Maya font is changed when launching the NXT editor in maya

[michaelharmonart]

Describe the bug
When opening the NXT editor through the maya plugin, the same monospace font that NXT uses is applied everywhere, which is particularly problematic for the node editor where the tab to search entries get cut off due to the font. I've seen this specifically on

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open Maya
2. Open NXT editor from the nxt menu at the top
3. Notice maya font change

Expected behavior
I'd expect the font to be consigned to NXT and not effect everything QT based in maya

Screenshots
Before Opening NXT:

After opening NXT:

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: RHEL 9 if that's helpful
• DCC Maya
• Version: Editor v4.0.0

Additional context
I'm actually not super concerned, I think I could use the standalone editor, but there is no documentation on how to connect the standalone editor to maya.

@ImLucasBrown could you at least point me to where I could find out how to connect to maya from the standalone editor?

[ZachGray]

Thanks! This is a known issue and a compromise to deal with UI scaling. There are some low level issues between how fonts are handled in Qt in NXT and the host app. Word from the devs is that it will be a challenge to fix correctly.

Have a look here for setting up contexts. (I haven't personally set this up)

[michaelharmonart]

Ok thank you! I assumed it was probably a more deep problem with QT and how everything is set up.

Do you happen to know how to use the contexts? Are those .nxt context files subgraphs? Is this already somewhere in the editor?

Sorry I feel like this shouldn't be hard to do but maybe I just don't know where to look yet 😅

[michaelharmonart]

https://github.com/nxt-dev/nxt_editor/tree/release/examples/quick_start_graphs

actually looks like there are some sample graphs, they just aren't on the docs website. I'll come back if I can't figure it out from these though.

[ImLucasBrown]

I have a PR with a fix for the fonts in Maya. I just needed a nudge, that's been an issue for a long long time. I should be able to get out an official release shortly.

[michaelharmonart]

@ImLucasBrown I hope you know how cool you are

like genuinely the fact that you're still around chipping away at things on NXT even after changing jobs is just so incredible.

Thank you very much for your work