Shelf Item

Creating Shelf Item

1. Maya Window Menu ➡️ Settings/Preferences ➡️ Shelf Editor (3rd from bottom)
2. Choose a shelf to put the shortcut in e.g. Shelves Tab ➡️ Shelves ➡️ Custom
3. Shelves Tab ➡️ Shelf Contents ➡️ New Item (icon button) (top right corner, left of the grey bin)
   • This will create a new "User Script". Give it a better name, icon label, etc.
4. Command Tab ➡️ Language ➡️ set to Python
5. Replace the script in the script section with that of the Standard windowed script (see Launch Scripts)
6. Double click Command Tab ➡️ Language ➡️ set to Python
7. Replace the script in the script section with that of the Dockable version script (see Launch Scripts)
8. Popup Menu Items Tab ➡️ Menu Items ➡️ New Menu Item (icon button) (top middle, left of to the grey bin)
9. Rename it "Standard Windowed" (Popup Menu Items Tab ➡️ Menu Items ➡️ Rename)
10. Change language to Python (Popup Menu Items Tab ➡️ Menu Item Command ➡️ Language ➡️ Python)
11. Replace the script in the script section with that of the Debug mode for windowed script (see Launch Scripts)
12. Repeat from and including step 8 to and including step 11 for other launch scripts and maybe even the debug functions and scripts)

Usage (for shelf icon/item):

Shelf Icon Action	Usage
Single click	standard windowed script editor
Double click	standard dockable script editor
Right click ➡️ Debug mode for windowed	windowed script editor in debug mode
Right click ➡️ Debug mode for dockable	windowed script editor in debug mode
Right click ➡️ WipeOptionVars	wipe script editor preferences, especially useful when thing go wrong
Right click ➡️ Clean and Reload JSE Module	re-compile and reload JSE module, especially useful when thing go wrong