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Synopsis

blendShapeEditor [-control] [-defineTemplate string] [-docTag string] [-exists] [-filter string] [-forceMainConnection string] [-highlightConnection string] [-lockMainConnection] [-mainListConnection string] [-panel string] [-parent string] [-selectionConnection string] [-stateString] [-targetControlList] [-targetList] [-unParent] [-unlockMainConnection] [-updateMainConnection] [-useTemplate string] [-verticalSliders boolean] string

blendShapeEditor is undoable, queryable, and editable.

This command creates an editor that derives from the base editor class that has controls for blendShape, control nodes.

Return value

stringThe name of the editor

In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.

Flags

control, defineTemplate, docTag, exists, filter, forceMainConnection, highlightConnection, lockMainConnection, mainListConnection, panel, parent, selectionConnection, stateString, targetControlList, targetList, unParent, unlockMainConnection, updateMainConnection, useTemplate, verticalSliders
Long name (short name) Argument types Properties
-control(-ctl) query
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 "NONE" if no control is present.
-defineTemplate(-dt) string create
Puts the command in a mode where any other flags and arguments 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.
-docTag(-dtg) string createqueryedit
Attaches a tag to the editor.
-exists(-ex) create
Returns whether the specified object exists or not. Other flags are ignored.
-filter(-f) string createqueryedit
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.
-forceMainConnection(-fmc) string createqueryedit
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.
-highlightConnection(-hlc) string createqueryedit
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.
-lockMainConnection(-lck) createedit
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) string createqueryedit
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.
-panel(-pnl) string createquery
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) string createqueryedit
Specifies the parent layout for this editor. This flag will only have an effect if the editor is currently un-parented.
-selectionConnection(-slc) string createqueryedit
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.
-stateString(-sts) query
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.
-targetControlList(-tcl) query
-targetList(-tl) query
-unParent(-up) createedit
Specifies that the editor should be removed from its layout. This cannot be used in query mode.
-unlockMainConnection(-ulk) createedit
Unlocks the mainConnection, effectively restoring the original mainConnection (if it is still available), and dynamic updates.
-updateMainConnection(-upd) createedit
Causes a locked mainConnection to be updated from the orginal mainConnection, but preserves the lock state.
-useTemplate(-ut) string create
Forces the command to use a command template other than the current one.
-verticalSliders(-vs) boolean createqueryedit

Flag can appear in Create mode of command Flag can appear in Edit mode of command
Flag can appear in Query mode of command Flag can be used more than once in a command.

MEL examples

blendShapeEditor libEd;