On Thu, Oct 31, 2019, 7:27 AM kiteh <kiteh.0...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> Thanks for the info, nonetheless! Glad to know that the scriptJob command
> gets updated with new args in Maya 2019.
>
> I have this tool written in PyQt Gui (accessed by clicking on the shelf
> button icon), in which it has a checkbox within that allows/ tells user
> whether the "Auto" mode is enabled or not.
> Checked means enabled, unchecked means disabled.
>
> Because this checkbox can only be navigate only when the UI is open (it
> uses an optionVar, eg. `myToolMode`), and so I thought it may be easier if
> I either:
>
> - Create a right click menu where the sub-menu (aka menuItem) will
> have a checkbox functionality so that it associates with the state of the
> optionVar.
> - Or, change the shelf icon image, eg. bg color of the icon will be
> colored red to signify that the mode is enabled.
>
> As mentioned, the shelf + its icons are generated by mel code, initially I
> tried the first approach (menuItem with checkbox), unfortunately it fails,
> as it does not works in the manner I had wanted to.
> And so, I tried out the second method, changing of the shelf icon where
> part of the mel code goes as:
> global proc myToolButton(string $parent)
> {
> string $parentLayout = `setParent -q`,
> $shelfButtons[] = `layout -q -childArray $parentLayout`,
> $autoMode = $shelfButtons[`size $shelfButtons` - 1];
>
> // Script Job creation
> scriptJob -parent $autoMode -event "RecentCommandChanged"
> ("myToolIconChange(\"" + $autoMode + "\")");
> }
>
>
> global proc myToolIconChange(string $shelfButton)
> {
> string $image = "myToolIconDisabled.png",
> $autoMode = `optionVar -q "myToolMode"`;
> int $myMode = 0;
>
>
> if ($autoMode == 1){
> $image = ("myToolIconEnabled.png"); // this will have a red bg
> color
> $myMode = 1;
>
> }else{
> $image = ("myToolIconDisabled.png");
> $myMode = 0;
> }
> if(`shelfButton -q -exists $shelfButton`)
> // Update the button with the image we chose.
> catchQuiet(`shelfButton -edit -image $image $shelfButton`);
> }
>
>
> By default, the optionVar/ the tool mode is in disabled state in first
> maya session. Currently the issue I had is:
>
> - I enabled the mode via the popup menu (shelf icon with red bg color)
> - Launch the tool (the pyqt checkbox is checked, which is correct)
> - Disabled the mode within the pyqt tool but the shelf icon did not
> gets updated
> - Shelf icon only gets updated (to non-red bg) unless I perform other
> actions within Maya context itself eg. creating a new locator
>
> Could you just set a callback for your shelf buttons
popupMenu postMenuCommand to update the check state from the optionVar?
Then it would be accurate every time you show the menu.
> Apologize for the long list of details.
>
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