How to add a material to the active material slot with python

Question

I currently have

matName = "Black"

blendfile = addon_dir + "/assets/materials.blend"
selection = "\\Material\\"
material = matName

filepath = blendfile + selection + material
directory = blendfile + selection
filename = material
newMat = bpy.ops.wm.append(filepath=filepath, filename=filename, directory=directory)
mat = bpy.data.materials.get(material)
bpy.context.active_object.data.materials.append(mat)

this appends a material and adds it to the current object. The problem is that it adds a new material slot with the material. How can I make it add the appended material to the active slot?

Does this post help you LINK? – Rick Riggs Jun 22 '16 at 01:27 — Rick Riggs, Jun 22 '16 at 01:27

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 22 '16 at 06:03

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The list of materials that shows in the material properties comes from

obj.material_slots

The index for the one that is selected in that list is

idx = obj.active_material_index

using that you assign a material to that slot with

obj.material_slots[idx].material = mat

answered Jun 22 '16 at 06:03

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Also equivalent to obj.active_material = mat – batFINGER Jun 22 '16 at 07:17
This works fine! – John Roper Jun 22 '16 at 19:46

How to add a material to the active material slot with python

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