Get the Time Slider Widget in Maya

get_time_slider_widget.py

from maya import mel
from PySide2 import QtWidgets

def get_widget(name):
    """Get the widget from the active QApplication that matches the given name.

    Args:
        name (str): The name of the widget to retrieve.

    Returns:
        dict: A dictionary containing
    """
    return dict(
        (w.objectName(), w) for w in QtWidgets.QApplication.allWidgets()).get(name)

def get_time_slider_widget():
    """Get the Time Slider Widget based on whatever it's current name is."""
    time_slider_name = mel.eval('$tmpVar=$gPlayBackSlider').rsplit('|')[-1]
    return get_widget(time_slider_name)