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How do I close an area using Python in Blender 4.1? [duplicate]
I want to close a panel from within my Python addon. Existing questions and answers seem to yield results that no longer work as they are very dated. The suggested code to run is:
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How to change exporting scale using Python?
When we export an .stl via File>Export>STL - we see a window which has a Scale variable.
This one:
• This variable is named ...
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Show context menu addition only for object custom properties?
I am looking for a bpy.types.?????_MT_context_menu (or similar) so that I can insert an item Copy Color Property as new Driver for a script that will help me past ...
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How to reload ONE particular UI script? (an alternative to 'Reload Scripts' )
My add-on edits Blender's UI scripts.
To apply changes to UI - edited scripts should be reloaded.
For this purpose I use bpy.ops.script.reload()
It does the job, ...
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How to reload UI without restarting Blender
I'm writing addon which edits default UI.
To be specific - it works with VIEW3D_MT_mesh_add
The functionality I need goes beyond standard ...
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Is there a way to create a colored text box for StringProperty in addon UI, like the overwrite warning in Blender save-as window?
To store a user setting, I managed to access a StringProperty in my addon popup window like this:
But i want to add an overwrite warning as same as the blender file save window:
Is there a way to do ...
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panel_prop Boolean Property from property group resets automatically to default value without throwing errors
the goal was to simply have a bool value to change whether or not to show a custom panel with additional settings or no, it is modifier specific the first thought was simply register it on ...
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Why is my Stretch-To update button looking for Grease Pencil in Blender 4?
I've been trying to make a button to reset all the stretch-tos in my custom armature as per this question, but my previous menu work has all been in a new menu section in the sidebar of the 3D view.
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Custom Blender Python icons with adjustable colours
I am writing a Blender add-on and I want to add a custom icon into the UI panel.
I can do this with bpy.utils.previews, but it seems to only want PNG files so if I ...
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Minimal object add-on UI with sub-meshes and Redo
I finally have this working UI, after exploring many rabbit-holes, so wanted to share it in the hope of improving its performance.
Follow-up to this question.
The key goal is to preserve the 'redo' ...
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Importing bpy.types malfunctions in custom script directory
Why can't bpy work properly when a script is loaded from a custom file directory?
Given that there is a file on C:\scripts\addons...
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Can someone help me troubleshoot this addon?
I want to make it so I (and my students) can access the Graph Editor's "Key" menu from the Timeline. This is very easy to do by changing the source code: in ...
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How to write a script to add a button to the header of the 3D View?
I am trying to learn how to script in blender and also the basics of creating addons. Most beginner tutorials show how to make menus in the N panel. But I really want to know how to make menus in the ...
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Is it possible to make a class from bpy.type to implement an abstract class?
Here is my problem:
I'm making a Class A. This Class A, has some common functionality that I need to also add to another class (bpy.types.GPencilLayer).
Since that functionality is going to be common, ...
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Creating properties dynamically for UI panels in a Blender addon
I'm currently working on a Blender addon, and I'm facing an issue regarding the creation of dynamic properties for UI panels. Specifically, I'm trying to read parameters from a JSON file and display ...
