location of panel ?

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if i run a script in text editor the new panel i made is added at the end of a user panel

but when i run it as an addon
it will be added almost at the beginning of the user panel

is there a way to tell it to be added at the end of the user panel ?

thanks

2

No, you can’t change order with python. And initial order depends on registration / module loading.

3

ok why is there a difference for panel location
between running it in text edtior and as addon

asd addon it makes it more difficult to see it has been added !

i can see it but for a noobie he might search it cause it is almost invisible!
i can always add some weird lines to better see it !

thanks

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'cause addons are loaded during startup, if you run from text editor it is executed last, hence ends up at the bottom

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and for panel there is no prepend or append attribute
to locate the panel!

would be a nice feature
to get samething between the run in text editor or as addon!

thanks

6

Panel location is purely a user preference thing. I don’t want some annoying addon I use once in a blue moon to sit at the top of my toolbar every time I open Blender. I want to position the panels myself and save the startup blend so it’s the same next time.

Running a script from the text editor is a temporary thing, if you want to use the script several times just make an addon out of it and have it load on startup.

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i would prefer to use the runner script to upload my prefered scripts when i need to

and many times i simply copy many of my simple scripts in the text editor!

problem is that when you use 2 or 3 SVN per week it becomes a burden to always copy addons
and install is not something i prefer/like anyway!

but i do find strange that panel location is changing !

thanks

8

Ricky,

a tip.

there are more than one folders where blender stores addons. Before I found out about this I was also copy pasting after each svn build.


>>> bpy.utils.script_paths("addons")
['F:\\BlenderSVN\\cmake-build\\bin\\Release\\2.69\\scripts\\addons', 'C:\\Documents and Settings\\batFINGER\\Application Data\\Blender Foundation\\Blender\\2.69\\scripts\\addons']

The first folder above is populated via make INSTALL. The second is where I keep my personal addons and is not touched by a build. You only need to copy the folder when the version changes, eg copy …/2.68/… to …/2.69/… Make sure you only have one version of an addon across all addon folders.

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well i think the runner script is not dependant on new Version have you seen it ?
it will even offer a menu with your scripts and you can add more
very interesting one!

first line of code
you run this in the conosle ounce ?
waht is thsi addons is is name of something like a folder or a script ?
second line oklooks like path to a folder where you wold kepp your scripts i guess

but looks same name then an existing folder = addon

thanks