pymel.core.context.ctxEditMode¶

ctxEditMode(*args, **kwargs)¶

This command tells the current context to switch edit modes.It acts as a toggle.

Flags:

Long Name / Short Name		Argument Types
`buttonDown` / `btd`		bool
	Edit mode is being invoked from a hotkey press event.
`buttonUp` / `btu`		bool
	Edit mode is being invoked from a hotkey release event. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.ctxEditMode

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

# Create a poly cube
pm.polyCube(w=2, h=2, d=2, n='pCube1')
# Result: [nt.Transform(u'pCube1'), nt.PolyCube(u'polyCube1')] #

# Create a new rotate manip context, then switch to it.
pm.manipRotateContext('manipRotateContext1')
# Result: u'manipRotateContext1' #
pm.setToolTo('manipRotateContext1')

# Switch to edit mode to change pivots
pm.ctxEditMode()