container node

This node represents a foldable container used in Hypergraph/Hypershade editors

Node name	Parents	MFn type	Compatible function sets
container	containerBase	kContainer	kBase kNamedObject kDependencyNode kContainerBase kContainer

Related nodes

hyperLayout

Attributes (6)

canBeChild, canBeParent, isHierarchicalChild, isHierarchicalParent, isHierarchicalRoot, rootTransform

Long name (short name) Type Default Flags

canBeChild (cbc) Message n/a

Nodes inside container connect to this attribute to indicate that they can be children of external nodes

canBeParent (cbp) Message n/a

Nodes inside container connect to this attribute to indicate that they can parent external nodes.

isHierarchicalChild (ihc) bool false

Indicates which of the connections to the canBeChild multi represents a hierarchical publishing connection. Used by referencing to determine which alias to save as or resolve to

isHierarchicalParent (ihp) bool false

Indicates which of the connections to the canBeParent multi represents a hierarchical publishing connection. Used by referencing to determine which alias to save as or resolve to

isHierarchicalRoot (ihr) bool false

Indicates that the published root is actually a hierarchically published node. Used by referencing to determine which alias to save as or resolve to

rootTransform (rt) Message n/a

Nodes inside container can connect to this attribute to indicate that they should be selected if the user has enabled container-centric selection and a child node is selected. Also, when exporting a container proxy, any published root transformation attributes such as translate, rotate or scale will be hooked up to attributes on a stand-in node.