csaez/quicklauncher

A minimal Qt based menu to quickly find and execute Maya commands and user scripts.

QuickLauncher

A minimal Qt based menu to quickly find and execute Maya commands and user scripts.

quicklauncher relies on PySide/PySide2 and should work out of the box on Autodesk Maya 2014 or greater.

Installation

There are many ways to go about this, but for casual users I would recommend to get the latest release and simply copy quicklauncher.py to your maya script directory.

If you are a developer or want to integrate quicklauncher in your pipeline, I highly recommend the standard setup.py script as it brings more flexibility.

python setup.py install

Usage

import quicklauncher
quicklauncher.show()

You can also select the folder in which quicklauncher will look for user scripts (repo).

import quicklauncher
quicklauncher.select_repo()

For more info, check the Wiki (there are a few interesting things you can do).

TIP: You can refresh the list of available scripts without restarting Maya by simply reloading the python module in the script editor (or add a little python script that does this to your repo so it's available from the menu itself).

import quicklauncher
reload(quicklauncher)

Contributing

• Check for open issues or open a fresh issue to start a discussion around a feature idea or a bug.

• Fork the quicklauncher repository on Github to start making your changes (make sure to isolate your changes in a local branch when possible).

• Write a test which shows that the bug was fixed or that the feature works as expected.

• Send a pull request and bug me until it gets merged. :)

Make sure to add yourself to CONTRIBUTORS.md!