Simple controls – making a button

Creating a window is only the beginning. In order to create a proper interface, we'll need to both add controls, and tie them to functionality. In this example, we'll be revisiting our good friend, the polyCube command, and tying it to a button press.

The resulting UI (and its output) will look similar to the following:

How to do it...

Create a new script and name it buttonExample.py. Add the following code:

import maya.cmds as cmds
def buttonFunction(args):
    cmds.polyCube()

def showUI():
    myWin = cmds.window(title="Button Example", widthHeight=(200, 200))
    cmds.columnLayout()
    cmds.button(label="Make Cube", command=buttonFunction)
    cmds.showWindow(myWin)
showUI()

Run the script, and you should see a 200 by 200 pixel window with a single button inside it. Pushing the button will create a polygonal cube with the default parameters.

How it works...

In order to trigger functionality from our UI, we'll first need to create a function to contain the...