pymel.core.windows.nodeEditor¶

nodeEditor(*args, **kwargs)¶

This command creates/edits/queries a nodeEditor editor. The optional argument is the name of the control.

Flags:

Long Name / Short Name		Argument Types	Properties
activeTab / at		int
	Gets/sets the index of the tab widget’s (active) visible tab. Note: the index is zero-based.
addNewNodes / ann		bool
	New nodes should be added to the graph, default is on.
addNode / an		unicode
	Adds a specified node to the graph. Passing an empty string means the current model selection will be added to the graph.
additiveGraphingMode / agm		bool
	When enabled, the graphing will add node networks to the existing graph instead of replacing it.
allAttributes / ala		bool
	Attributes should not be filtered out of the graph, default is off.
allNodes / aln		bool
	Nodes should not be filtered out of the graph, default is off.
allowNewTabs / ant		bool
	Query only. Returns whether this Node Editor is allowed to have new tabs added, either by creating a new tab or duplicating an existing one.
allowTabTearoff / att		bool
	Control whether or not the tabs can be torn off and floated. Defaults to true.
autoSizeNodes / asn		bool
	When enabled, default node widths will be dynamically determined by the node name length, default is on.
backToParentView / bpv		bool
	Show the contents of parent container node.
beginCreateNode / bcn		bool
	Begin interactive node-creation at the mouse position. This will create a control which allows quick creation of a node in the editor.The actual creation is delegated to the createNodeCommand.
beginNewConnection / bnc		unicode
	Begin a new interactive connection at the given attribute.
breakSelectedConnections / bsc		bool
	Break the selected attribute connections.
closeAllTabs / cat		bool
	Close all tabs on the tab widget.
closeTab / clt		int
	Closes the tab on the tab widget at the specified index. Note: using this flag on a torn-off tab will close the node editor since there can be only a single tab. In this case the index argument is ignored.
consistentNameSize / cns		bool
	When enabled, the size of the node name will consistently match the current zoom level. When disabled, the node name size will remain the same after zooming out past a certain level. Default is on.
contentsChangedCommand / cc		script
	Specifies a function to be called whenever the contents of the node editor changes.
control / ctl		bool
	Query only. Returns the top level control for this editor. Usually used for getting a parent to attach popup menus. Caution: It is possible for an editor to exist without a control. The query will return NONEif no control is present.
createInfo / ci		unicode
	Creates or modifies a hyperGraphInfo network to save the state of the editor.
createNodeCommand / cnc		script
	Specifies a function to be used to create nodes through the editor. The function will be passed the name of the chosen node type. This is used by the tab-create workflow. By default createNodeis used.
createTab / ct		int, unicode
	Create a new tab inserting it into the tab widget at the specified index. If index is out of range (such as -1), the tab is simply appended. You can optionally (Python only) specify a tab label, otherwise it will be set with a default name. In Mel using an empty string () for the tab label will set it with a default name. The new tab becomes the current (active) tab. Note: Only certain Node Editors are allowed to create new tabs, which can be checked by using the -allowNewTabs flag.
customAttributeListEdit / cal		unicode, unicode
	Create/Edit the custom attribute list for the given node by entering a special Edit Modefor the node. Note: only one node in the node editor can be in this edit mode at a time. If another node is selected the edit mode will end automatically. To end the edit mode use an empty string for node.Takes an optional edit mode command which accepts: hideall(sets all the attributes to hidden), showall(sets all the attributes to visible), preview(temporarily shows only the visible attributes), revert(restores the visibility settings of the attributes to what they were before edit mode) and reset(the visible attributes are reset so that only the interesting attributes are displayed).In query mode returns the name of the node, if any, in edit mode. Note: the optional string argument is ignored in query mode.
cycleHUD / ch		bool
	Change the HUD to the next state.
defaultPinnedState / dps		bool
	Sets default pinned state of all nodes, 1 for pinned, 0 for unpinned. default value 0
defineTemplate / dt		unicode
	Puts the command in a mode where any other flags and args are parsed and added to the command template specified in the argument. They will be used as default arguments in any subsequent invocations of the command when templateName is set as the current template.
deleteSelected / deleteSelected		bool
	Delete the selected nodes and break the selected connections.
docTag / dtg		unicode
	Attaches a tag to the editor.
dotFormat / dot		unicode
	In query mode:Get the graph information in DOT format. The flag argument specifies a file path to write to.If -is supplied, the data is returned as a string, otherwise the size in bytes of the written file is returned.In edit mode:Sets the positions of nodes in the graph from a Graphviz output file in plainformat. Only the node position, width and height information is used.If the argument starts with graph , it will be treated as the plain data instead of a filename.
downstream / ds		bool
	Include nodes that are downstream of the root nodes.
duplicateTab / dpt		int, int
	Duplicates the tab at the specified index, placing it at the second optional (Python only) specified index. To place duplicated tab at the end use -1. The duplicated tab becomes the current (active) tab. Note: Only certain Node Editors are allowed to duplicate tabs, which can be checked by using the -allowNewTabs flag.
editorMode / em		unicode
exists / ex		bool
	Returns whether the specified object exists or not. Other flags are ignored.
extendToShapes / ets		bool
	Include child shapes for each selected transform.
feedbackConnection / fbc		bool
	Returns a description of the connection(s) at the current mouse position in the editor view, if any. The connection(s) will be returned as a list of strings, which are pairs of plugs for each connection.
feedbackNode / fbn		bool
	Returns the name of the node at the current mouse position in the editor view, if any.
feedbackPlug / fbp		bool
	Returns the name of the plug (attribute) at the current mouse position in the editor view, if any.
feedbackTabIndex / fbi		bool
	Returns the index of the tab at the current mouse position in the editor view, if any.
feedbackType / fbt		bool
	Returns the most specific type of the feedback item (item at the current mouse position) in the editor view, if any. Will be one of plug, node, tab, connectionor an empty string. Use the other feedback* flags to query the item description.
filter / f		unicode
	Specifies the name of an itemFilter object to be used with this editor. This filters the information coming onto the main list of the editor.
filterCreateNodeTypes / fcn		script
	Specifies a function to be used to filter the list of node types which appear in the inline-creation menu (tab key). The function should accept one string array argument and return a string array.
focusCommand / fc		script
	Specifies a function to be called whenever focus changes for the node editor.
forceMainConnection / fmc		unicode
	Specifies the name of a selectionConnection object that the editor will use as its source of content. The editor will only display items contained in the selectionConnection object. This is a variant of the -mainListConnection flag in that it will force a change even when the connection is locked. This flag is used to reduce the overhead when using the -unlockMainConnection , -mainListConnection, -lockMainConnection flags in immediate succession.
frameAll / fa		bool
	Frame all the contents of the node editor.
frameModelSelection / fms		bool
	Frame the current model selection.
frameSelected / fs		bool
	Frame the selected contents of the node editor.
getNodeList / gnl		bool
	Returns a list of all nodes displayed in the editor.
graphSelectedConnections / gsc		bool
	Graph the nodes connected by the selected attribute connections.
graphSelection / gsl		bool
	Graph the nodes that are currently selected.
gridSnap / gs		bool
	Toggle grid snapping on/off.
gridVisibility / gv		bool
	Toggle grid visiblity on/off.
highlightConnection / hlc		unicode
	Specifies the name of a selectionConnection object that the editor will synchronize with its highlight list. Not all editors have a highlight list. For those that do, it is a secondary selection list.
hudMessage / hm		unicode, int, float
	Display the given message on the editor HUD. The flag arguments are (message, type, duration), where type is:upper-left corner.top center.upper-right corner.center.Duration 0 means the message stays until removed. Duration 0 means it stays for that number of seconds.An empty message erases whatever is currently displayed for the given type.
ignoreAssets / ia		bool
	Deprecated. Do not use in scripts.
inContainerView / icv		bool
	Query only. Returns whether the current editor view is a display of the contents of a particular container. When in such a view, most graphing functionality will be blocked to maintain its accuracy.
isContainerNode / icn		unicode
	Query only. Returns whether or not the given node is a container node.
island / isl		bool
	Deprecated. Do not use in scripts.
keyPressCommand / kpc		script
	Specifies a function to be called when a key is pressed and the editor has focus.The function will be passed the name of the editor and an (uppercase) string representation of the key that was pressed, and should return true if the key was handled, and false if it was not.Note: getModifiers can be used to query the current state of key modifiers.
keyReleaseCommand / krc		script
	Specifies a function to be called when a key is released and the editor has focus.The function will be passed the name of the editor and an (uppercase) string representation of the key that was released, and should return true if the key was handled, and false if it was not.Note: getModifiers can be used to query the current state of key modifiers.
layout / lay		bool
	Perform an automatic layout of the graph.
layoutCommand / lc		script
	Specifies a function to override the default action when a graph layout is required. The function will be passed the name of editor. The function should arrange the nodes in the graph.
lockMainConnection / lck		bool
	Locks the current list of objects within the mainConnection, so that only those objects are displayed within the editor. Further changes to the original mainConnection are ignored.
mainListConnection / mlc		unicode
	Specifies the name of a selectionConnection object that the editor will use as its source of content. The editor will only display items contained in the selectionConnection object.
nodeSwatchSize / nss		unicode
	Sets the icon swatch size of selected nodes in the active scene (all nodes if none are selected). Size values are smalland large.
nodeTitleMode / ntm		unicode
	Gets/sets the node title display mode of the current scene. Mode values are: name(Display node names), type(Display node types), none(Do not display titles)
nodeViewMode / nvm		unicode
	Sets the attribute view mode of selected nodes in the active scene (all nodes if none are selected). Mode values are: simple(no attributes displayed), connected(connected attributes only), all(all interesting attributes displayed) and custom(use custom attribute view).
openContainerView / ocv		unicode, bool
	Open a view of the contents of the given container node. The boolean argument determines whether or not to open it in a new tab (rather than as a child of the current container)
panView / pv		float, float
	Pan the view by the given amount. Arguments of 0 0 will reset the view translation.
panel / pnl		unicode
	Specifies the panel for this editor. By default if an editor is created in the create callback of a scripted panel it will belong to that panel. If an editor does not belong to a panel it will be deleted when the window that it is in is deleted.
parent / p		unicode
	Specifies the parent layout for this editor. This flag will only have an effect if the editor is currently un-parented.
pinSelectedNodes / psn		bool
	Pins or unpins the selected nodes. If no nodes are selected, this will apply to all displayed nodes.
popupMenuScript / pms		script
	Set the script to be called to register the popup menu with the control for this editor. The script will be called with a string argument which gives the name of the editor whose control the popup menu should be parented to.
primary / pr		bool
	Query only. Returns whether this node editor is the primaryone. The primary editor is the only one that will show and allow tabs.
redockTab / rdt		bool
	If this tab was torn-off from the primary node editor, then the tab and all its data will be re-docked back into the primary editor and this node editor will be closed. In query mode returns whether this tab was torn-off and is available to be re-docked.
removeDownstream / rd		bool
	Removes all items downstream to the currently active selection.
removeNode / rem		unicode
	Removes a node from the graph. An empty string indicates that currently selected nodes should be removed.
removeUnselected / run		bool
	Removes unselected nodes from graph.
removeUpstream / ru		bool
	Removes all items upstream to the currently active selection.
renameNode / ren		unicode
	Rename a node in the graph. Depending on the zoom level of the view, an edit field will either appear on the node item or in a popup dialog to allow the new name to be entered.
renameTab / rt		int, unicode
	Renames the tab at the specified index with the (optional) name. If no name is specified (Python only) or an empty string () is used then an inline edit field is opened to rename the tab.
restoreInfo / ri		unicode
	Restores the editor state corresponding to supplied hyperGraphInfo node.
restoreLastClosedTab / rlt		bool
	If this node editor is the primary one, then restore the last closed tab (if any). In query mode returns whether there is a tab available to restore.
rootNode / rn		unicode
	Add a node name as a root node of the graph. Passing an empty string clears the current root node list. When queried, returns the list of current root nodes.
rootsFromSelection / rfs		bool
	Specify that the root nodes for the graph should taken from the currently active selection.
scaleView / sv		float
	Scales the graph view by the given factor. An argument of zero means reset to default.
selectAll / sa		bool
	Select all items in the graph.
selectConnectionNodes / scn		bool
	Select the nodes connected by the selected attribute connections.
selectDownstream / sd		bool
	Select all items downstream to the currently active selection.
selectFeedbackConnection / sfc		bool
	Select the feedback connection(s) in the editor view, if any.
selectNode / sln		unicode
	Select a node in the graph. Passing an empty string clears the current selection. When queried, returns the list of currently selected nodes.
selectUpstream / su		bool
	Select all items upstream to the currently active selection.
selectionConnection / slc		unicode
	Specifies the name of a selectionConnection object that the editor will synchronize with its own selection list. As the user selects things in this editor, they will be selected in the selectionConnection object. If the object undergoes changes, the editor updates to show the changes.
settingsChangedCallback / scc		script
	Specifies a function to be called whenever settings for the node editor get changed.
shaderNetworks / sns		bool
	Graph the shader network for all the objects on the selection list that have shaders.
showAllNodeAttributes / saa		unicode
	Display all attributes for the given node, not just primary attributes. Passing an empty string will apply this to all currently selected nodes. If no nodes are selected, this will be applied to all displayed nodes in the graph.
showNamespace / sn		bool
	Specifies whether nodes will have their namespace displayed if they are not in the root namespace.
showSGShapes / ssg		bool
	Show shapes that are connected to the network through a shading group.
showShapes / ss		bool
	Show shape nodes.
showTabs / tab		bool
	Creation time flag to explicitly control the visibility of the tabs. If this is set to true or false the tabs visibility will respect that setting. If this flag is not explicitly set then the tabs will be visible in the primary node editor and tear off tabs, but will not be visible for other editors that are not the primary editor.
showTransforms / st		bool
	Show transforms.
stateString / sts		bool
	Query only flag. Returns the MEL command that will create an editor to match the current editor state. The returned command string uses the string variable $editorName in place of a specific name.
syncedSelection / ssl		bool
	Keep the graph selection in sync with the model selection.
tabChangeCommand / tcc		script
	Command executed when the current (active) tab is changed. Re-selecting the current tab will not invoke this command. NOTE: This command will also be executed when switching into, out of, and between compound views.
toggleAttrFilter / taf		bool
	Toggles the display of the attribute filter field on selected nodes. If any of the selected nodes have the field displayed, this operation will hide the field for all nodes in the selection. If no nodes are selected, this will apply to all displayed nodes.
toggleSelectedPins / tsp		bool
	Toggles pinned state on selected nodes. If any selected nodes are unpinned, this operation will choose to pin all nodes. If no nodes are selected, this will apply to all displayed nodes.
toggleSwatchSize / tss		unicode
	Toggles the swatch size of the given node between small and large. If supplied node name was empty, this will be applied to selection, and if no nodes are selected this is applied to all nodes in editor. When selection is a combination of small and large swatch sizes, this will set selection to large swatch mode.
toolTipCommand / ttc		script
	Specifies a function to override the tooltip that is displayed for a node. The function will be passed the name of the node under the cursor, and should return a text string to be displayed. A simple HTML 4 subset is supported.
traversalDepthLimit / tdl		int
	Specify the maximum number of edges which will be followed from any root node when building the graph. A negative value means unlimited. Default is unlimited.
unParent / up		bool
	Specifies that the editor should be removed from its layout. This cannot be used in query mode.
unlockMainConnection / ulk		bool
	Unlocks the mainConnection, effectively restoring the original mainConnection (if it is still available), and dynamic updates.
updateMainConnection / upd		bool
	Causes a locked mainConnection to be updated from the orginal mainConnection, but preserves the lock state.
upstream / ups		bool
	Include nodes that are upstream of the root nodes.
useAssets / ua		bool
	Use assets and published attributes instead of contents and actual attributes.
useTemplate / ut		unicode
	Forces the command to use a command template other than the current one.
vnnCompound / vc		bool
	Query only. Returns the path name of the currently viewed compound
vnnDgContainer / vd		bool
	Query only. Returns the name of the dg container that owns the currently viewed compound
vnnRuntime / vr		bool
	Query only. When in container view, returns the name of the runtime to which the dg container belongs. When not in container view this returns an empty string. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.nodeEditor

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

pm.window()
# Result: ui.Window('window1') #
form = pm.formLayout()
p = pm.scriptedPanel(type="nodeEditorPanel", label="Node Editor")
pm.formLayout(form, e=True, af=[(p,s,0) for s in ("top","bottom","left","right")])
# Result: ui.FormLayout('window1|formLayout66') #
pm.showWindow()