pymel.core.windows.deleteUI¶

deleteUI(*args, **kwargs)¶

This command deletes UI objects such as windows and controls. Deleting a layout or window will also delete all of its children. If a flag is used then all objects being deleted must be of the specified type. This command may not be edited or queried. NOTE: it is recommended that the type flags be used to disambiguate different kinds of objects with the same name.

Flags:

Long Name / Short Name		Argument Types	Properties
collection / cl		bool
	Object names for deletion are all radio or tool collections.
control / ctl		bool
	Object names for deletion are all controls.
editor / ed		bool
	Object names for deletion are all editors.
layout / lay		bool
	Object names for deletion are all layouts.
menu / m		bool
	Object names for deletion are all menus.
menuItem / mi		bool
	Object names for deletion are all menu items.
panel / pnl		bool
	Object names for deletion are all panels.
panelConfig / pc		bool
	Object names for deletion are panel configurations.
radioMenuItemCollection / ric		bool
	Object names for deletion are all radio menu item collections.
toolContext / tc		bool
	Object names for deletion are all tool contexts.
uiTemplate / uit		bool
	Object names for deletion are all UI templates.
window / wnd		bool
	Object names for deletion are all windows. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.deleteUI

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

#    Example 1.
#
#    Create a simple window and then delete it and all of its children
#    with one 'deleteUI -window' command.
#
window = pm.window()
pm.paneLayout()
# Result: ui.PaneLayout('window1|paneLayout2') #
pm.button()
# Result: ui.Button('window1|paneLayout2|button15') #
pm.showWindow( window )

pm.deleteUI( window, window=True )
# Result: u'' #

#    Example 2.
#
#    Create a window with a number of buttons and delete a few of the
#    buttons with the 'deleteUI -control' command.
#
window = pm.window()
pm.columnLayout()
# Result: ui.ColumnLayout('window1|columnLayout25') #
pm.button()
# Result: ui.Button('window1|columnLayout25|button16') #
pm.button()
# Result: ui.Button('window1|columnLayout25|button17') #
pm.button()
# Result: ui.Button('window1|columnLayout25|button18') #
b1 = pm.button()
b2 = pm.button()
b3 = pm.button()
pm.showWindow( window )

pm.deleteUI( b1, b2, b3, control=True )
# Result: u'' #