enable preference option via command

[Pacifique Nzitonda]

Hi,

Can someone tell me what is the command or a way to check/uncheck this button?

Thanks

[vince touache]

Some maya tools (or third-party tools) use heads up messages as a convenient way to give the user some information. I can't remember off top of my head what tools is using it in maya, but for the time being, you can generate a custom one, and I'm sure that will look familiar!

inViewMessage -smg "test message" -pos topRight -bkc 0x00000000 -fade;

(MEL)

source: https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/Maya-Tech-Docs/Commands/inViewMessage.html

If your In-View messages are enabled, you'll be able to see the message. Otherwise, it'll be ignored.

Now I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "a way to check/uncheck this button". Can't you simply tick the box from the gui? If not, it might be a graphical bug, and my next try would be to change it via script (I suppose using optionVar)

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[Pacifique Nzitonda]

Indeed I'm using the inViewmessage from cmds but I noticed sometime in Maya that option in disabled in preferences.

Now I'm looking how to enable it. I also discovered that I can check if it is checked or not through Maya optionVars but can't find a way to set it On/off

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[Justin Israel]

On Sat, 17 Dec 2022, 2:03 am Pacifique Nzitonda, <nzitonda...@gmail.com> wrote:

Indeed I'm using the inViewmessage from cmds but I noticed sometime in Maya that option in disabled in preferences.

Now I'm looking how to enable it. I also discovered that I can check if it is checked or not through Maya optionVars but can't find a way to set it On/off

Did you try enabling the option in the ScriptEditor menu that will echo commands as you interact with the UI? It may tell you what is being called when you toggle the checkbox. 

On Fri, 16 Dec 2022, 13:06 vince touache, <fruit...@gmail.com> wrote:

Some maya tools (or third-party tools) use heads up messages as a convenient way to give the user some information. I can't remember off top of my head what tools is using it in maya, but for the time being, you can generate a custom one, and I'm sure that will look familiar!

inViewMessage -smg "test message" -pos topRight -bkc 0x00000000 -fade;

(MEL)

source: https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/Maya-Tech-Docs/Commands/inViewMessage.html

If your In-View messages are enabled, you'll be able to see the message. Otherwise, it'll be ignored.

Now I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "a way to check/uncheck this button". Can't you simply tick the box from the gui? If not, it might be a graphical bug, and my next try would be to change it via script (I suppose using optionVar)

Le ven. 16 déc. 2022, à 12 h 51, Pacifique Nzitonda <nzitonda...@gmail.com> a écrit :

Hi,

Can someone tell me what is the command or a way to check/uncheck this button?

Thanks

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[Pacifique Nzitonda]

Hi Justin,

Yes that is what I always do even before opening the documentation😀. When I "Echo all commands"  to see processed commands, Maya shows it all except for that "Enable" checkBox:

optionVar -iv inViewMessageEnable false;
control -edit -enable false prefsInViewMessageAssistEnable;
control -edit -enable false prefsInViewMessageStatusEnable;
control -edit -enable false prefsInViewMessageDisplayTime;
control -edit -enable false prefsInViewMessageFontSize;
control -edit -enable false prefsInViewMessageOpacity;

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