Is there a way to change the font size of headsUpMessage with mel?

kohaku_nekotarou — Sat, 04 May 2024 12:25:49 GMT

I want to change the text size of headsUpMessage with mel.

Re: Is there a way to change the font size of headsUpMessage with mel?

FirespriteNate — Sat, 04 May 2024 13:45:15 GMT

no, at least not as far as I'm aware. headsUpMessage is useful if you need dynamic updating feedback and aren't using a plug-in, but it's a pretty poor feature in terms of it's appearence and flexibility. Have you tried inViewMessage as an alternative? That displays much nicer messages with much better custom styling available. The only drawback iirc is it's not great for real-time updating (if you are tracking a dynamic context and reporting an output value for example).

inViewMessage -smg "Hello World" -pos "midCenterBot" -fade -fadeStayTime 4000 -fadeInTime 250 -fadeOutTime 500 -fontSize 20 -backColor 0x00FF8000 -alpha 0.5;

(don't have Maya access to test atm, so apologies if the MEL above is not quite right, check the online docs)

You can also pass html to the message string to change simple formatting via CSS (font style, color, etc..)

Re: Is there a way to change the font size of headsUpMessage with mel?

kohaku_nekotarou — Sat, 04 May 2024 23:08:54 GMT

I did not use inViewMessage because it would get in the way, I decided to turn it on only when I wanted to display a message.
Thank you for your excellent suggestion.

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Is there a way to change the font size of headsUpMessage with mel?

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