pymel.core.system.whatsNewHighlight

whatsNewHighlight(*args, **kwargs)

This command is used to toggle the What’s New highlighting feature, and the display of the settings dialog for the feature that appears on startup. In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.

Flags:

Long Name / Short Name Argument Types Properties
highlightColor / hc float, float, float ../../../_images/create.gif ../../../_images/query.gif
  Set the color of the What’s New highlight. The arguments correspond to the red, green, and blue color components. Each color component ranges in value from 0.0 to 1.0.
highlightOn / ho bool ../../../_images/create.gif ../../../_images/query.gif
  Toggle the What’s New highlighting feature. When turned on, menu items and buttons introduced in the latest version will be highlighted.
showStartupDialog / ssd bool ../../../_images/create.gif ../../../_images/query.gif
  Set whether the settings dialog for this feature appears on startup. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.whatsNewHighlight

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

#    Turn on What's New highlighting if not already on.
#
if not pm.whatsNewHighlight(query=True, highlightOn=True):
    pm.whatsNewHighlight(highlightOn=True)

#    Turn off What's New highlighting startup dialog if it is set to appear.
#
if pm.whatsNewHighlight(query=True, showStartupDialog=True):
    pm.whatsNewHighlight(showStartupDialog=False)