pane command

Creates, closes, or sets options on a pane.

Replaced by: hou.PathBasedPaneTab, hou.playbar, hou.PaneTab, hou.Desktop, hou.Pane

All Usages Options Examples

Usages

  1. pane -S | -F @options [-d <<desk_name]

  2. pane @options [-d <<desk_name] pane_name

  3. pane -z [-d desk_name] pane_name

  4. pane -d desk_name

Options

-d desk_name

The desk on which to modify the pane. If no desk name is given the command will assume the current desk. If you don’t specify any options, the command prints the list of panes in this desk.

-S

Create a new pane to the right of all existing panes. If you do not give a -m option, the new pane will be a network editor. Returns the name of the new pane.

-F

Create a new floating window. If you do not give a -m option, the new pane will be a network editor. Returns the name of the new pane.

-P x y

Only available with the -F option. Sets the X and Y position of the new floating window. The window will open near this position, not exactly at this position.

-w width height

Only available with the -F option. Sets the width and height position of the new floating window

-a 0|1

Hide network controls on/off

-A 0|1

Pane bar visible on/off

-f 0|1

Fullscreen mode on/off

-l pane_group_number

Link to pane group (0-5).

-L 0|1

Set to 1 to make this pane a parent pane (track the parent directory of a path).

-m type

Sets the type of pane:

  • bundlelist

  • chaneditor (Channel Editor)

  • details (Spreadsheet)

  • helpbrowser

  • iprviewer

  • linker

  • listchans (Channel List)

  • maniplist (Handle List)

  • neteditor

  • parmeditor (Parameter Dialog)

  • parmsheet (Parameter Spreadsheet)

  • takelist

  • textport

  • treecontrol

  • uicustom (Custom Panel)

  • viewer

-n name

Sets the pane name

-h path

Sets the operator network path. See also the -T option.

-H nodepath

Sets the operator node path

-T type

Sets the operator type. This determines what type of network appears if the path given with the -h option does not exist.

-o

Open a new copy of the pane.

-p

Move the playbar to this pane.

-s 0|1

Split the pane (0 = top/bottom, 1 = left/right).

-t 0|1

Use 1 to tear off the window, 0 to put back a tear-off window.

-z

Close the pane.

Examples

pane -f 1 pane2
turn fullscreen mode on for pane2

pane -h /obj pane2
set the network path to objects for pane2

pane -H /obj/model pane2
set the node path of the pane2 to have the network /obj and the specific node model.

pane -H /obj/model/ pane2
set the pane to point to the network /obj/model with no current node.

pane -l 0 -p pane2
turns linking off and moves the playbar to pane2