MEL how do I query if the texture window is open?

malcolm

I can't figure this out, I tried this, but it always returns true even if I close the window?

textureWindow -query -exists "polyTexturePlacementPanel1Window";

throttlekitty

Try changing textureWindow to just window to use that query instead.

According to the docs for textureWindow, the panel itself  (polyTexturePlacementPanel1) is created on startup and exists through the whole session. The panel is then added to the window (polyTexturePlacementPanel1Window), which can exist or not. Additionally, the panel can also be docked but retains the original name (polyTexturePlacementPanel1).

sprunghunt

as @throttlekitty says if you use the 'window' command instead it'll help. If you use 'window' you can also query the visibility (-vis) instead of the existance (-exists) of the window. 

malcolm

Hi guys, neither of these suggestions work.

This one always returns false, even if the UV editor is open

window -query -exists "polyTexturePlacementPanel1";

and this code just fails to find anything with an error

window -query -vis "polyTexturePlacementPanel1";

this also fails to find anything

window -query -vis "polyTexturePlacementPanel1Window";

sprunghunt

Here's another approach

if you query what the parent of the window is:

textureWindow -q -parent polyTexturePlacementPanel1;

and this returns anything at all you know it's open

eg: 

if ((size(`textureWindow -q -parent polyTexturePlacementPanel1`)) == 0){<br><br>print "window is closed";<br><br>} else {<br><br>print "window is open";<br><br>}

this won't tell you if you can actually see it - only if it's open

malcolm

Very clever, that's exactly what I needed. Thanks a lot!