On Windows systems using Autodesk Maya, the text input field of the Script Editor doesn't regain focus after having restored focus to the main window. This event handler explicitly restores focus, if it turns out to have been the last active panel at the time of leaving the application.
Place the full contents of the script below into your userSetup.py and never again lose focus.
Tested on Maya 2013-2016+ and is safe to use on other platforms where it simply does nothing.
| from PySide import QtCore, QtGui | |
| class RestoreScriptEditorFocus(QtCore.QObject): | |
| def __init__(self): | |
| super(RestoreScriptEditorFocus, self).__init__() | |
| QtGui.qApp.focusChanged.connect(self.on_focuschanged) | |
| self.restore = False | |
| def on_focuschanged(self, old, new): | |
| self.restore = "cmdScrollFieldExecuter" in old.objectName() if old else False | |
| def eventFilter(self, obj, event): | |
| if event.type() == QtCore.QEvent.ApplicationActivate and self.restore: | |
| try: | |
| script_editor = next(w for w in QtGui.qApp.topLevelWidgets() if w.objectName() == "scriptEditorPanel1Window") | |
| script_editor.activateWindow() | |
| return True | |
| except StopIteration: | |
| # Perhaps the script editor was docked | |
| pass | |
| return super(RestoreScriptEditorFocus, self).eventFilter(obj, event) | |
| f = RestoreScriptEditorFocus() | |
| QtGui.qApp.installEventFilter(f) |