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Can I stop a Python script midway, get some info from the user and then only continue?

wynandlens — Fri, 23 May 2025 10:07:08 GMT

is there a "continue" UI option in maya? Like a UI item specifically designed to block a script and only continue once you click it?

Re: Can I stop a Python script midway, get some info from the user and then only continue?

FirespriteNate — Fri, 23 May 2025 14:30:12 GMT

you can use `confirmDialog` or `promptDialog` for this. They both halt all processing until dismissed.

`confirmDialog` is just buttons, `promptDialog` allows you to prompt for variable input (there's also `layoutDialog` but that's a bit more complicated to set up).

Re: Can I stop a Python script midway, get some info from the user and then only continue?

wynandlens — Fri, 23 May 2025 15:37:41 GMT

Thanks! Both these take complete control of your maya session, so a user can't click on anything. I'd like them to select a node in the view port, click 'USE THIS NODE' and continue the script.

Re: Can I stop a Python script midway, get some info from the user and then only continue?

mcw0 — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 17:58:29 GMT

Split your script into 2 scripts. Run the first. Create a UI to prompt the user to select something. And have a scriptJob that executes the second script upon selection change.