Maya 2015 Python - textField input, radioButton selection not working in UI

Question

I'm studying python for developing tools for maya (at the moment 2015) and can't understand exactly how I should define variables or ui objects to be used inside functions. A lot of different errors pop up when I try running my script (e.g. for this script: # Error: NameError: file line 1: name 'inputTextA' is not defined )

I run into the same problem over and over again, so I would like someone to explain to me what kind of mistake I'm making and what to study to solve this kind of troubles in the future. (Please only Python and Maya answers! :) )

The next script is saved in the maya's script path, called from the shelf as follows:

import uiTestA
reload (uiTestA)
uiTestA

In the script, depending on the radioButton you set (A, B) a function should run using the textField information after pressing the button "Execute". The script itself:

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import maya.cmds as cmds

def printStuff (fieldID):
    selObjs=cmds.ls(selection=True)
    print "\n###############################################"
    if ( cmds.radioButtonGrp( radioButtonsA, q=True, select=True )==1 ):
        if len(selObjs)>0:
            typeObj = cmds.textField( fieldID, query=True, text=True )
            if typeObj=="exception":
                print "EXCEPTION [%s] CASE A" % typeObj
            elif typeObj=="":
                cmds.error( "Please input something" )
            else:
                print "NORMAL [%s] CASE A" % typeObj
        else:
            cmds.error( "Please select a group or object in the scene." )
    elif ( cmds.radioButtonGrp( radioButtonsA, q=True, select=True )==2 ):
        typeObj = cmds.textField( fieldID, query=True, text=True )
        if typeObj=="exception":
            print "EXCEPTION [%s] CASE B" % typeObj
        elif typeObj=="":
            cmds.error( "Please input something" )
        else:
            print "NORMAL [%s] CASE B" % typeObj
    print "\n###############################################\n"

winID = "uiTestA"
if cmds.window( winID, exists=True ):
    cmds.deleteUI( winID )
cmds.window ( winID, sizeable=False, width=325, resizeToFitChildren=True )
formLay = cmds.formLayout( numberOfDivisions=100 )

radioButtonsA = cmds.radioButtonGrp( width=325, label='Search in:  ', columnWidth3=(80,158,100), labelArray2=["A", "B"], select=1, numberOfRadioButtons=2 )
explanationA = cmds.text( width=330, label="Input:" )
inputTextA = cmds.textField( width=100 )
selectButton = cmds.button( width=150, label="Execute", command="%s.printStuff(inputTextA)"%__name__)

cmds.formLayout( formLay, edit=True, attachForm=[(radioButtonsA, 'top', 5), (radioButtonsA, 'left', 0), (explanationA, 'top', 30), (inputTextA, 'top', 45), (inputTextA, 'left', 117), (selectButton, 'top', 70), (selectButton, 'left', 92)] )

cmds.showWindow( winID )

I tried defining a function to create the ui like:

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import maya.cmds as cmds

def printStuff (fieldID):
    selObjs=cmds.ls(selection=True)
    print "\n###############################################"
    if ( cmds.radioButtonGrp( radioButtonsA, q=True, select=True )==1 ):
        if len(selObjs)>0:
            typeObj = cmds.textField( fieldID, query=True, text=True )
            if typeObj=="exception":
                print "EXCEPTION [%s] CASE A" % typeObj
            elif typeObj=="":
                cmds.error( "Please input something" )
            else:
                print "NORMAL [%s] CASE A" % typeObj
        else:
            cmds.error( "Please select a group or object in the scene." )
    elif ( cmds.radioButtonGrp( radioButtonsA, q=True, select=True )==2 ):
        typeObj = cmds.textField( fieldID, query=True, text=True )
        if typeObj=="exception":
            print "EXCEPTION [%s] CASE B" % typeObj
        elif typeObj=="":
            cmds.error( "Please input something" )
        else:
            print "NORMAL [%s] CASE B" % typeObj
    print "\n###############################################\n"

def ui()
    winID = "uiTestA"
    if cmds.window( winID, exists=True ):
        cmds.deleteUI( winID )
    cmds.window ( winID, sizeable=False, width=325, resizeToFitChildren=True )
    formLay = cmds.formLayout( numberOfDivisions=100 )

    radioButtonsA = cmds.radioButtonGrp( width=325, label='Search in:  ', columnWidth3=(80,158,100), labelArray2=["A", "B"], select=1, numberOfRadioButtons=2 )
    explanationA = cmds.text( width=330, label="Input:" )
    inputTextA = cmds.textField( width=100 )
    selectButton = cmds.button( width=150, label="Execute", command="%s.printStuff(inputTextA)"%__name__)

    cmds.formLayout( formLay, edit=True, attachForm=[(radioButtonsA, 'top', 5), (radioButtonsA, 'left', 0), (explanationA, 'top', 30), (inputTextA, 'top', 45), (inputTextA, 'left', 117), (selectButton, 'top', 70), (selectButton, 'left', 92)] )

    cmds.showWindow( winID )

And then calling it properly from maya's shelf; but no results. I'm fairly new to this so please be gentle! :) Thank you in advance for your time and help! Have a nice day! :)

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

Big questions come up always with maya ui. Here is a link where there is all details about it : Maya Python - Using data from UI

To sum up, there is multiple way to go :

create dictionnary (easiest)
pass variables throught with partial or lambda
create a class (more advanced and not necessary for simple ui)

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First of all, you should not wright :

selectButton = cmds.button( width=150, label="Execute", command="%s.printStuff(inputTextA)"%__name__)

command flag should not be a string, you have to use partial or lambda, i.e :

from functools import partial

    selectButton = cmds.button( width=150, label="Execute", command=partial(printStuff, name))

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To query radiobutton outside the def, use dic like this :

uiDic = {}
uiDic['radioButtonsA'] = cmds.radioButtonGrp( width=325, label='Search in:  ', columnWidth3=(80,158,100), labelArray2=["A", "B"], select=1, numberOfRadioButtons=2 )

# query ===

if ( cmds.radioButtonGrp(uiDic['radioButtonsA'], q=True, select=True )==1 ):

-------- EDIT ----------- Here is a working example of your script :

import maya.cmds as cmds
from functools import partial

dicUI = {}

def printStuff (fieldID, *args):
    selObjs=cmds.ls(selection=True)
    print "\n###############################################"
    if ( cmds.radioButtonGrp( dicUI['radioButtonsA'], q=True, select=True )==1 ):
        if len(selObjs)>0:
            typeObj = cmds.textField( fieldID, query=True, text=True )
            if typeObj=="exception":
                print "EXCEPTION [%s] CASE A" % typeObj
            elif typeObj=="":
                cmds.error( "Please input something" )
            else:
                print "NORMAL [%s] CASE A" % typeObj
        else:
            cmds.error( "Please select a group or object in the scene." )
    elif ( cmds.radioButtonGrp( dicUI['radioButtonsA'], q=True, select=True )==2 ):
        typeObj = cmds.textField( fieldID, query=True, text=True )
        if typeObj=="exception":
            print "EXCEPTION [%s] CASE B" % typeObj
        elif typeObj=="":
            cmds.error( "Please input something" )
        else:
            print "NORMAL [%s] CASE B" % typeObj
    print "\n###############################################\n"

def ui():
    dicUI['winID'] = "uiTestA"
    if cmds.window( dicUI['winID'], exists=True ):
        cmds.deleteUI( dicUI['winID'] )
    cmds.window ( dicUI['winID'], sizeable=False, width=325, resizeToFitChildren=True )
    formLay = cmds.formLayout( numberOfDivisions=100 )

    dicUI['radioButtonsA'] = cmds.radioButtonGrp( width=325, label='Search in:  ', columnWidth3=(80,158,100), labelArray2=["A", "B"], select=1, numberOfRadioButtons=2 )
    explanationA = cmds.text( width=330, label="Input:" )
    inputTextA = cmds.textField( width=100 )
    selectButton = cmds.button( width=150, label="Execute", command=partial(printStuff, inputTextA))

    cmds.formLayout( formLay, edit=True, attachForm=[(dicUI['radioButtonsA'], 'top', 5), (dicUI['radioButtonsA'], 'left', 0), (explanationA, 'top', 30), (inputTextA, 'top', 45), (inputTextA, 'left', 117), (selectButton, 'top', 70), (selectButton, 'left', 92)] )

    cmds.showWindow( dicUI['winID'] )

I tried creating a dictionary, renaming the ui parts like " ui_dicc['radioButtonsA'] " and so, but I get an invalid syntax error. I am replacing << radioButtonsA = cmds.radioButtonGrp( width=325, label='Search in: ', columnWidth3=(80,158,100), labelArray2=["A", "B"], select=1, numberOfRadioButtons=2 ) >> with << ui_dicc['radioButtonsA'] >> in the ui function (the second example I wrote on my question). Where am I getting it wrong? — martinPerucki, Jan 21 '17 at 04:32
You forgot in your syntax the ":" in fornt of def ui():,I suppose. I have edited my post with a functionnal example. — DrWeeny, Jan 21 '17 at 14:12
Thank you very much! The ":" was a syntax error as well, but I was defining the ui elements outside the functions too, maybe that was a problem too. It worked fine as your edited example! I will study a little more about dictionaries and use them more from now on :) — martinPerucki, Jan 24 '17 at 11:12

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