...or even better, use the setName method which I believe helps you avoid
naming conflicts:
nuke.toNode('my_light_node').setName(new)
Hope all's well with you, btw!
Ean
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Ean Carr <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey Mark,
>
> If the light node's named 'my_light_node', you would do something like:
>
> nuke.toNode('my_light_node')['name'].setValue(new)
>
> Not in front of Nuke at the moment, but that should work (once you change
> focus away from the lightName knob, probably).
>
> Cheers,
> Ean
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 7:25 AM, Mark Nettleton <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a Group which contains some Light nodes. The Group has a text
>> entry knob.
>> When the user enters text into that knob, I want the Light node inside
>> the group to be renamed using the entered text.
>>
>> How do I do that?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>> set cut_paste_input [stack 0]
>> version 6.3 v8
>> push $cut_paste_input
>> Group {
>> name Group
>> knobChanged "
>> n = nuke.thisNode()
>> k = nuke.thisKnob()
>> if k.name() == \"lightName\":
>> if n\['lightName'].value() != \"\":
>> new = (n\['lightName'].getValue())
>> #insert clever bit of code here to change name of Light node
>> inside Group.
>> n.setName(\"Group_Updated\")
>> "
>> selected true
>> xpos 191
>> ypos 76
>> addUserKnob {20 User}
>> addUserKnob {1 lightName l "Light name"}
>> lightName "New light name"
>> }
>> Input {
>> inputs 0
>> name Input1
>> xpos 210
>> ypos 17
>> }
>> Light2 {
>> name Light1
>> xpos 220
>> ypos 66
>> }
>> Output {
>> name Output1
>> xpos 210
>> ypos 158
>> }
>> end_group
>>
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