Making a basic window

All great user interfaces start with window. In this example, we'll be creating a simple window and using the text label control to add a simple message.

We'll end up with something like the following:

How to do it...

Start by creating a new file in your scripts directory and naming it basic Window.py.

Add the following code:

import maya.cmds as cmds

def showUI():
    myWin = cmds.window(title="Simple Window", widthHeight=(300, 200))
    cmds.columnLayout()
    cmds.text(label="Hello, Maya!")

    cmds.showWindow(myWin)

showUI()

If you run the script, you should see a small window containing the text Hello, Maya!.

How it works...

To create a window, you'll need to use the window command.

myWin = cmds.window(title="Simple Window", widthHeight=(300, 200))

While all of the arguments are optional, there are a few that you'll generally want to include by default. Here, we're setting the title to "Simple Window" and...