select attribute

[miarmy]

hi!  How can I select  the Channel Box attributes(example:ty attribute)?

[Justin Israel]

Do you mean to programmatically select a field in the channel box so that is it in "edit" mode? Or do you meant to get the values for the currently selected attribute(s)?

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hi!  How can I select  the Channel Box attributes(example:ty attribute)?

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[Marcus Ottosson]

Hi miarmy,

Sorry if this is obvious, but have you had a look at the channelBox command?
http://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/Maya-Tech-Docs/CommandsPython/channelBox.html

If you’re looking to simulate changing the currently selected channel, I’m not familiar with any direct method, but you could try using the takeFocus flag followed by simulating the up/down arrows.

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[miarmy]

Marcus and Justin ...thank

ok!...example: i have a face control(example lip control)...now i want press the special shelf button until select a field in the (main)channel box...(when selected the a field in the channel box i can control on value of attribute with middle button...)

excuse me,...my english is not good( ....and channelBox  Command was inconclusive)

[Carlos Rico]

You can have a look at dragAttrContext command:
http://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/Maya-Tech-Docs/CommandsPython/dragAttrContext.html
and draggerContext command:
http://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/Maya-Tech-Docs/CommandsPython/draggerContext.html

Maybe that's what you are looking after.

Also check Hamish McKenzie's zooToolbox, which includes zooAttrScroller.mel and

you can grab a modified version of this script by David Johnson:
http://www.djx.com.au/mel/zooAttrScroller.rar

This following link delves into this a bit more:
http://www.djx.com.au/blog/2009/08/11/zooattrscrollermel-virtual-sliders/

These scripts create a draggerContext and a marking menu for choosing which attribute of the current selected object to modify by mouse-dragging, a bit like selecting an attribute in the channelBox and middle-button dragging

Hope it helps.

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[Marcus Ottosson]

It seems to me that what miarmy is looking for is to visualise attributes by highlighting items in the channel box, and it doesn't look like the channelBox command provides the means to do this.

It might be possible via some PySide/PyQt trickery, e.g. by grabbing onto the widget and either modify the stylesheet/paintEvent directly (worst case) or find what data drives the "current selection" and modify it (best case). I'll try and have a look when I get some time on my hands.

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[Paul Molodowitch]

Huh - I would have sworn that I've done this, but apparently I was mistaken - be curious if someone does find a way...

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[Nicolas Combecave]

Yeah,

We've also hit the same wall!

For our characters/props rigs anim gui, we tried many things to achieve a virtualslider functionality programmatically (without selecting a node and clicking an attr in the channelBox), but ended with a solution close to described, via a draggerContext...

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