I want to create a panel list where I can add Objects and Materials. The purpose of this list is to bake the actions of the selected objects and materials to be able to export them to glTF.
I already have the code to bake them, but I don´t have the UI to select which objects and material should be baked.
I have tried to understand the examples in Blender documentation, but to be honest, I now feel I understand even less :-s
Could someone provide a small example on how to create such a panel?
As Gorgious commented, this is the code:
import bpy
class MATERIAL_UL_matslots_example(bpy.types.UIList):
# The draw_item function is called for each item of the collection that is visible in the list.
# data is the RNA object containing the collection,
# item is the current drawn item of the collection,
# icon is the "computed" icon for the item (as an integer, because some objects like materials or textures
# have custom icons ID, which are not available as enum items).
# active_data is the RNA object containing the active property for the collection (i.e. integer pointing to the
# active item of the collection).
# active_propname is the name of the active property (use 'getattr(active_data, active_propname)').
# index is index of the current item in the collection.
# flt_flag is the result of the filtering process for this item.
# Note: as index and flt_flag are optional arguments, you do not have to use/declare them here if you don't
# need them.
def draw_item(self, context, layout, data, item, icon, active_data, active_propname):
ob = data
slot = item
ma = slot.material
# draw_item must handle the three layout types... Usually 'DEFAULT' and 'COMPACT' can share the same code.
if self.layout_type in {'DEFAULT', 'COMPACT'}:
# You should always start your row layout by a label (icon + text), or a non-embossed text field,
# this will also make the row easily selectable in the list! The later also enables ctrl-click rename.
# We use icon_value of label, as our given icon is an integer value, not an enum ID.
# Note "data" names should never be translated!
if ma:
layout.prop(ma, "name", text="", emboss=False, icon_value=icon)
else:
layout.label(text="", translate=False, icon_value=icon)
# 'GRID' layout type should be as compact as possible (typically a single icon!).
elif self.layout_type in {'GRID'}:
layout.alignment = 'CENTER'
layout.label(text="", icon_value=icon)
# And now we can use this list everywhere in Blender. Here is a small example panel.
class UIListPanelExample(bpy.types.Panel):
"""Creates a Panel in the Object properties window"""
bl_label = "UIList Panel"
bl_idname = "OBJECT_PT_ui_list_example"
bl_space_type = 'PROPERTIES'
bl_region_type = 'WINDOW'
bl_context = "object"
def draw(self, context):
layout = self.layout
obj = context.object
# template_list now takes two new args.
# The first one is the identifier of the registered UIList to use (if you want only the default list,
# with no custom draw code, use "UI_UL_list").
layout.template_list("MATERIAL_UL_matslots_example", "", obj, "material_slots", obj, "active_material_index")
# The second one can usually be left as an empty string.
# It's an additional ID used to distinguish lists in case you
# use the same list several times in a given area.
layout.template_list("MATERIAL_UL_matslots_example", "compact", obj, "material_slots",
obj, "active_material_index", type='COMPACT')
def register():
bpy.utils.register_class(MATERIAL_UL_matslots_example)
bpy.utils.register_class(UIListPanelExample)
def unregister():
bpy.utils.unregister_class(MATERIAL_UL_matslots_example)
bpy.utils.unregister_class(UIListPanelExample)
if __name__ == "__main__":
register()
If you run it in the text editor, you can see the list here:
You can easily "get" the code by tapping "new" in the text editor and then:
With the "UI Panel Simple" you can add objects.
