active pane

[kevco...@gmail.com]

hey guys,

I'm feeling really stupid, but I'm having a hell of a time querying the active view pane. Why does this not return the activePane? it sure seems like it should

cmds.paneLayout('viewPanes', query=True, activePane=True)

thanks
Kev

[kevco...@gmail.com]

ok, I'm not having a good day, :( lol.

could someone please explain why this isnt working either?

set = cmds.sets(name='sillySet', empty=True)
object = cmds.polyCube(name='sillyCube')[0]
cmds.sets(set, edit=True, addElement=object)

#RuntimeError: The argument provided is NOT a set #


didn't feel the need to start a new threat for this, hope that's cool.
Thanks
Kev

[damon shelton]

For the panelayout query are you getting a result?  Also if you are running from script editor then it will most likely never be active.

For the sets, I believe the objects should be first and the set should be the value for addElement

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[kevco...@gmail.com]

ahaha, oh geeze.

Thanks Damon, I honestly dont think I would have ever figured that out.

Kev

[kevco...@gmail.com]

oh btw, the activePane query returns None.

so how best to query the activePane, err from the script editor?

[Justin Israel]

Did you check the docs? The signature for the sets() function shows the selection list as being first.

http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/maya2014/en_us/CommandsPython/sets.html

That translates to meaning that it accepts one or more (or even a list of) items to be operated on, or the current selection if none are given.

Then the doc for the specific addElement action says: Adds the selected items to the *given set*

And at the bottom of the doc page, there are examples of the function being used to add and remove items from sets.

Hope the helps for future usage issues.

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[AK Eric]

For querying the panel, I've had good luck with:

string $currentPanel = `playblast -activeEditor`;

or

string $currentPanel = `getPanel -withFocus`;

These are panels, not the specific pane. Not sure if that helps ;)  The playblast one is always limited to something that can render.

And I hate the Python syntax for sets, I always get it wrong the first time.  I know in PyMel the 'fixed' it to read a bit more logically.