Maya console autocomplete

Maya Python

native auto-completion¶

• disabled by default
• primitive when enabled

1. open the maya console
2. in the menu, toggle:

• not sure what these do:
  • Command / Command completion:
    completes commands. caused a Syntax Error
  • Object Path Completion
  • show tooltip help: shows description of a complete command

other¶

• pymel 2023 now includes stubs, see article from pymel creators
• (official) maya 2022 devkit contains pymel autocomplete. removed in 2023+ source
  You can use the 2022 in later versions for a fairly accurate autocomplete
• maya autocomplete 2016 - 2022 repo (cmds only, no pymel)
• recent 2024 https://github.com/mackst/maya_stubgen
• https://pypi.org/project/maya-stubs/ claims better cmds stubsthan devkit, minimal openmaya support similar to devkit
• maya 2024 stubs gitlab

python stubs
console

Backlinks¶

• python stubs
  • for maya see Maya console autocomplete