Thanks, Ben! I did finally discover this - with the help from our staff programmer…
This chunk of code is part of a function that gets initiated via a shortcut key. This is the part that gets the node, of course. It seems to work... grp = nuke.thisGroup() with grp: node = nuke.selectedNode() Rich > On Sep 22, 2015, at 10:46 PM, Ben Dickson <ben.dick...@rsp.com.au> wrote: > > If you run nuke.selectedNode() from within a menu command, it works as you'd > expect (i.e returning the "active" selected node, which might be inside a > group or not) > > Whereas it acts differently if you run it from the script editor, where > nuke.selectedNode() will always return the selected node in the root level DAG > > On 23/09/15 07:37, Rich Bobo wrote: >> Hi, >> >> OK, I’ve tried, butI can’t figure this out… >> >> I am inside a Group and looking at its DAG. I have a node selected. How >> do I get that node object? >> >> How do I get the scope for the current Group’s DAG…?? (8^\ >> >> Thanks for any help! >> >> Rich >> >> >> >> Rich Bobo >> Senior VFX Compositor >> Armstrong White >> Email: rich.b...@armstrong-white.com <mailto:rich.b...@armstrong-white.com> >> <mailto:rich.b...@armstrong-white.com <mailto:rich.b...@armstrong-white.com>> >> http://armstrong-white.com/ <http://armstrong-white.com/> >> >> Email: richb...@mac.com <mailto:richb...@mac.com> <mailto:richb...@mac.com >> <mailto:richb...@mac.com>> >> Mobile: (248) 840-2665 >> Web: http://richbobo.com/ <http://richbobo.com/> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nuke-python mailing list >> Nuke-python@support.thefoundry.co.uk >> <mailto:Nuke-python@support.thefoundry.co.uk>, >> http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ <http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/> >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-python >> <http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-python> >> > > -- > ben dickson > 2D TD | ben.dick...@rsp.com.au <mailto:ben.dick...@rsp.com.au> > rising sun pictures | www.rsp.com.au <http://www.rsp.com.au/> > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-python mailing list > Nuke-python@support.thefoundry.co.uk > <mailto:Nuke-python@support.thefoundry.co.uk>, > http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ <http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/> > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-python > <http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-python>
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