How to create your own UI panel/tab similar to Tool Settings / Modeling Toolkit / Attribute Editor etc.

[Peter Makal]

Is there any MEL/Python command for creating an empty panel/window which can be attached (as a tab) to the side of Maya similar to the Channel Box, Attribute Editor, Tool Settings and Modeling Toolkit? And also command to add an icon to the top-right corner of Maya so it can be turn on/off?

And if such command does not exists then maybe there is some API classes to do that?

Thanks in advance for any help! :)

[Andrew Hazelden]

Hi Peter.

You can use a dockControl UI element if you want to attach a window as a tab on the side of Maya's UI:
http://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/Maya-Tech-Docs/CommandsPython/dockControl.html

Regards,
Andrew Hazelden