Quick reminder of how to deal with some quirks of Modo

SelectionService.py

# python

"""

    Snippets for dealing with Modo's Selection Service

"""

__author__ = "AndreasR"

import lx

# Get the selection service
sel_svc = lx.service.Selection()

def GetSelectionMode():
    """ Get the current selection mode

    :rtype: lx.symbol

    """

    # Create a storage object for integer
    selection_type = lx.object.storage('i')

    # Set the integer to current selection as an lx.symbol
    sel_svc.CurrentType(selection_type)

    return selection_type

def main():
    selection_type = GetSelectionMode()
    msg = "Current selection type is: {}"
    lx.out(msg.format(sel_svc.LookupName(selection_type)))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()