How to switch to "active" after append?

Question

When I try to use bpy.ops.wm.append, the object appears "selected" with the red outline, but how do I switch it to "Active" with yellow outline?

bpy.ops.wm.append(
    filepath="Prefab_Objects.blend",
    directory="/Users/Yuri/Desktop/Blender_Python_Test/Prefab_Objects.blend\\Object\\",
    filename="tower")

(I need to apply bpy.context.active_object.name afterward, but can’t because the object is not "active")

The recommended way is to use BlendDataLibraries Have a look into: https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/34540/how-to-link-append-a-data-block-using-the-python-api — brockmann, Mar 10 '21 at 07:52

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 08 '21 at 21:44

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You can set the active object with this command:

If len(bpy.context.selected_objects):
    bpy.context.view_layer.objects.active = bpy.context.selected_objects[0]

The active object is now reachable by:

active_obj = bpy.context.active_object

answered Mar 08 '21 at 21:44

Werwack

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Thank you! bpy.context.view_layer.objects.active = bpy.context.selected_objects[0] is working! – Yuri_Re Mar 08 '21 at 21:54

How to switch to "active" after append?

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