF UI commands [e.g. formLayouts, paneLayouts, etc.]
controls (ctl)		bool
	Controls created using ELF UI commands. [e.g. buttons, checkboxes, etc]
dumpWidgets (dw)		bool
	Dump all QT widgets used by Maya.
editors (ed)		bool
	All currently existing editors.
head (hd)		int
	The parameter specifies the maximum number of elements to be returned from the beginning of the list of items. (Note: each flag will return at most this many items so if multiple flags are specified then the number of items returned will be greater than the value specified).
long (l)		bool
	Use long pathnames instead of short non-path names.
menuItems (mi)		bool
	Menu items created using ELF UI commands.
menus (m)		bool
	Menus created using ELF UI commands.
numWidgets (nw)		bool
	Reports the number of QT widgets used by Maya.
panels (p)		bool
	All currently existing panels.
radioMenuItemCollections (rmc)		bool
	Menu item collections created using ELF UI commands.
tail (tl)		int
	The parameter specifies the maximum number of elements to be returned from the end of the list of items. (Note: each flag will return at most this many items so if multiple flags are specified then the number of items returned will be greater than the value specified).
type (typ)		unicode
	List all objects of a certain type specified by the string argument. For example, window, menu, control, or controlLayout.
windows (wnd)		bool
	Windows created using ELF UI commands.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.lsUI

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

#    List all windows.
#
pm.lsUI( windows=True )
# Result: [ui.Window('MayaWindow'), ui.Window('scriptEditorPanel1Window')] #

#    List all panels and editors.
#
pm.lsUI( panels=True, editors=True )

#    Use the -typ/type flag to list all controls and control layouts.
#    Alternatively, you could use the -ctl/controls and -cl/controlLayouts
#    flags.
#
pm.lsUI( type=['control','controlLayout'] )

#    Or...
#
pm.lsUI( controls=True, controlLayouts=True )