Extension: omni.kit.actions.core-1.0.0

Documentation Generated: Dec 17, 2024

Overview#

The Omni Kit Actions Core extension is a framework for creating, registering, and discovering actions. Actions are programmable objects that can encapsulate anything which occurs in a fire and forget manner. An action can be created in one extension and then executed from anywhere else in the application; for example, a user could execute the same action via a UI Menu, Hot Key, or Gesture.

graph TD subgraph Interactions[Interactions] Interaction1(UI Menu) Interaction2(Hot Key) Interaction3(Gesture) Interaction4(Voice) end Extension[Extension] -->|Register| Action[Action] Interaction1 -->|Execute| Action[Action] Interaction2 -->|Execute| Action[Action] Interaction3 -->|Execute| Action[Action] Interaction4 -->|Execute| Action[Action]

Actions#

Actions can be:

  • Created, registered, discovered, and executed from any extension in C++, Python, or a mix of the two.

  • Created with associated metadata to aid in their discoverability and/or display in a UI.

  • Executed in a ‘fire and forget’ manner.

  • Executed using arbitrary parameters.

Actions are not stateful (although their end result may not manifest immediately), therefore they do not support undo/redo functionality.

Action Registry#

The Action Registry maintains a collection of all registered actions and allows any extension to:

  • Register new actions.

  • Deregister existing actions.

  • Discover registered actions.

Here is an example of registering an action from Python that creates a new file when it is executed:

action_registry = omni.kit.actions.core.get_action_registry()
actions_tag = "File Actions"

action_registry.register_action(
    extension_id,
    "new",
    omni.kit.window.file.new,
    display_name="File->New",
    description="Create a new USD stage.",
    tag=actions_tag,
)

For more examples, please consult the Python and C++ usage pages.

User Guide#

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