Script To Toggle Graph Editor?

[pixl]

I would like to use a single KBS to open and close the Graph Editor.
I assume the script needs to test to see if it is open, and then open or close it as appropriate.
Could someone tell me how to do this?
Thanks.

[ewerybody]

Depends on How you like your Graph Editor. I used to have it floating. But by the time I used a Graph-Editor-layout more and more. Floating stuff is crap now :]

method 1: check if "graphEditor1Window" exists, delete it, if not create it:

CODE
if (window -q -ex graphEditor1Window)
     deleteUI graphEditor1Window;
else
     tearOffPanel "Graph Editor" "graphEditor" true;

method 2: look if the panel "graphEditor1" is visible, turn on another layout, if not turn on a Graph-Editor Layout:CODE
{
     int $graphEditorFound = 0;
     for ($panel in getPanel -visiblePanels)
         if ($panel == "graphEditor1")
             $graphEditorFound = 1;

     if ($graphEditorFound)
         setNamedPanelLayout "Persp/Outliner";
     else
         setNamedPanelLayout "Outl_Graph_Persp";
}

method 2 is longer because actually the panel always exists! And you cannot query directly if its visible. You see in method 1 Its not "created" its just teared off ;]
have phun

[pixl]

Thanks a lot.
I'm still a "floating-window-type".
BTW, default syntax for Preset Panel Arrangement is:
Persp/Graph/Outliner
else
// Warning: Panel arrangement not found: Outl_Graph_Persp //

Much appreciated.

[pixl]

BTW, I'd like to do this w/other panels.
I tried to query the names of the open panels using your code but failed, can you tell me how to fix this?

CODE
$panel == getPanel -visiblePanels
  print $Panel;
  // Error: Syntax error /

Thanks again.

[pixl]

Oh, sorry to stretch this out, but method 1, for the floating GE works fine when pasted into the script editor, but when I assign it to a hotkey, it fails - it will open a GE if none exists, but it won't close it.

CODE
if (window -q -ex graphEditor1Window)
      deleteUI graphEditor1Window;
else
      tearOffPanel "Graph Editor" "graphEditor" true;

Thanks.

[ewerybody]

the == operator is only available in if-expressions!

you could just execute getPanel -visiblePanels; like that:
CODE
getPanel -visiblePanels;
   // Result: modelPanel4 outlinerPanel1 //
or print it directly:CODE
print getPanel -visiblePanels;
   modelPanel4
   outlinerPanel1

But always avoid creating variables without scope!!!! the variables would be floating globaly in maya maybe making mess with other scripts:CODE
{
       string $panels[] = getPanel -visiblePanels;
       print $panels;
   }

hmm.. method 1 on a hotkey works over here. Usually the panel windows accept the maya hotkeys. Can you close the graphEditor with that hotkey if you select the MayaWindow and press the Hotkey then?

[pixl]

the == operator is only available in if-expressions!
Obviously I don't do much programming, but I should've known that..

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Operator error on the hotkey assignment!
I thought I had changed the hotkey from Window>Graph Editor to the new script, but I hadn't.
Happy camper.

Thanks some more...

[pixl]

If I could ask another question:
I want to write a script to toggle selection highlighting and manipulator visibility w/a hotkey.
In order to query whether the manipulator is visible in the current panel, I tried:

CODE
string $curPanel = getPanel -withFocus;
int $manipDispState = 'modelEditor -q -manipulators $curPanel'//Fails;

Do you know why this query fails?
Thanks.

Final Edit: This fails because I used an apostrophe rather than the mark next to the "1" key.
Onward...

[joojaa]

wrong character:

`!='

Anyway you CAN use == outside a if clause, it is however a bit meaningless but you could do

setAttr someobject.attr ((("test"==$somevar)-0.5)*2)

for example