Custom menu item on maya menu bar

Jaziel · December 29, 2020, 7:08pm

Hi, this is the question,
is possible? and if it is… is there some guide to put a custom context menu on the menu bar of maya like the shotgun menu?

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Ricardo_Musch · December 31, 2020, 11:01am

Have a look at how Shotgun do this themselves here:

github.com

shotgunsoftware/tk-maya/blob/a8677d3e17e1d7f1434755149eb479f2d2a24a9e/engine.py#L256


if cmds.about(batch=True):
    # don't create menu in batch mode
    return
# destroy any pre-existing shotgun menu - the one that holds the apps
if cmds.menu("ShotgunMenu", exists=True):
    cmds.deleteUI("ShotgunMenu")
# create a new shotgun disabled menu if one doesn't exist already.
if not cmds.menu("ShotgunMenuDisabled", exists=True):
    sg_menu = cmds.menu(
        "ShotgunMenuDisabled",
        label=menu_name,
        # Get the mel global variable value for main window.
        # In order to get the global variable in mel.eval we have to assign it to another temporary value
        # so that it returns the result.
        parent=mel.eval("$retvalue = $gMainWindow;"),
    )
    cmds.menuItem(
        label="Sgtk is disabled.",
        parent=sg_menu,

And for example, take a look at the Maya Python API’s:

Jaziel · January 5, 2021, 9:48pm

thank you @Ricardo_Musch , this is what i was looking for.