Definitely, you should look into building a selectionList, and trigger a dragAttrContext. It's basically the way we do it here.
Nicolas On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:06 PM, mt <[email protected]> wrote: > thanks damon, but I need to be able to 'reproduce' the mmb > functionality based on attributes selected in another tool. > That's why I thought the most reliable way would be to be able to auto- > select attributes in the channelBox. > > > > > > > On Sep 3, 10:01 pm, damon shelton <[email protected]> wrote: > > I could suggest looking at HUD sliders instead, Maya's channelBox doesn't > > have the functionality to select attributes only query selected > attributes > > > > HUDsliders don't do MMB but does give you fast access from the viewport > > > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 1:02 PM, mt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > yes I'm trying to select attributes in a channelBox, so I can use the > > > mmb slider function. > > > Not only for transforms but for all attributes (the original maya > > > channelBox behaviour) > > > > > Anyone has an idea how to do it? > > > > > On Sep 3, 6:29 pm, John Creson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You're trying to perform the selection? > > > > Not read the selection? > > > > right? > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 1:25 PM, damon shelton < > [email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > is this to allow for the usage of the middle mouse virtual slider > > > function? > > > > > > > when in a move mode, by clicking on one of the directional handles > of > > > any > > > > > manipulator allows you to middle mouse drag after that in only that > > > axis, or > > > > > all three when you are in the transform mode > > > > > if you are trying to do it for attrs other than the default > transforms > > > then > > > > > that is another story. > > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 4:59 AM, Nicolas Combecave < > > > [email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > >> I'd be very interested to hear about this too. We had to find a > > > > >> workaround, which involved selectionLists and dragAttrContext to > > > manipulate > > > > >> channelBoxAttrs, but it was way more complicated than selecting > > > directly the > > > > >> attribute via select -r persp.translateX for example, and being > able > > > to use > > > > >> the virtual slider... > > > > > > >> Nicolas > > > > > > >> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 12:56 PM, martin tomoya <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > >>> Does anyone know a way to select attributes in the channelBox > from a > > > > >>> python script? > > > > > > >>> -- > > > > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > > > > > > >> -- > > > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > > > > > > > -- > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > > > > > -- > > >http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > > -- > http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > -- http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya
