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

[wynandlens]

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?

[FirespriteNate]

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).

[wynandlens]

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.

[mcw0]

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.