From 7d6c08beb8e0c90ec95242fefde440834ac85488 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Campbell Barton Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:27:01 +1100 Subject: Doc: simplify T72883 fix Code example made it seem setting the active object was more complex than a single assignment. --- doc/python_api/rst/info_quickstart.rst | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/python_api') diff --git a/doc/python_api/rst/info_quickstart.rst b/doc/python_api/rst/info_quickstart.rst index 996169a5227..f4de6b955e5 100644 --- a/doc/python_api/rst/info_quickstart.rst +++ b/doc/python_api/rst/info_quickstart.rst @@ -230,11 +230,7 @@ though they may be changed by running API functions or by using the data API. So ``bpy.context.active_object = obj`` will raise an error. -But the following will work as expected: - - >>> obj = bpy.data.objects["Cube"] - >>> obj.select_set(state = True, view_layer = bpy.context.view_layer) - >>> bpy.context.view_layer.objects.active = obj +But ``bpy.context.view_layer.objects.active = obj`` works as expected. The context attributes change depending on where they are accessed. The 3D Viewport has different context members than the Python Console, -- cgit v1.2.3