Is there a way to create a list of all available trackers of a scene?

Question

I'm currently trying to write a first addon for blender and I would like to be able to have a drop-down menu where I can select one of all available trackers of a scene. (Just like what you can see in the "Follow Track" constraint.

Does anyone know how to achieve sth. like this:

Thank! Any help is much appreciated.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:57

This will add a panel in your Properties Window --> Scene Tab called "Layout Demo", which will enable you to select a track if one exists for the 1st Movie Clip added to your scene.

import bpy

class LayoutDemoPanel(bpy.types.Panel):
    """Creates a Panel in the scene context of the properties editor"""
    bl_label       = "Layout Demo"
    bl_idname      = "SCENE_PT_layout"
    bl_space_type  = 'PROPERTIES'
    bl_region_type = 'WINDOW'
    bl_context     = "scene"

    def draw(self, context):
        layout = self.layout

        scene       = context.scene
        showProp    = False
        tracks      = None
        trackingCam = None

        # Only show this property if there is at least 1 movie clip that has trackers
        if len( bpy.data.movieclips ) > 0:
            mc = bpy.data.movieclips[0] # First movie clip
            if 'Camera' in mc.tracking.objects:
                trackingCam = mc.tracking.objects['Camera']
                tracks      = trackingCam.tracks
                if len( tracks ) > 0:
                    showProp = True

        if showProp and trackingCam and tracks:
            props = context.scene.myprops # Reference property group
            row   = layout.row()
            row.prop_search(props, "tracks", trackingCam, "tracks")

class propsGrp( bpy.types.PropertyGroup ):
    ''' Property group that contains your tracks custom property  '''
    tracks = bpy.props.StringProperty()

def register():
    bpy.utils.register_module(__name__)
    # Add property group to scene to make it persistent and accessible to panel
    bpy.types.Scene.myprops = bpy.props.PointerProperty(
        type = propsGrp
    )

def unregister():
    bpy.utils.unregister_module(__name__)
    # Remove property group from scene when panel is unregistered
    del bpy.types.Scene.props

if __name__ == "__main__":
    register()

More about how to use property search.

This is perfect, Thanks! Exactly what I needed! – michaelh Oct 23 '16 at 22:08 — michaelh, Oct 23 '16 at 22:08

Is there a way to create a list of all available trackers of a scene?

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