Thank you Marcus! and Justin! it works for me and seems ok to select Script editor always as it does. Yury
On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 4:29 AM, Marcus Ottosson <[email protected]> wrote: > Intrigued by the possibility eliminating this minor annoyance, I followed > Justin’s suggestion and wrote a solution. > > Run this, or put it in your userSetup.py, and it will restore focus to the > Script Editor, if it is available. > > from PySide import QtCore, QtGui > class RestoreScriptEditorFocus(QtCore.QObject): > def eventFilter(self, obj, event): > if event.type() != QtCore.QEvent.ApplicationActivate: > return super(RestoreScriptEditorFocus, self).eventFilter(obj, > event) > > script_editor = next(w for w in QtGui.qApp.topLevelWidgets() if > w.objectName() == "scriptEditorPanel1Window") > script_editor.activateWindow() > return True > > f = RestoreScriptEditorFocus() > QtGui.qApp.installEventFilter(f) > > It’ll also “restore” focus to it, even if it wasn’t the last thing to have > focus at the time of leaving the Maya window. Whether that’s a problem or > not is too soon to tell, but I’ll leave the implementation for that to the > reader. > > Enjoy! > > > On 15 October 2015 at 19:22, yury nedelin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Well for now I have a ghetto workflow to avoid the mouse. >> >> I have assigned this mel command to the ALT+1 hot key >> >> *selectCurrentExecuterControl* >> its in *scriptEditorPanel.mel* >> >> so now I do ALT+TAB ALT+1 >> >> It seems none of Maya windows is selected when user ALT+TAB back to Maya >> so just selecting menu panel of the script editor fixes this. I will try >> Justin's solution later this week, it might all we need. >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Marcus Ottosson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> That only seems relevant to the command-line text input box, and not the >>> script editor. >>> >>> I get this too, on Windows, and also find it quite bothersome. If a fix >>> comes up, my mind would produce more endorphins. >>> >>> On 14 October 2015 at 19:24, Chris Lesage <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey Yury, >>>> >>>> If I understand correctly, this is a preference and if I remember it >>>> isn't on by default. >>>> >>>> Preferences -> Interface -> Command Line: Hold Focus [x] >>>> >>>> Does checking this box solve your problem? >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 10:09 AM, yury nedelin <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Justin, >>>>> Thanks for replying, I will try this approach to put script editor in >>>>> focus. >>>>> >>>>> There is an added issue of putting the command input section of the >>>>> script editor in focus. >>>>> >>>>> Yury >>>>> On Oct 14, 2015 12:51 AM, "Justin Israel" <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I don't know much about this particular problem, since on my OSX >>>>>> machine w/ Maya 2015 it does not lose focus. But you could probably >>>>>> install >>>>>> an event filter on the QApplication, to detect the ApplicationDeactivate >>>>>> and ApplicationActivate events. You could then handle checking if the >>>>>> script editor is up and on top, and if so, give it editing focus again. >>>>>> >>>>>> Justin >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 5:30 PM ynedelin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Behavior I am used to is this: >>>>>>> if I am typing something in Maya Script Editor Command Input >>>>>>> (bottom) section and then ALT+TAB into another software like Notepad and >>>>>>> then ALT+TAB back into Maya my cursor is back in script editor at the >>>>>>> place >>>>>>> I left it so I can continue to type stuff. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This how it used to be on window machines in classic theme until >>>>>>> windows 8 and that how it works on osx. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I got a new machine with windows 8 and now when I ALT-TAB back to >>>>>>> Maya script editor cursor is not back in the script editor's Command >>>>>>> Input >>>>>>> (bottom) but some other panel is in focus in Maya so now I have to grab >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> mouse and click in the 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