Can't get custom string attr to show up in channel box

[shomari.rivero65CK4]

cmds.addAttr(
   sphere_3,
   keyable = True,
    dataType=‘string’,
    shortName= ‘alt’,
    longName=‘alternativeName’)              # creating attr in node editor but not channel box.

[Kahylan]

Hi!

Unfortunately this is not possible. String attributes are never keyable, therefore they also won't show up in the channelbox.

If you have an attribute that is supposed to switch between multiple known strings, use an Enum attribute instead.

I hope it helps!