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TextCommandPalette.writeText Method

Parent Object: TextCommandPalette
Defined in namespace "adsk::core" and the header file is <Core/UserInterface/TextCommandPalette.h>

Description

Write the specified text to the TEXT COMMAND window.

Remarks

Below is some sample code that illustrates making sure the palette is visible and writing some text to it.

# Get the palette that represents the TEXT COMMANDS window.
textPalette = ui.palettes.itemById('TextCommands')

# Make sure the palette is visible.
if not textPalette.isVisible:
  textPalette.isVisible = True

# Write some text.
textPalette.writeText('This is a text message.') 

Syntax

"textCommandPalette_var" is a variable referencing a TextCommandPalette object.
returnValue = textCommandPalette_var.writeText(text)

Return Value

Type Description
boolean Returns true if successful.

Parameters

Name Type Description
text string The text to write to the Text Command window.

Version

Introduced in version August 2017

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