Pop Up Blocks for Scripts

Coding Python Support
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Hello all. I have created a python script to draw a GUI inside the Scripts window, very basic. I am now wanting to enable this script to be a pop up block that the user can move around within Blender and it not be limited to just the Scripts window when it is ran. I am having trouble getting this to work. Below is some of the code that I have used for the GUI inside the Scripts window. If could, please help me with this.


import Blender, math
from Blender import BGL, Draw, Library, Scene, Window, Ipo

line = [None,None,None,None,None,None,None,None,None,None,None,None,None,None,None,None,None,None,None]
line[0] = 5
line[1] = 35
line[2] = 65
line[3] = 95
line[4] = 125
line[5] = 155
line[6] = 185
line[7] = 215
line[8] = 245
line[9] = 275
line[10] = 305
line[11] = 335
line[12] = 365
line[13] = 395
line[14] = 425
line[15] = 455
line[16] = 485
line[17] = 515
line[18] = 545

def draw_gui():
       global evtMenu, evtButton, evtExit, evtCase1, evtCase2, evtCase3, evtClear
       global ScriptsButton, Exit, Clear
       BGL.glRasterPos2i(10,line[12])
       Draw.Text("Push When Ready to Execute Data Export:")
       ScriptButton = Draw.PushButton("Execute Data Export",evtButton, 10, line[11], 160, 18, "Exports Data to TRICK")
       IpoButton = Draw.PushButton("Set IPO Data", evtIPO, 10, line[7], 125, 18, "Sets Geometry Data to IPO Curves")
       BGL.glRasterPos2i(165, line[7])
       Draw.Text("Set IPO Curve Data for Playback")
       PlaybackButton = Draw.PushButton("Playback",evtPlayback, 10, line[5], 125, 18, "Plays Back Data in 3D View")
       BGL.glRasterPos2i(165, line[5])
       Draw.Text("View Playback in 3D View")
       AnimateButton = Draw.PushButton("Animate",evtAnimate, 10, line[3], 125, 18, "Animates Frames for Viewing")
       BGL.glRasterPos2i(165, line[3])
       Draw.Text("Animate Frames to AVI Format For Viewing")
       BGL.glRasterPos2i(10,line[1])
       Exit = Draw.PushButton("Exit",evtExit, 10, line[0], 160, 18, "Exit GUI")

Draw.Register(draw_gui,event,button_event)

I have left the event and button functions out to save time. Also, I understand that there is a PupBlock() option under the Draw module but I have had no luck as of yet with that. Thank you again in advance for the help.

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In short, you can’t. Floating panels (like the properties panel, in the 3D view) cannot cross subwindow boundaries, they are locked to their respective subwindows.

PupBlock is used to make a custom popup dialog, not to make a “special window”. For a good example of PupBlock, look at the end of uv_export.py, the “Save UV Face Layout” script included with Blender

Martin

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If you want to make a special window, see Draw.UIBlock() - export_fbx.py uses this. It has one big limitation - no menu’s, this is a blender limitation and Iv tried to resolve, but its not easy.