MGlobal::selectByName()

The add() method on MSelectionList combined with MGlobal::setActiveSelectionList() provides one method for a plug-in to modify the active selection list.

Another way is to use MGlobal::selectByName(). This finds all objects matching a pattern and adds them to the active selection list. For example: 

MGlobal::selectByName( "*Sphere*" );

selects everything with Sphere in the name.

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You can also use MGlobal::select() to add an object to the global selection list without creating an MSelectionList first.

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