def selectSimilarAttributes(detectCursor=True):
"""Selects the same attributes already selected on every node in the Graph
Editor.
When detectCursor is true, if your cursor is not over the Graph Editor, the
Channel Box attributes are synced to the Graph Editor using the method
syncGraphEditor().
"""
# Where is the cursor?
useGraphEditor, panel = selectedAttributes.isGraphEditorActive()
# Select similar attributes.
if useGraphEditor or not detectCursor:
# Get selected nodes and attributes
attributes = selectedAttributes.getGraphEditor(panel, expandObjects=False)
nodes = cmd.ls(sl=1, l=1)
# Clear graph editor attributes
selectionConnection = selectedAttributes.getSelectionConnection(panel)
cmd.selectionConnection(selectionConnection, e=1, clr=1)
# Process attributes
# Get the attribute part of node.attribute and separate out
# selected objects.
objs = []
for x in reversed(range(len(attributes))):
if "." in attributes[x]:
# This works for compound attributes too. Trust me.
null, attributes[x] = selectedAttributes.splitAttr(attributes[x])
else:
objs.append(attributes.pop(x))
attributes = list(set(attributes))
# Select the attributes on every node selected
for attr in attributes:
for node in nodes:
try:
cmd.selectionConnection(selectionConnection, edit=True, select="%s.%s" % (node, attr))
except RuntimeError:
# That attribute probably didn't exist on that node.
pass
# reselect objects
for obj in objs:
cmd.selectionConnection(selectionConnection, edit=True, select=obj)
else:
syncGraphEditor()
def syncGraphEditor():
"""Syncs the attributes selected in the channelBox to those in the
graphEditor. I don't know of any way to select channelBox attributes, so I
have not been able to implement the equivalent syncChannelBox."""
# Get channelbox attributes
attributes = selectedAttributes.getChannelBox(expandObjects=False)
# Clear graph editor attributes
selectionConnection = selectedAttributes.getSelectionConnection()
cmd.selectionConnection(selectionConnection, e=1, clr=1)
# Select channelbox attributes in graph editor
for attr in attributes:
cmd.selectionConnection(selectionConnection, edit=True, select=attr)
def clearGraphEditor(panel):
"""Deselects the attributes of the specified graphEditor panel by clearing
the selectionConnection."""
selectionConnection = selectedAttributes.getSelectionConnection(panel)
cmd.selectionConnection(selectionConnection, e=1, clr=1)