Any (C.O.R.E) peeps out there that can refresh my memory on how to do this?
I remember bring able to do this with a java app back in houdini 6, so im wondering if there is a houdini9/pyqt equivalent. i.e. when selecting a new
tab, load the pane with a pyqt gui, as opposed to launching a modal window.

any points in the right direction would be appreciated.

No, there has never been a way to do that (w/pyqt or java that is). You must launch a new window. You're probably thinking of custom panels, but that was removed in H9.

Indeed, the various floating java tools, (Pose Library & Friends), were all in their own independent windows. Although Custom Panes were used to initialize and launch those tools.

ah right. one giant button in a custom panel used to launch the app modally.
clearly shelf buttons accomplish the same effect. I suppose i was thinking of
java applets nested in a mozilla browser pane. thanks for the clarification.

it would be pretty cool to nest your own apps in a custom pane, complete
with the interface hooks, rather than use floating windows. but im over it.

;-)

Digging up this old thread.
Is there anyway to avoid popup interfaces when using PyQt?
Through some neat docking or actually implementing a custom pane?


Slightly off-topic another solution could be if there is somehow to use a custom web-site that can be browsed through the help browser to launch python code in a similar fashion that example files can be launched or loaded?