Tested on linux with maya 2010 and KDE - both title and taskbar show proper title.
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 1:45 AM, damon shelton <[email protected]>wrote: > in your mel code you are naming the window the same as the window title? > > in your python code you are not explicitly naming the window. > if you run your mel code without naming the window then it will probably > say > window1 or something of the likes when maya auto names it. > > the display on the taskbar is not the title but is the window name > the title is only displayed in the titlebar of the open UI > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:51 AM, ranxerox <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> if I run the following code in a python tab of the script editor: >> >> import maya.cmds as cmds >> >> class winTest(object): >> def __init__(self): >> self.windowTitle = 'This is my class window' >> self.WindowHandle = cmds.window(title=self.windowTitle, >> maximizeButton=False, widthHeight=(300,300)) >> cmds.showWindow(self.WindowHandle) >> winTest() >> >> the window which is created is shown as "window1" on the taskbar >> (linux). Is this different behaviour from what you are >> experiencing ? If so, are you on linux ? Maya 2010 ? I am just >> wondering what if this is a bug in python in maya. When I run >> essentially the same code in mel, I get the title displayed properly >> on the taskbar. >> >> thanks >> >> -G >> >> On Jan 17, 1:13 pm, damon shelton <[email protected]> wrote: >> > fpr the window title in mel you pass a string "myWidowTitle" >> > in python you are passing an argument self.windowTitle >> > >> > is self.windowTitle set as "myWindowTitle"?? >> > eg. >> > self.windowTitle = 'myWindowTitle' >> > self.WindowHandle = cmds.window(title=self.windowTitle, >> > maximizeButton=False, widthHeight=(300,300)) >> > >> > if you pass an empty string into the title slot maya will automatically >> name >> > the title with the window name >> > >> > if your question is about the window naming as well then read on:: >> > >> > in your mel example you pass a string called myFunction at the end. so I >> am >> > assuming your window was called myFunction >> > call your python like this: >> > self.windowTitle = 'myWindowTitle' >> > self.WindowHandle = cmds.window('myFunction', title=self.windowTitle, >> > maximizeButton=False, widthHeight=(300,300)) >> > >> > in MEL when you name a ui control you put it's name at the end >> > in python, since name is not a keyword argument you have to put it first >> in >> > your arguments followed by your keyword args >> > >> > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 8:39 AM, ranxerox <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > > maya 2010, linux. I ran your code and it gave me the same problem as >> > > mine. The actual name of the window on the taskbar is 'window1', >> > > when it is created via mel the window title is displayed correctly on >> > > the taskbar. >> > >> > > -G >> > >> > > On Jan 14, 7:15 pm, Seth Gibson <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > Can you give a bit more context? I tried this: >> > >> > > > import maya.cmds as cmds >> > >> > > > class winTest(object): >> > >> > > > def __init__(self): >> > >> > > > self.windowTitle = 'This is my class window' >> > >> > > > self.WindowHandle = cmds.window(title=self.windowTitle, >> > > > maximizeButton=False, widthHeight=(300,300)) >> > >> > > > cmds.showWindow(self.WindowHandle) >> > >> > > > and it works fine. >> > >> > > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 11:51 AM, ranxerox <[email protected] >> > >> > > wrote: >> > >> > > > > hey all, I just noticed an annoying behaviour and was wondering >> if >> > > there >> > > > > was a solution. I have 2 scripts which I wrote, 1 mel, 1 python. >> To >> > > create >> > > > > the main window in mel I use this: >> > >> > > > > window -title "myWindowTitle" -wh 400 300 -mxb false myFunction; >> > >> > > > > to create the window in python I use this: >> > >> > > > > self.WindowHandle = cmds.window(title=self.windowTitle, >> > > > > maximizeButton=False, widthHeight=(300,300)) >> > >> > > > > the window title for the python script is listed as 'window1', >> the >> > > window >> > > > > title for the mel script is listed correctly as 'myWindowTitle'... >> is >> > > there >> > > > > something I'm missing here or is this functionality missing from >> the >> > > python >> > > > > side of things. >> > >> > > > > thanks >> > >> > > > > -G >> > >> > > > > -- >> > > > >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
