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.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.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.grease_pencil
Type:

bpy.types.GreasePencilv3

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.ID, string, int)

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

# 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