Hi.

I would like to know the difference between using Python in the Python panel and the Houdini shelf tool.

For example, I'm trying to use the drag and drop feature, but it doesn't work with the Houdini shelf tool.

However, it is used in the Python panel.

Is there a way to use drag and drop in the Houdini shelf tool?

What I want is to drag and drop the node and enter the path in the blank.



Thank you.

Hello, “Thank you”,

you may be confusing Qt (which Houdini uses for rendering its UI) and Python (which Houdini uses for working with data in the background). Python does not support “drag and drop”, since it is not a UI system but a programming language, Qt does.

If this helps in your usecase: You can add a path parameter to your node's (HDA's) parameter panel, into which you can use drag and drop from a node in the network view (which then automatically gets converted into a path).

Marc

malbrecht
you may be confusing Qt (which Houdini uses for rendering its UI) and Python (which Houdini uses for working with data in the background). Python does not support “drag and drop”, since it is not a UI system but a programming language, Qt does.

If this helps in your usecase: You can add a path parameter to your node's (HDA's) parameter panel, into which you can use drag and drop from a node in the network view (which then automatically gets converted into a path).

Thank you. I'll refer to it.