Glyphs SDK: Python Selection Tool template

Scripting
1

I’m trying a selection tool template, but it gives me this error in the default state.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “plugin.py”, line 54, in mouseDown_
loc = self.editViewController.graphicView.getActiveLocation_(theEvent)
AttributeError: ‘objc.native_selector’ object has no attribute ‘graphicView’

I can print theEvent fine, so that doesn’t seem to be the problem. Could anyone help me troubleshoot this?

3

I solved the part by changing this
self.editViewController.graphicView
to this
Glyphs.font.currentTab.graphicView()
but I am not sure if this is intended.

After that, I am struggling with the dragging part. This particular line
offset = subtractPoints(mousePosition, self.draggStart)
gives me an error:
File “GlyphsApp/GlyphsApp/init.py”, line 12014, in subtractPoints
TypeError: ‘objc.native_selector’ object is not subscriptable

4

self.editViewController().graphicView

Note the parentheses,

5

Every time you see this, you missed some parentheses.

6

“I” didn’t make the typo, the template did.
And what about the dragging part?

7

The same thing. Add parentheses.

8

Ah. Sorry, didn’t get it.