Context Access (bpy.context)#

The context members available depend on the area of Blender which is currently being accessed.

Note that all context values are readonly, but may be modified through the data API or by running operators

Global Context#

These properties are available in any contexts.

bpy.context.area#

Type:: bpy.types.Area, (readonly)

bpy.context.asset#

Type:: bpy.types.AssetRepresentation, (readonly)

bpy.context.blend_data#

Type:: bpy.types.BlendData, (readonly)

bpy.context.collection#

Type:: bpy.types.Collection, (readonly)

bpy.context.engine#

Type:: string, default “”, (readonly, never None)

bpy.context.gizmo_group#

Type:: bpy.types.GizmoGroup, (readonly)

bpy.context.layer_collection#

Type:: bpy.types.LayerCollection, (readonly)

bpy.context.mode#

Type:: enum in Context Mode Items, default ‘EDIT_MESH’, (readonly)

bpy.context.preferences#

Type:: bpy.types.Preferences, (readonly)

bpy.context.region#

Type:: bpy.types.Region, (readonly)

bpy.context.region_data#

Type:: bpy.types.RegionView3D, (readonly)

bpy.context.region_popup#

The temporary region for pop-ups (including menus and pop-overs)

Type:: bpy.types.Region, (readonly)

bpy.context.scene#

Type:: bpy.types.Scene, (readonly)

bpy.context.screen#

Type:: bpy.types.Screen, (readonly)

bpy.context.space_data#

The current space, may be None in background-mode, when the cursor is outside the window or when using menu-search

Type:: bpy.types.Space, (readonly)

bpy.context.tool_settings#

Type:: bpy.types.ToolSettings, (readonly)

bpy.context.view_layer#

Type:: bpy.types.ViewLayer, (readonly)

bpy.context.window#

Type:: bpy.types.Window, (readonly)

bpy.context.window_manager#

Type:: bpy.types.WindowManager, (readonly)

bpy.context.workspace#

Type:: bpy.types.WorkSpace, (readonly)

Buttons Context#

bpy.context.texture_slot#

Type:: bpy.types.TextureSlot

bpy.context.scene

Type:: bpy.types.Scene

bpy.context.world#

Type:: bpy.types.World

bpy.context.object#

Type:: bpy.types.Object

bpy.context.mesh#

Type:: bpy.types.Mesh

bpy.context.armature#

Type:: bpy.types.Armature

bpy.context.lattice#

Type:: bpy.types.Lattice

bpy.context.curve#

Type:: bpy.types.Curve

bpy.context.meta_ball#

Type:: bpy.types.MetaBall

bpy.context.light#

Type:: bpy.types.Light

bpy.context.speaker#

Type:: bpy.types.Speaker

bpy.context.lightprobe#

Type:: bpy.types.LightProbe

bpy.context.camera#

Type:: bpy.types.Camera

bpy.context.material#

Type:: bpy.types.Material

bpy.context.material_slot#

Type:: bpy.types.MaterialSlot

bpy.context.texture#

Type:: bpy.types.Texture

bpy.context.texture_user#

Type:: bpy.types.ID

bpy.context.texture_user_property#

Type:: bpy.types.Property

bpy.context.texture_node#

Type:: bpy.types.Node

bpy.context.bone#

Type:: bpy.types.Bone

bpy.context.edit_bone#

Type:: bpy.types.EditBone

bpy.context.pose_bone#

Type:: bpy.types.PoseBone

bpy.context.particle_system#

Type:: bpy.types.ParticleSystem

bpy.context.particle_system_editable#

Type:: bpy.types.ParticleSystem

bpy.context.particle_settings#

Type:: bpy.types.ParticleSettings

bpy.context.cloth#

Type:: bpy.types.ClothModifier

bpy.context.soft_body#

Type:: bpy.types.SoftBodyModifier

bpy.context.fluid#

Type:: bpy.types.FluidSimulationModifier

bpy.context.collision#

Type:: bpy.types.CollisionModifier

bpy.context.brush#

Type:: bpy.types.Brush

bpy.context.dynamic_paint#

Type:: bpy.types.DynamicPaintModifier

bpy.context.line_style#

Type:: bpy.types.FreestyleLineStyle

bpy.context.collection

Type:: bpy.types.LayerCollection

bpy.context.gpencil#

Type:: bpy.types.GreasePencil

bpy.context.curves#

Type:: Hair Curves

bpy.context.volume#

Type:: bpy.types.Volume

Clip Context#

bpy.context.edit_movieclip#

Type:: bpy.types.MovieClip

bpy.context.edit_mask#

Type:: bpy.types.Mask

File Context#

bpy.context.active_file#

Type:: bpy.types.FileSelectEntry

bpy.context.selected_files#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.FileSelectEntry

bpy.context.asset_library_reference#

Type:: bpy.types.AssetLibraryReference

bpy.context.selected_assets#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.AssetRepresentation

bpy.context.id#

Type:: bpy.types.ID

bpy.context.selected_ids#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.ID

Image Context#

bpy.context.edit_image#

Type:: bpy.types.Image

bpy.context.edit_mask

Type:: bpy.types.Mask

Node Context#

bpy.context.selected_nodes#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.Node

bpy.context.active_node#

Type:: bpy.types.Node

bpy.context.light

Type:: bpy.types.Light

bpy.context.material

Type:: bpy.types.Material

bpy.context.world

Type:: bpy.types.World

Screen Context#

bpy.context.scene

Type:: bpy.types.Scene

bpy.context.view_layer

Type:: bpy.types.ViewLayer

bpy.context.visible_objects#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.Object

bpy.context.selectable_objects#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.Object

bpy.context.selected_objects#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.Object

bpy.context.editable_objects#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.Object

bpy.context.selected_editable_objects#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.Object

bpy.context.objects_in_mode#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.Object

bpy.context.objects_in_mode_unique_data#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.Object

bpy.context.visible_bones#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.EditBone

bpy.context.editable_bones#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.EditBone

bpy.context.selected_bones#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.EditBone

bpy.context.selected_editable_bones#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.EditBone

bpy.context.visible_pose_bones#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.PoseBone

bpy.context.selected_pose_bones#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.PoseBone

bpy.context.selected_pose_bones_from_active_object#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.PoseBone

bpy.context.active_bone#

Type:: bpy.types.EditBone

bpy.context.active_pose_bone#

Type:: bpy.types.PoseBone

bpy.context.active_object#

Type:: bpy.types.Object

bpy.context.object

Type:: bpy.types.Object

bpy.context.edit_object#

Type:: bpy.types.Object

bpy.context.sculpt_object#

Type:: bpy.types.Object

bpy.context.vertex_paint_object#

Type:: bpy.types.Object

bpy.context.weight_paint_object#

Type:: bpy.types.Object

bpy.context.image_paint_object#

Type:: bpy.types.Object

bpy.context.particle_edit_object#

Type:: bpy.types.Object

bpy.context.pose_object#

Type:: bpy.types.Object

bpy.context.active_sequence_strip#

Type:: bpy.types.Sequence

bpy.context.sequences#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.Sequence

bpy.context.selected_sequences#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.Sequence

bpy.context.selected_editable_sequences#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.Sequence

bpy.context.active_nla_track#

Type:: bpy.types.NlaTrack

bpy.context.active_nla_strip#

Type:: bpy.types.NlaStrip

bpy.context.selected_nla_strips#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.NlaStrip

bpy.context.selected_movieclip_tracks#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.MovieTrackingTrack

bpy.context.gpencil_data#

Type:: bpy.types.GreasePencil

bpy.context.gpencil_data_owner#

Type:: bpy.types.ID

bpy.context.annotation_data#

Type:: bpy.types.GreasePencil

bpy.context.annotation_data_owner#

Type:: bpy.types.ID

bpy.context.visible_gpencil_layers#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.GPencilLayer

bpy.context.editable_gpencil_layers#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.GPencilLayer

bpy.context.editable_gpencil_strokes#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.GPencilStroke

bpy.context.active_gpencil_layer#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.GPencilLayer

bpy.context.active_gpencil_frame#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.GreasePencilLayer

bpy.context.active_annotation_layer#

Type:: bpy.types.GPencilLayer

bpy.context.active_operator#

Type:: bpy.types.Operator

bpy.context.active_action#

Type:: bpy.types.Action

bpy.context.selected_visible_actions#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.Action

bpy.context.selected_editable_actions#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.Action

bpy.context.visible_fcurves#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.FCurve

bpy.context.editable_fcurves#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.FCurve

bpy.context.selected_visible_fcurves#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.FCurve

bpy.context.selected_editable_fcurves#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.FCurve

bpy.context.active_editable_fcurve#

Type:: bpy.types.FCurve

bpy.context.selected_editable_keyframes#

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.Keyframe

bpy.context.ui_list#

Type:: bpy.types.UIList

bpy.context.property#

Type:: (bpy.types.AnyType, string, int)

Get the property associated with a hovered button. Returns a tuple of the data-block, data path to the property, and array index.

Note

When the property doesn’t have an associated bpy.types.ID non-ID data may be returned. This may occur when accessing windowing data, for example, operator properties.

# Example inserting keyframe for the hovered property.
active_property = bpy.context.property
if active_property:
    datablock, data_path, index = active_property
    datablock.keyframe_insert(data_path=data_path, index=index, frame=1)

bpy.context.asset_library_reference

Type:: bpy.types.AssetLibraryReference

Sequencer Context#

bpy.context.edit_mask

Type:: bpy.types.Mask

Text Context#

bpy.context.edit_text#

Type:: bpy.types.Text

View3D Context#

bpy.context.active_object

Type:: bpy.types.Object

bpy.context.selected_ids

Type:: sequence of bpy.types.ID