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Attempt to cheat maya into thinking that my custom drag is from script editor, but it did not work, even if I used pickled "real" data when dragging from script editor
def startDrag(self, supportedActions):
print('start drag')
listsQModelIndex = self.selectedIndexes()
if listsQModelIndex:
# dataQMimeData = self.model().mimeData(listsQModelIndex)
# insert fake x-maya-data
dataQMimeData = QtCore.QMimeData()
encoded = QtCore.QByteArray()
# failed attempt to cheat maya
# import pickle
# encoded = pickle.load( open( "/tmp/fake", "rb" ) )
# dataQMimeData.setData('application/x-maya-data', encoded)
dataQMimeData.setData('text/plain', 'random text')
print('current formats', dataQMimeData.formats())
if not dataQMimeData:
return None
dragQDrag = QtGui.QDrag(self)
# disable widget screenshot
# dragQDrag.setPixmap(QtGui.QPixmap('test.jpg')) # <- For put your custom image here
dragQDrag.setMimeData(dataQMimeData)
defaultDropAction = QtCore.Qt.IgnoreAction
if ((supportedActions & QtCore.Qt.CopyAction) and (self.dragDropMode() != QtWidgets.QAbstractItemView.InternalMove)):
defaultDropAction = QtCore.Qt.CopyAction;
dragQDrag.exec_(supportedActions, defaultDropAction)
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