# Custom manipulators and attributes

**URL:** https://forum.highend3d.com/t/custom-manipulators-and-attributes/6302
**Category:** Maya
**Tags:** mel
**Created:** [April 5, 2002, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/custom-manipulators-and-attributes/6302 "2002-04-05T22:41:23Z")
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### Author: ![crazykingcarl](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@crazykingcarl](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/crazykingcarl)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2002, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/custom-manipulators-and-attributes/6302/1 "2002-04-05T22:41:23Z")

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I want to be able to add new manipulator handles to custom made attributes, but I am not quite sure how. The Maya help files seem to claim this is possible, but they are very difficult to understand.