Setting default actions in tk-multi-loader2

rthompson · January 29, 2020, 6:24pm

Is there any way to set the default action executed by the loader then a user double-clicks an item?

I tried reordering the items in the tk-multi-loader2.yml and in the execute_actions method of the relevant software loader class, but neither seemed to have any effect.

Thanks

philip.scadding · January 31, 2020, 9:50am

It’s a good question.

I just tried here, and it did work if I reordered the action_instances list being returned in the generate_actions method. The first action that applies to that PublishedFileType in the list, will be the default.

github.com

shotgunsoftware/tk-multi-loader2/blob/master/hooks/tk-maya_actions.py#L76-L129



if "reference" in actions:
    action_instances.append(
        {
            "name": "reference",
            "params": None,
            "caption": "Create Reference",
            "description": "This will add the item to the scene as a standard reference.",
        }
    )

if "import" in actions:
    action_instances.append(
        {
            "name": "import",
            "params": None,
            "caption": "Import into Scene",
            "description": "This will import the item into the current scene.",
        }
    )

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rthompson · June 8, 2020, 10:53am

Thanks, this turns out to have been the answer!
I think there was an update we hadn’t gotten yet that prevented it from working at the time, but all good now.