get current toolmode

[jaydru]

try using the currentCtx comand

[Cthulhu]

thanks a lot, that works ;)

[Cthulhu]

hm.. ok, now i ran into another problem..

Here is a short description:
I have a python script with three checkbuttons, "Move", "Rotate", "Scale".
All i want is a connection between these buttons and the current Tool Mode. I.e. when i select "Move" in Maya, i want the "Move" button in the script to be checked.

Since i have done such things a couple of times in 3dsmax with callbacks, i thought setting up a scriptJob would be the right way in Maya.
Well, theoretically it works, but there seems to be a problem with the connection to python. The scriptJob seems only to work when the python script is closed, as soon as i start the script, i don't get any events..

here is the code i am using, it is not very functionally, just testing around:



########## IMPORT MODULES

from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
from movetools_ui import Ui_win_MoveTools
import sys
import maya.cmds as mcmd


class mt_MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
QtGui.QMainWindow.__init__(self, parent)
self.ui = Ui_win_MoveTools()
self.ui.setupUi(self)


####################################################################################################################################################
########## DEFINE CLASSES

####################################################################################################################################################
########## DEFINE GLOBAL VARIABLES

global mtUI, _mt_ScriptJob_Tool_ID, _mt_ToolCallback

mtUI = "" # Main UserInterface

####################################################################################################################################################
########## UI SETUP FUNCTIONS

def _mt_fn_ResetTransButtons():
if mtUI.but_Move.isChecked() == True: mtUI.but_Move.toggle()
if mtUI.but_Rotate.isChecked() == True: mtUI.but_Rotate.toggle()
if mtUI.but_Scale.isChecked() == True: mtUI.but_Scale.toggle()

def uiFN_Move_Click():
_mt_fn_ResetTransButtons()
mtUI.but_Move.toggle()
mcmd.setToolTo ("Move")
mcmd.refresh()

def uiFN_Rotate_Click():
_mt_fn_ResetTransButtons()
mtUI.but_Rotate.toggle()
mcmd.setToolTo ("Rotate")
mcmd.refresh()

def uiFN_Scale_Click():
_mt_fn_ResetTransButtons()
mtUI.but_Scale.toggle()
mcmd.setToolTo ("Scale")
mcmd.refresh()

def _mt_fn_setupUIconnections(): # Setup UI Connections
# BUTTONS
mtUI.but_Move.connect(mtUI.but_Move, QtCore.SIGNAL("clicked()"), uiFN_Move_Click)
mtUI.but_Rotate.connect(mtUI.but_Rotate, QtCore.SIGNAL("clicked()"), uiFN_Rotate_Click)
mtUI.but_Scale.connect(mtUI.but_Scale, QtCore.SIGNAL("clicked()"), uiFN_Scale_Click)
# END


##########################################################################
########## DEFINE FUNCTIONS


def _mt_ToolCallback():
currentTool = mcmd.currentCtx()
print currentTool

def _mt_fn_Startup(): # Initialize
print "START"
_mt_ScriptJob_Tool_ID = mcmd.scriptJob (event = ["ToolChanged", _mt_ToolCallback])




####################################################################################################################################################
########## MAIN LOOP


if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)

mt_MainWindow = QtGui.QMainWindow()
mtUI = Ui_win_MoveTools()
mtUI.setupUi(mt_MainWindow)
mt_MainWindow.show()

_mt_fn_setupUIconnections()
_mt_fn_Startup()


sys.exit(app.exec_())



####################################################################################################################################################
########## END
####################################################################################################################################################



anyone has an idea what i am doing wrong?

[Xeash]

Hi
Just idea:
how about using QTimer in scriptJob place?


cheers

[Cthulhu]

Yes, using a timer would be plan B ;)

But I don't really like that method, so I hope there will be a cleaner solution for this. It seems to have something do to with the maya ui-thread, found some stuff about it but not very clear..

thanks anyway!

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