the annoying window size

[drGonzo]

//delete previous stored window prefs
windowPref -ra;

if (`window -exists myWindow`)
deleteUI myWindow;
window -width 300 myWindow;
//mind the -adj flag
columnLayout -width 300 -adj 1 ColumnOne;
text -label "This is a test";
button -l "Button1" ButtonOne;
button -l "Button2" ButtonTwo;
button -l "Button3" ButtonThree;

showWindow myWindow;

[Bob216]

Hi,
Thank you for replying. I first tried just changing the columnLayout like you said to do but the buttons did not change. So then I looked in the help files if rowLayout does the same feature which it does so I changed my script to this...


if (`window -exists myWindow`) {
deleteUI myWindow;
}

window -width 300 myWindow;
columnLayout -width 300 ColumnOne;
text -label "This is a test";
rowLayout -numberOfColumns 3 columnWidth3 100 100 100 -ad3 1 -ad3 2 -ad3 3 RowOne;
button -l "Button1" ButtonOne;
button -l "Button2" ButtonTwo;
button -l "Button3" ButtonThree;
showWindow;


however, two things happened.

1. I get a warning that the ad3 flag can not be used more than once
2. it did channge the first column inside the rowLayout but it resized the button to fit the entire column and I did not want that. I just want the buttons to be distributted evenly. If this is not possible, then I would not mind if I could just make a window that is exactly 300 in width and it is not resizable so that this way I can layout the buttons a certain way so that my controls inside the window looks evenly distributed.

[Bob216]

Ok, for some reason after calling columnLayout, I added this line of code...
window -e -width 300

... the window resizes to the correct width, so in other words my entire code looks like this....


if (`window -exists myWindow`) {
deleteUI myWindow;
}

window -width 300 myWindow;
columnLayout -width 300 ColumnOne;
window -e -width 300;
text -label "This is a test";
rowLayout -numberOfColumns 3 columnWidth3 100 100 100 -ad3 1 -ad3 2 -ad3 3 RowOne;
button -l "Button1" ButtonOne;
button -l "Button2" ButtonTwo;
button -l "Button3" ButtonThree;
showWindow;



.... but why do I have to do it that way? It sounds dumb that you have to add that even though you assigned the width of the window in the initial window setup. Any ideas?

[drGonzo]

.... but why do I have to do it that way? It sounds dumb that you have to add that even though you assigned the width of the window in the initial window setup. Any ideas? This is "normal" behavior. That is to say, it shouldnt be, but it is. For some reason Maya sometimes keeps the window prefs into memory.
To remedy, you can either restart Maya, or execute this command:
windowPref -ra;

[BlackHwk4]

Try going to Window->Settings/Preferences->Preferences and in the Interface category uncheck the part that says Windows Remember Size and Position

[Mikademius]

If you go for the change pref method, do it like this. You NEVER want to change users preferences without ASKING or CHANGING THEM BACK.

1. Get the current state. Is "remember size and pos" "on" or "off"? Store this in a variable.
2. Change it to off if it's not already turned off.
3. Change it back to "on" ( variable you got ealier ) if that was what the user had set. If the user had "off" you won't need to set it back of course.



//check pref- store
//if on:
// - turn off
// -open win
// -turn on
//else - do nothing
//open window

[Bob216]

Thanks for the replies. However, I would never want to be playing with someone elses prefrences, so I think I will stick with the annoying window behaviours. In addition, I looked at another type of mel script that uses a different type of layout, called formLayout, which is sort of what I am looking for. After doing some searching on the internet with the formLayout, basically I found out that the formLayout gives you better results of where you want to position your controls.

So Thanks for the help.
Bob

[BlackHwk4]

You don't need to change someone else's preferences. I meant that you just change the Windows Remember Size and Position option for you, so you'll be able to edit your window size without Maya reverting back to the size and position it already remembered it having from the first time you created the window.

[Mikademius]

You don't need to change someone else's preferences...

?? Didn't you just tell him to do exactly that?

Try going to Window->Settings/Preferences->Preferences and in the Interface category uncheck the part that says Windows Remember Size and Position

...I looked at another type of mel script that uses a different type of layout, called formLayout, which is sort of what I am looking for. After doing some searching on the internet with the formLayout, basically I found out that the formLayout gives you better results of where you want to position your controls.

That's correct. The formLayout gives you much more freedom, but it also requires that you spend more time creating it. Ask yourself which layout solves your situation. If you need it to be spread out, yes, use formLayouts, but if your formLayout looks like a columnLayout... Save time by choosing the right layout :)

[Robken]

you can delete the windowPreferences for YOUR particular window...that way you won't be messing around with user preferences at ALL

in the "if" statement where you check if your UI exists, after using the "deleteUI" command, use this.

windowPref -remove nameOfWindow;

that way the preferences for YOUR window will get removed each time you want to display the window.

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