SelectionFilterSettings Object Preview

Derived from: Base Object
Defined in namespace "adsk::core" and the header file is <Core/UserInterface/SelectionFilterSettings.h>

PreviewThis functionality is provided as a preview of intended future API capabilities. You are encouraged to use it and report any problems or suggestions using the Fusion API and Scripts forum.

Because this is a preview of future functionality, there is the possibility that it will change, which will possibly break any existing programs that use this functionality. Because of that, you should never deliver any programs that use any preview capabilities. For a distributed program, you should wait until it has moved from preview to released state.

Description

Provides management of selection filters. Supports registration of workspace-scoped custom graphics sub-filters that appear as separate entries in the selection filter dropdown, and querying or toggling the enabled state of any selection filter category visible in the toolbar. Access via .

Methods

Name Description
classType

Static function that all classes support that returns the type of the class as a string. The returned string matches the string returned by the objectType property. For example if you have a reference to an object and you want to check if it's a SketchLine you can use myObject.objectType == fusion.SketchLine.classType().

isFilterEnabled

Gets whether a selection filter category is currently enabled.

registerCustomGraphicsFilter

Registers a custom graphics selection sub-filter for this workspace. The filter matches custom graphics entities whose id starts with the given prefix and appears as a separate entry in the selection filter dropdown.

setFilterEnabled

Enables or disables a selection filter category.

unregisterCustomGraphicsFilter

Unregisters a previously registered custom graphics selection sub-filter.

Properties

Name Description
areAllFiltersEnabled Gets or sets whether all selection filter categories are enabled. The getter returns true only when every category is enabled. The setter enables or disables all categories at once.
availableFilters Returns the names of all selection filter categories currently registered in the application. These names can be used with the isFilterEnabled and setFilterEnabled methods to query or toggle individual filters.
isSelectThroughEnabled Gets or sets the Select Through option. When enabled, clicking selects through all overlapping entities rather than only the closest one.
isValid Indicates if this object is still valid, i.e. hasn't been deleted or some other action done to invalidate the reference.
objectType This property is supported by all objects in the API and returns a string that contains the full name (namespace::objecttype) describing the type of the object.

It's often useful to use this in combination with the classType method to see if an object is a certain type. For example: if obj.objectType == adsk.core.Point3D.classType():

Accessed From

Workspace.selectionFilterSettings

Version

Introduced in version July 2026