I am creating a custom screen via script. I’ve managed to create a new screen duplicating the current one, reduce the areas to one and split this to create the areas I need. So far so good.
I have then tried to change the area types to my desired ones using the code :
This kind of works as the area type is effectively changed but the content of the area is not. in other words if was moving from an info area to a timeline, I would see the timeline icon as expected, but the content of the area would still be that of the info area.
This happens both in the 2.79 and in the current 2.80 !!!
It is very dirty the way I call the modal operator… timer and counter feels horrible, but I couldnt’t come up with any other solution which didn’t involve events requiring user input. If anyone knows of a better way, please tell me!
import bpy
from bpy.props import IntProperty, FloatProperty
class ModalOperator(bpy.types.Operator):
"""Covnerts all areas of a given screen to graph editors"""
bl_idname = "object.modal_operator"
bl_label = "Simple Modal Operator"
def modal(self, context, event):
if event.type == 'TIMER':
print("inside modal : ", bpy.context.screen, self.count)
for area in bpy.context.screen.areas:
area.type = 'GRAPH_EDITOR'
self.count += 1
if self.count < 1:
return {'RUNNING_MODAL'}
else:
self.cancel(context)
return {'FINISHED'}
else:
return {'RUNNING_MODAL'}
def invoke(self, context, event):
print("\n#####\n")
self.count = 0
print(bpy.context.screen)
bpy.context.window.screen = bpy.data.screens['Compositing']
print(bpy.context.screen)
wm = context.window_manager
self._timer = wm.event_timer_add(0.1, context.window)
wm.modal_handler_add(self)
return {'RUNNING_MODAL'}
def cancel(self, context):
wm = context.window_manager
wm.event_timer_remove(self._timer)
def register():
bpy.utils.register_class(ModalOperator)
if __name__ == "__main__":
register()
# test call
bpy.ops.object.modal_operator('INVOKE_DEFAULT')
