Widget Wrapper for MODO

A robust widget wrapper for MODO that enables the display of PySide QWidgets and QDialogs in a fashion more in line with other PySide-based applications.

Installation

1. Hit Download ZIP on the right
2. From MODO go to System > Open Content Folder
3. Extract the contents of the zip to the Kits folder, should be Kits/widgetWrapper-master

Use

See example/testOne.py for a working example

1. In your script's main() function set lx._widget to your QDialog or QWidget and lx._widgetOptions to any arguments that you'd like passed to the widget's init function:

	lx._widget = Example
	lx._widgetOptions = options

2. Launch the widget using launchWidget:

	lx.eval('launchWidget')

3. Get a reference to your newly created widget:

	widgetInstance = lx._widgetInstance

4. We wrap this functionality in a launch command. It accepts a dialog and arguments and returns a reference to the created instance. An example is included in examples/launch
5. Bonus: If you close your dialog programatically, be sure to emit an onClose signal so the widget wrapper can close itself as well. An example of this is included in example/testOne.py

Benefits

• Matches the widget's desired size and position
• Hides the additional panels and title bars that MODO tries to add
• Sets the window title to match the widget's window title
• Closes automatically via onClose signal