Code Editor

Overview

The code editor is the main interface for writing code.
It provides advanced code editing features such as syntax highlighting and error checking.

Tab Management

Draft Tab

The Draft tab is a space for saving temporary code notes and snippets.
This tab is always visible and cannot be closed.

Persistent Tabs and Preview Tabs

In the code editor, you can open files in persistent tabs or preview tabs. Both types of tabs are used for actual file editing.

Clicking files in the file explorer opens tabs as follows:

• Persistent Tab: Double-clicking a file opens it as a persistent tab.
  Persistent tabs allow you to open and edit multiple files simultaneously.
  Files with unsaved changes display an asterisk (*) on the tab.

  

• Preview Tab: Single-clicking a file opens it as a preview tab.
  Preview tabs allow you to preview multiple files sequentially in a single tab.
  Previewing a new file overwrites the previous preview content.

  

You can rearrange tabs by dragging and dropping.
You can also close tabs by middle-clicking on them.

Find/Replace

The code editor has built-in find and replace functionality.
Press Ctrl+F/Ctrl+H to open the find/replace dialog.

Fields

• Find: Enter the string to search for.
• Replace: Enter the replacement string.

Checkboxes

• Match case: When enabled, searches are case-sensitive.
• Whole words only: When enabled, only matches complete words.
• Use regular expression: When enabled, uses regex for searching.

Direction

• Up: Searches upward from the cursor position.
• Down: Searches downward from the cursor position.

Buttons

• Next: Moves to the next match.
• Prev: Moves to the previous match.
• Find All: Selects all matches and enters multi-cursor mode.
• Replace: Replaces the current match.
• Replace All: Replaces all matches.

Multi-Cursor

The code editor supports multi-cursor functionality.
Hold Ctrl and click to place multiple cursors.

Normal editing operations work in multi-cursor mode.
For example, you can select, copy, paste, and delete.

Main keyboard shortcuts for multi-cursor mode:

Code Folding

The code editor supports Python indent-based code folding.
Foldable blocks (such as def, class, if, for, while, try, with) display a chevron indicator in the gutter area next to line numbers.

• Chevron indicators appear when hovering over the fold gutter area, and fade out when the mouse leaves.
• Folded blocks always display a right-pointing chevron (›) and a placeholder summary (e.g., ... (5 lines)).

Fold/Unfold Operations

Integration with Other Features

• Find/Replace: If a search match is inside a folded region, the region is automatically unfolded.
• Multi-cursor: If an added cursor lands inside a folded region, the region is automatically unfolded.
• Line operations: Moving, duplicating, or deleting a folded header line automatically unfolds it first.

Special Context Menu Features

The context menu (right-click menu) has several code editor-specific features.

Command Help Display

You can display Maya python (cmds) and OpenMaya (om) command help in the browser from the context menu.

To display documentation, select the function name following cmds as shown below:

After selecting, choose Maya Help: from the context menu.

Supported commands are as follows.
Help for function names following the corresponding strings will be displayed.

Inspect Object (Help)

You can inspect Maya objects from the context menu.

Select an object string and execute Inspect Object: or Inspect Object Help: .
The object information will be displayed in the terminal.

Inspect Object Example

Reload

You can reload the selected module from the context menu.

Select a module string and execute Reload Module: .
The module will be reloaded.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Main keyboard shortcuts available in the code editor: