python parm type

[ivan]

is there any way to determine if a three dimansional tuple is a point or a color?

i.e:

>>>mytuple = hou.node("shop/mythingy").parmTuples()[10]

>>>mytuple.name()

'foo'

>>>len(mytuple)

3

great. now, is the UI for mytuple a "point" or is it a "color"? is it possible to determine this?

[ivan]

also, being able to tell if an int parm is a toggle in the UI would be helpful, too.....

[rdg]

hou.ParmTemplate[1] will lead you the way.

The look of tge parmTemplate tells you if it's a color or a float[3] widget.

The type of the parmTemplate tells you if it's a toggle or an integer.

>>> hou.parm('/obj/null1/parm1').parmTemplate().type()
parmLook.ColorSquare
>>> hou.parm('/obj/null1/parm2').parmTemplate().type()
parmLook.Regular
>>> hou.parm('/obj/null1/parm3').parmTemplate().type()
parmTemplateType.Int
>>> hou.parm('/obj/null1/parm4').parmTemplate().type()
parmTemplateType.Int
>>> hou.parm('/obj/null1/parm4').parmTemplate().type() == hou.parmTemplateType.Int
True

[1] http://www.sidefx.com/docs/houdini11.1/hom/hou/ParmTemplate

Edited January 3, 2012 by rdg

[rdg]

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Edited January 3, 2012 by rdg

[ivan]

right, so,

>>> mytuple.parmTemplate().look()

parmLook.ColorSquare

and for my toggle,

>>> myothertuple.parmTemplate().type()

parmTemplateType.Toggle

yay!

[edward]

See also hou.ParmTemplate.namingScheme()

[ivan]

thank you, yet again, Georg!

[ivan]

Edward, too!