Nuke context switch - prompt context reset

sebastian.brandhuber · 3 June 2026 12:20

Hi,

I was wondering whether Nuke has a feature similar to the one in Houdini that prompts the user to choose whether to reset the current context when switching tasks.

Houdini example:

github.com/ynput/ayon-houdini

client/ayon_houdini/api/lib.py

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                  instance_folder_path = instance.get("folderPath")
                  if instance_folder_path and instance_folder_path != folder_path:
                      instance["folderPath"] = folder_path
                  instance_task = instance.get("task")
                  if instance_task and instance_task != task:
                      instance["task"] = task
          
              create_context.save_changes()
          
          
          def prompt_reset_context():
              """Prompt the user what context settings to reset.
              This prompt is used on saving to a different task to allow the scene to
              get matched to the new context.
              """
              # TODO: Cleanup this prototyped mess of imports and odd dialog
              from ayon_core.tools.attribute_defs.dialog import (
                  AttributeDefinitionsDialog
              )
              from .hda_utils import load_adapted_stylesheet
              from ayon_core.lib import BoolDef, UILabelDef

In Nuke, it looks like just a lable change is implemented:

github.com/ynput/ayon-nuke

client/ayon_nuke/api/pipeline.py

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              self.log.info("Registering Nuke plug-ins..")
              pyblish.api.register_plugin_path(PUBLISH_PATH)
              register_loader_plugin_path(LOAD_PATH)
              register_creator_plugin_path(CREATE_PATH)
              register_inventory_action_path(INVENTORY_PATH)
              register_workfile_build_plugin_path(WORKFILE_BUILD_PATH)
          
              # Register AYON event for workfiles loading.
              register_event_callback("workio.open_file", check_inventory_versions)
              register_event_callback("taskChanged", change_context_label)
          
          def setup_ui_callbacks_and_menu(self):
              """Setup AYON menus."""
              if not nuke.GUI:
                  raise RuntimeError("Cannot set up in non-GUI mode.")
          
              project_settings = get_current_project_settings()
              add_nuke_callbacks(project_settings)
              _install_menu(project_settings)

If Nuke doesn’t have a feature like this implemented yet, I’d be happy to spend some time implementing it similarly to Houdini and submitting a PR. I just wanted to check first whether someone is already working on it officially or if there are plans to update this functionality in the near future.

Thanks!

BigRoy · 3 June 2026 23:12

As far as I know - this currently does not exist, except for in Fusion, Houdini and Maya. A PR to ayon-nuke to get the same thing would be greatly appreciated.