WindowManager(ID)

base classes — bpy_struct, ID

class bpy.types.WindowManager(ID)

Window manager datablock defining open windows and other user interface data

addon_filter

Filter addons by category

Type:enum in [], default ‘’

addon_search

Search within the selected filter

Type:string, default “”, (never None)

addon_support

Display support level

• OFFICIAL Official, Officially supported.
• COMMUNITY Community, Maintained by community developers.
• TESTING Testing, Newly contributed scripts (excluded from release builds).

Type:enum set in {‘OFFICIAL’, ‘COMMUNITY’, ‘TESTING’}, default {‘OFFICIAL’, ‘COMMUNITY’}

clipboard

Type:string, default “”, (never None)

keyconfigs

Registered key configurations

Type:KeyConfigurations bpy_prop_collection of KeyConfig, (readonly)

operators

Operator registry

Type:bpy_prop_collection of Operator, (readonly)

windows

Open windows

Type:bpy_prop_collection of Window, (readonly)

classmethod fileselect_add(operator)

Opens a file selector with an operator. The string properties ‘filepath’, ‘filename’, ‘directory’ and a ‘files’ collection are assigned when present in the operator

Parameters:operator (Operator) – Operator to call

classmethod modal_handler_add(operator)

modal_handler_add

Parameters:operator (Operator) – Operator to call Return type:boolean

event_timer_add(time_step, window=None)

event_timer_add

Parameters:

• time_step (float in [0, inf]) – Time Step, Interval in seconds between timer events
• window (Window, (optional)) – Window to attach the timer to or None

Return type:

Timer

event_timer_remove(timer)

event_timer_remove

progress_begin(min, max)

Start Progress bar

Parameters:

• min (float in [-inf, inf]) – min, any value in range [0,9999]
• max (float in [-inf, inf]) – max, any value in range [min+1,9998]

progress_update(value)

progress_update

Parameters:value (float in [-inf, inf]) – value, any value between min and max as set in progress_begin()

progress_end()

Terminate Progress bar

classmethod invoke_props_popup(operator, event)

Operator popup invoke

Parameters:

• operator (Operator) – Operator to call
• event (Event) – Event

Returns:

result

• RUNNING_MODAL Running Modal, Keep the operator running with blender.
• CANCELLED Cancelled, When no action has been taken, operator exits.
• FINISHED Finished, When the operator is complete, operator exits.
• PASS_THROUGH Pass Through, Do nothing and pass the event on.

Return type:

enum set in {‘RUNNING_MODAL’, ‘CANCELLED’, ‘FINISHED’, ‘PASS_THROUGH’}

classmethod invoke_props_dialog(operator, width=300, height=20)

Operator dialog (non-autoexec popup) invoke

Parameters:

• operator (Operator) – Operator to call
• width (int in [0, inf], (optional)) – Width of the popup
• height (int in [0, inf], (optional)) – Height of the popup

Returns:

result

• RUNNING_MODAL Running Modal, Keep the operator running with blender.
• CANCELLED Cancelled, When no action has been taken, operator exits.
• FINISHED Finished, When the operator is complete, operator exits.
• PASS_THROUGH Pass Through, Do nothing and pass the event on.

Return type:

enum set in {‘RUNNING_MODAL’, ‘CANCELLED’, ‘FINISHED’, ‘PASS_THROUGH’}

classmethod invoke_search_popup(operator)

invoke_search_popup

Parameters:operator (Operator) – Operator to call

classmethod invoke_popup(operator, width=300, height=20)

Operator popup invoke

Parameters:

• operator (Operator) – Operator to call
• width (int in [0, inf], (optional)) – Width of the popup
• height (int in [0, inf], (optional)) – Height of the popup

Returns:

result

• RUNNING_MODAL Running Modal, Keep the operator running with blender.
• CANCELLED Cancelled, When no action has been taken, operator exits.
• FINISHED Finished, When the operator is complete, operator exits.
• PASS_THROUGH Pass Through, Do nothing and pass the event on.

Return type:

enum set in {‘RUNNING_MODAL’, ‘CANCELLED’, ‘FINISHED’, ‘PASS_THROUGH’}

classmethod invoke_confirm(operator, event)

Operator confirmation

Parameters:

• operator (Operator) – Operator to call
• event (Event) – Event

Returns:

result

• RUNNING_MODAL Running Modal, Keep the operator running with blender.
• CANCELLED Cancelled, When no action has been taken, operator exits.
• FINISHED Finished, When the operator is complete, operator exits.
• PASS_THROUGH Pass Through, Do nothing and pass the event on.

Return type:

enum set in {‘RUNNING_MODAL’, ‘CANCELLED’, ‘FINISHED’, ‘PASS_THROUGH’}

classmethod pupmenu_begin__internal(title, icon='NONE')

pupmenu_begin__internal

Parameters:icon (enum in [‘NONE’, ‘QUESTION’, ‘ERROR’, ‘CANCEL’, ‘TRIA_RIGHT’, ‘TRIA_DOWN’, ‘TRIA_LEFT’, ‘TRIA_UP’, ‘ARROW_LEFTRIGHT’, ‘PLUS’, ‘DISCLOSURE_TRI_DOWN’, ‘DISCLOSURE_TRI_RIGHT’, ‘RADIOBUT_OFF’, ‘RADIOBUT_ON’, ‘MENU_PANEL’, ‘BLENDER’, ‘GRIP’, ‘DOT’, ‘COLLAPSEMENU’, ‘X’, ‘GO_LEFT’, ‘PLUG’, ‘UI’, ‘NODE’, ‘NODE_SEL’, ‘FULLSCREEN’, ‘SPLITSCREEN’, ‘RIGHTARROW_THIN’, ‘BORDERMOVE’, ‘VIEWZOOM’, ‘ZOOMIN’, ‘ZOOMOUT’, ‘PANEL_CLOSE’, ‘COPY_ID’, ‘EYEDROPPER’, ‘LINK_AREA’, ‘AUTO’, ‘CHECKBOX_DEHLT’, ‘CHECKBOX_HLT’, ‘UNLOCKED’, ‘LOCKED’, ‘UNPINNED’, ‘PINNED’, ‘SCREEN_BACK’, ‘RIGHTARROW’, ‘DOWNARROW_HLT’, ‘DOTSUP’, ‘DOTSDOWN’, ‘LINK’, ‘INLINK’, ‘PLUGIN’, ‘HELP’, ‘GHOST_ENABLED’, ‘COLOR’, ‘LINKED’, ‘UNLINKED’, ‘HAND’, ‘ZOOM_ALL’, ‘ZOOM_SELECTED’, ‘ZOOM_PREVIOUS’, ‘ZOOM_IN’, ‘ZOOM_OUT’, ‘RENDER_REGION’, ‘BORDER_RECT’, ‘BORDER_LASSO’, ‘FREEZE’, ‘STYLUS_PRESSURE’, ‘GHOST_DISABLED’, ‘NEW’, ‘FILE_TICK’, ‘QUIT’, ‘URL’, ‘RECOVER_LAST’, ‘FULLSCREEN_ENTER’, ‘FULLSCREEN_EXIT’, ‘BLANK1’, ‘LAMP’, ‘MATERIAL’, ‘TEXTURE’, ‘ANIM’, ‘WORLD’, ‘SCENE’, ‘EDIT’, ‘GAME’, ‘RADIO’, ‘SCRIPT’, ‘PARTICLES’, ‘PHYSICS’, ‘SPEAKER’, ‘TEXTURE_SHADED’, ‘VIEW3D’, ‘IPO’, ‘OOPS’, ‘BUTS’, ‘FILESEL’, ‘IMAGE_COL’, ‘INFO’, ‘SEQUENCE’, ‘TEXT’, ‘IMASEL’, ‘SOUND’, ‘ACTION’, ‘NLA’, ‘SCRIPTWIN’, ‘TIME’, ‘NODETREE’, ‘LOGIC’, ‘CONSOLE’, ‘PREFERENCES’, ‘CLIP’, ‘ASSET_MANAGER’, ‘OBJECT_DATAMODE’, ‘EDITMODE_HLT’, ‘FACESEL_HLT’, ‘VPAINT_HLT’, ‘TPAINT_HLT’, ‘WPAINT_HLT’, ‘SCULPTMODE_HLT’, ‘POSE_HLT’, ‘PARTICLEMODE’, ‘LIGHTPAINT’, ‘SCENE_DATA’, ‘RENDERLAYERS’, ‘WORLD_DATA’, ‘OBJECT_DATA’, ‘MESH_DATA’, ‘CURVE_DATA’, ‘META_DATA’, ‘LATTICE_DATA’, ‘LAMP_DATA’, ‘MATERIAL_DATA’, ‘TEXTURE_DATA’, ‘ANIM_DATA’, ‘CAMERA_DATA’, ‘PARTICLE_DATA’, ‘LIBRARY_DATA_DIRECT’, ‘GROUP’, ‘ARMATURE_DATA’, ‘POSE_DATA’, ‘BONE_DATA’, ‘CONSTRAINT’, ‘SHAPEKEY_DATA’, ‘CONSTRAINT_BONE’, ‘CAMERA_STEREO’, ‘PACKAGE’, ‘UGLYPACKAGE’, ‘BRUSH_DATA’, ‘IMAGE_DATA’, ‘FILE’, ‘FCURVE’, ‘FONT_DATA’, ‘RENDER_RESULT’, ‘SURFACE_DATA’, ‘EMPTY_DATA’, ‘SETTINGS’, ‘RENDER_ANIMATION’, ‘RENDER_STILL’, ‘BOIDS’, ‘STRANDS’, ‘LIBRARY_DATA_INDIRECT’, ‘GREASEPENCIL’, ‘LINE_DATA’, ‘GROUP_BONE’, ‘GROUP_VERTEX’, ‘GROUP_VCOL’, ‘GROUP_UVS’, ‘RNA’, ‘RNA_ADD’, ‘OUTLINER_OB_EMPTY’, ‘OUTLINER_OB_MESH’, ‘OUTLINER_OB_CURVE’, ‘OUTLINER_OB_LATTICE’, ‘OUTLINER_OB_META’, ‘OUTLINER_OB_LAMP’, ‘OUTLINER_OB_CAMERA’, ‘OUTLINER_OB_ARMATURE’, ‘OUTLINER_OB_FONT’, ‘OUTLINER_OB_SURFACE’, ‘OUTLINER_OB_SPEAKER’, ‘RESTRICT_VIEW_OFF’, ‘RESTRICT_VIEW_ON’, ‘RESTRICT_SELECT_OFF’, ‘RESTRICT_SELECT_ON’, ‘RESTRICT_RENDER_OFF’, ‘RESTRICT_RENDER_ON’, ‘OUTLINER_DATA_EMPTY’, ‘OUTLINER_DATA_MESH’, ‘OUTLINER_DATA_CURVE’, ‘OUTLINER_DATA_LATTICE’, ‘OUTLINER_DATA_META’, ‘OUTLINER_DATA_LAMP’, ‘OUTLINER_DATA_CAMERA’, ‘OUTLINER_DATA_ARMATURE’, ‘OUTLINER_DATA_FONT’, ‘OUTLINER_DATA_SURFACE’, ‘OUTLINER_DATA_SPEAKER’, ‘OUTLINER_DATA_POSE’, ‘MESH_PLANE’, ‘MESH_CUBE’, ‘MESH_CIRCLE’, ‘MESH_UVSPHERE’, ‘MESH_ICOSPHERE’, ‘MESH_GRID’, ‘MESH_MONKEY’, ‘MESH_CYLINDER’, ‘MESH_TORUS’, ‘MESH_CONE’, ‘LAMP_POINT’, ‘LAMP_SUN’, ‘LAMP_SPOT’, ‘LAMP_HEMI’, ‘LAMP_AREA’, ‘META_EMPTY’, ‘META_PLANE’, ‘META_CUBE’, ‘META_BALL’, ‘META_ELLIPSOID’, ‘META_CAPSULE’, ‘SURFACE_NCURVE’, ‘SURFACE_NCIRCLE’, ‘SURFACE_NSURFACE’, ‘SURFACE_NCYLINDER’, ‘SURFACE_NSPHERE’, ‘SURFACE_NTORUS’, ‘CURVE_BEZCURVE’, ‘CURVE_BEZCIRCLE’, ‘CURVE_NCURVE’, ‘CURVE_NCIRCLE’, ‘CURVE_PATH’, ‘COLOR_RED’, ‘COLOR_GREEN’, ‘COLOR_BLUE’, ‘FORCE_FORCE’, ‘FORCE_WIND’, ‘FORCE_VORTEX’, ‘FORCE_MAGNETIC’, ‘FORCE_HARMONIC’, ‘FORCE_CHARGE’, ‘FORCE_LENNARDJONES’, ‘FORCE_TEXTURE’, ‘FORCE_CURVE’, ‘FORCE_BOID’, ‘FORCE_TURBULENCE’, ‘FORCE_DRAG’, ‘FORCE_SMOKEFLOW’, ‘MODIFIER’, ‘MOD_WAVE’, ‘MOD_BUILD’, ‘MOD_DECIM’, ‘MOD_MIRROR’, ‘MOD_SOFT’, ‘MOD_SUBSURF’, ‘HOOK’, ‘MOD_PHYSICS’, ‘MOD_PARTICLES’, ‘MOD_BOOLEAN’, ‘MOD_EDGESPLIT’, ‘MOD_ARRAY’, ‘MOD_UVPROJECT’, ‘MOD_DISPLACE’, ‘MOD_CURVE’, ‘MOD_LATTICE’, ‘CONSTRAINT_DATA’, ‘MOD_ARMATURE’, ‘MOD_SHRINKWRAP’, ‘MOD_CAST’, ‘MOD_MESHDEFORM’, ‘MOD_BEVEL’, ‘MOD_SMOOTH’, ‘MOD_SIMPLEDEFORM’, ‘MOD_MASK’, ‘MOD_CLOTH’, ‘MOD_EXPLODE’, ‘MOD_FLUIDSIM’, ‘MOD_MULTIRES’, ‘MOD_SMOKE’, ‘MOD_SOLIDIFY’, ‘MOD_SCREW’, ‘MOD_VERTEX_WEIGHT’, ‘MOD_DYNAMICPAINT’, ‘MOD_REMESH’, ‘MOD_OCEAN’, ‘MOD_WARP’, ‘MOD_SKIN’, ‘MOD_TRIANGULATE’, ‘MOD_WIREFRAME’, ‘REC’, ‘PLAY’, ‘FF’, ‘REW’, ‘PAUSE’, ‘PREV_KEYFRAME’, ‘NEXT_KEYFRAME’, ‘PLAY_AUDIO’, ‘PLAY_REVERSE’, ‘PREVIEW_RANGE’, ‘ACTION_TWEAK’, ‘PMARKER_ACT’, ‘PMARKER_SEL’, ‘PMARKER’, ‘MARKER_HLT’, ‘MARKER’, ‘SPACE2’, ‘SPACE3’, ‘KEYINGSET’, ‘KEY_DEHLT’, ‘KEY_HLT’, ‘MUTE_IPO_OFF’, ‘MUTE_IPO_ON’, ‘VISIBLE_IPO_OFF’, ‘VISIBLE_IPO_ON’, ‘DRIVER’, ‘SOLO_OFF’, ‘SOLO_ON’, ‘FRAME_PREV’, ‘FRAME_NEXT’, ‘NLA_PUSHDOWN’, ‘IPO_CONSTANT’, ‘IPO_LINEAR’, ‘IPO_BEZIER’, ‘IPO_SINE’, ‘IPO_QUAD’, ‘IPO_CUBIC’, ‘IPO_QUART’, ‘IPO_QUINT’, ‘IPO_EXPO’, ‘IPO_CIRC’, ‘IPO_BOUNCE’, ‘IPO_ELASTIC’, ‘IPO_BACK’, ‘IPO_EASE_IN’, ‘IPO_EASE_OUT’, ‘IPO_EASE_IN_OUT’, ‘VERTEXSEL’, ‘EDGESEL’, ‘FACESEL’, ‘ROTATE’, ‘CURSOR’, ‘ROTATECOLLECTION’, ‘ROTATECENTER’, ‘ROTACTIVE’, ‘ALIGN’, ‘SMOOTHCURVE’, ‘SPHERECURVE’, ‘ROOTCURVE’, ‘SHARPCURVE’, ‘LINCURVE’, ‘NOCURVE’, ‘RNDCURVE’, ‘PROP_OFF’, ‘PROP_ON’, ‘PROP_CON’, ‘SCULPT_DYNTOPO’, ‘PARTICLE_POINT’, ‘PARTICLE_TIP’, ‘PARTICLE_PATH’, ‘MAN_TRANS’, ‘MAN_ROT’, ‘MAN_SCALE’, ‘MANIPUL’, ‘SNAP_OFF’, ‘SNAP_ON’, ‘SNAP_NORMAL’, ‘SNAP_INCREMENT’, ‘SNAP_VERTEX’, ‘SNAP_EDGE’, ‘SNAP_FACE’, ‘SNAP_VOLUME’, ‘STICKY_UVS_LOC’, ‘STICKY_UVS_DISABLE’, ‘STICKY_UVS_VERT’, ‘CLIPUV_DEHLT’, ‘CLIPUV_HLT’, ‘SNAP_PEEL_OBJECT’, ‘GRID’, ‘PASTEDOWN’, ‘COPYDOWN’, ‘PASTEFLIPUP’, ‘PASTEFLIPDOWN’, ‘SNAP_SURFACE’, ‘AUTOMERGE_ON’, ‘AUTOMERGE_OFF’, ‘RETOPO’, ‘UV_VERTEXSEL’, ‘UV_EDGESEL’, ‘UV_FACESEL’, ‘UV_ISLANDSEL’, ‘UV_SYNC_SELECT’, ‘BBOX’, ‘WIRE’, ‘SOLID’, ‘SMOOTH’, ‘POTATO’, ‘ORTHO’, ‘LOCKVIEW_OFF’, ‘LOCKVIEW_ON’, ‘AXIS_SIDE’, ‘AXIS_FRONT’, ‘AXIS_TOP’, ‘NDOF_DOM’, ‘NDOF_TURN’, ‘NDOF_FLY’, ‘NDOF_TRANS’, ‘LAYER_USED’, ‘LAYER_ACTIVE’, ‘SORTALPHA’, ‘SORTBYEXT’, ‘SORTTIME’, ‘SORTSIZE’, ‘LONGDISPLAY’, ‘SHORTDISPLAY’, ‘GHOST’, ‘IMGDISPLAY’, ‘SAVE_AS’, ‘SAVE_COPY’, ‘BOOKMARKS’, ‘FONTPREVIEW’, ‘FILTER’, ‘NEWFOLDER’, ‘OPEN_RECENT’, ‘FILE_PARENT’, ‘FILE_REFRESH’, ‘FILE_FOLDER’, ‘FILE_BLANK’, ‘FILE_BLEND’, ‘FILE_IMAGE’, ‘FILE_MOVIE’, ‘FILE_SCRIPT’, ‘FILE_SOUND’, ‘FILE_FONT’, ‘FILE_TEXT’, ‘RECOVER_AUTO’, ‘SAVE_PREFS’, ‘LINK_BLEND’, ‘APPEND_BLEND’, ‘IMPORT’, ‘EXPORT’, ‘EXTERNAL_DATA’, ‘LOAD_FACTORY’, ‘LOOP_BACK’, ‘LOOP_FORWARDS’, ‘BACK’, ‘FORWARD’, ‘FILE_BACKUP’, ‘DISK_DRIVE’, ‘MATPLANE’, ‘MATSPHERE’, ‘MATCUBE’, ‘MONKEY’, ‘HAIR’, ‘ALIASED’, ‘ANTIALIASED’, ‘MAT_SPHERE_SKY’, ‘WORDWRAP_OFF’, ‘WORDWRAP_ON’, ‘SYNTAX_OFF’, ‘SYNTAX_ON’, ‘LINENUMBERS_OFF’, ‘LINENUMBERS_ON’, ‘SCRIPTPLUGINS’, ‘SEQ_SEQUENCER’, ‘SEQ_PREVIEW’, ‘SEQ_LUMA_WAVEFORM’, ‘SEQ_CHROMA_SCOPE’, ‘SEQ_HISTOGRAM’, ‘SEQ_SPLITVIEW’, ‘IMAGE_RGB’, ‘IMAGE_RGB_ALPHA’, ‘IMAGE_ALPHA’, ‘IMAGE_ZDEPTH’, ‘IMAGEFILE’, ‘BRUSH_ADD’, ‘BRUSH_BLOB’, ‘BRUSH_BLUR’, ‘BRUSH_CLAY’, ‘BRUSH_CLAY_STRIPS’, ‘BRUSH_CLONE’, ‘BRUSH_CREASE’, ‘BRUSH_DARKEN’, ‘BRUSH_FILL’, ‘BRUSH_FLATTEN’, ‘BRUSH_GRAB’, ‘BRUSH_INFLATE’, ‘BRUSH_LAYER’, ‘BRUSH_LIGHTEN’, ‘BRUSH_MASK’, ‘BRUSH_MIX’, ‘BRUSH_MULTIPLY’, ‘BRUSH_NUDGE’, ‘BRUSH_PINCH’, ‘BRUSH_SCRAPE’, ‘BRUSH_SCULPT_DRAW’, ‘BRUSH_SMEAR’, ‘BRUSH_SMOOTH’, ‘BRUSH_SNAKE_HOOK’, ‘BRUSH_SOFTEN’, ‘BRUSH_SUBTRACT’, ‘BRUSH_TEXDRAW’, ‘BRUSH_THUMB’, ‘BRUSH_ROTATE’, ‘BRUSH_VERTEXDRAW’, ‘MATCAP_01’, ‘MATCAP_02’, ‘MATCAP_03’, ‘MATCAP_04’, ‘MATCAP_05’, ‘MATCAP_06’, ‘MATCAP_07’, ‘MATCAP_08’, ‘MATCAP_09’, ‘MATCAP_10’, ‘MATCAP_11’, ‘MATCAP_12’, ‘MATCAP_13’, ‘MATCAP_14’, ‘MATCAP_15’, ‘MATCAP_16’, ‘MATCAP_17’, ‘MATCAP_18’, ‘MATCAP_19’, ‘MATCAP_20’, ‘MATCAP_21’, ‘MATCAP_22’, ‘MATCAP_23’, ‘MATCAP_24’, ‘VIEW3D_VEC’, ‘EDIT_VEC’, ‘EDITMODE_VEC_DEHLT’, ‘EDITMODE_VEC_HLT’, ‘DISCLOSURE_TRI_RIGHT_VEC’, ‘DISCLOSURE_TRI_DOWN_VEC’, ‘MOVE_UP_VEC’, ‘MOVE_DOWN_VEC’, ‘X_VEC’, ‘SMALL_TRI_RIGHT_VEC’], (optional)) – icon Return type:UIPopupMenu, (never None)

classmethod pupmenu_end__internal(menu=None)

pupmenu_end__internal

popup_menu(draw_func, title='', icon='NONE')

Popup menus can be useful for creating menus without having to register menu classes.

Note that they will not block the scripts execution, so the caller can’t wait for user input.

import bpy


def draw(self, context):
    self.layout.label("Hello World")

bpy.context.window_manager.popup_menu(draw, title="Greeting", icon='INFO')

Inherited Properties

bpy_struct.id_data ID.name ID.users ID.use_fake_user ID.tag

ID.is_updated ID.is_updated_data ID.is_library_indirect ID.library

Inherited Functions

bpy_struct.as_pointer bpy_struct.driver_add bpy_struct.driver_remove bpy_struct.get bpy_struct.is_property_hidden bpy_struct.is_property_set bpy_struct.items bpy_struct.keyframe_delete bpy_struct.keyframe_insert bpy_struct.keys

bpy_struct.path_from_id bpy_struct.path_resolve bpy_struct.property_unset bpy_struct.type_recast bpy_struct.values ID.copy ID.user_clear ID.animation_data_create ID.animation_data_clear ID.update_tag

References

BlendData.window_managers

Context.window_manager