I was hoping to map a hotkey to launch a floating parameter window since I'm getting tired of: Right click on operator->Focus eyes-> Find Parameters->Click on Parameters.

Inside the hotkey manager I didn't see anything for floating parameter window.
I checked help in textport and the hscript help docs to see if I can find something relevant but I don't really know what to look for here?

Is this even possible?

Thanks!

/Rick

Hi Rick,
Possible, but not easy ) Basically, you have to write a script then bind it to a function key. Since I do this a lot, and I'm bored, here it is…

Cheers,

Petere B

Thanks Peter.

ahh the pane command. I was looking for window! LOL

The way I'm binding the key is with:

alias F7 `“source $HOME/popParms.hsc”`


I don't think my command is right because I keep getting a floating pane for light1 no matter what i have selected.

Cheers!

/Rick

Hmm, that's how I bound it. Actually, if you put it in $HOME/houdini8.0/scripts then you don't need the path, but what you have should work.

To check, add this line

message $allSelected

after the “opselect()” line, that will tell you what it thinks it has selected.

You could also use “unix echo $allSelected” if the popup annoys you )

Cheers,

Peter B

ok I think I know what's happening here.

When the new floating pane get created it's unlinked and so happens to defualt to something in /obj. If I link the new floating pane to 1 it works.

I tried to hack the script to something like:


set newPane =`run("pane -F - l 1 -w $newWidth $newHeight ….


but that didn't work.

Digging deeper in this…..

Ahh, yah, that sounds right. Basically, you need to set the path to each of the selected objects in the foreach loop. There's a “pane” variant that does that I believe.

You shouldn't have to link it, though.

Cheers,

Peter B

great thks!

I seem to have some trouble with this….

I modified the script in the foreach loop a little bit to reflect the following:

foreach i ($allSelected)

# / ——————————
# set the node path
# / ——————————
set curPath = $path/$i

# echo full path to textport for i
# echo $curPath

set newPane = `run(“pane -F -w $newWidth $newHeight -P $offset 400 -m parmeditor”)`

# / ——————————
# -h should set the node path; -a 0 hides network ctrls; -A 0 hides the pane bar
# / ——————————

pane -n $i -h $curPath $newPane

set offset = `$offset + $newOffset`



Could you/anyone try to run the attached script on your end to see if it works on your end.

I'm having some very strange behavior.
If I drop a sphere sop and hit F2 to launch this script, it works!
Now if I select a group sop or any other sop, and hit F2, the floating pane comes up with the words “No Operator Selected.” Yes the group sop is selected! :?

ok I got it working.

I have attached it if anyone else would like it.

I made 2 fatal mistakes in my previous code.
-I should have used the expression `opfullpath($i)`
- I should have used the -H flag for pane not -h

Thanks!
/Rick

pbowmar
Hi Rick,
Possible, but not easy ) Basically, you have to write a script then bind it to a function key. Since I do this a lot, and I'm bored, here it is...

Cheers,

Petere B

I know it's an old post, but is this script still usable in Houdini 18.5? And how can I assign it to a hotkey/function key?

Hi, you may set the hotkey here:

Edit > Hotkeys:
Houdini / Panes / Network Editor / Node Menu / Parameters

Although, sometimes the hotkey does not work until I right click on any node. Then it starts to work again. The same applies to other hotkeys that I have in the Node Menu. Probably it is some "focus" issue.