From 1d7a43e5ca973f83277dc6fe17e6a20b66de696b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roy Nieterau <roy_nieterau@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:57:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add `popup()` function for the menu so we can trigger it to
 pop-up

---
 colorbleed/maya/menu.py | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/colorbleed/maya/menu.py b/colorbleed/maya/menu.py
index 330507d90e..236879e061 100644
--- a/colorbleed/maya/menu.py
+++ b/colorbleed/maya/menu.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import sys
 import os
 import logging
 
-from avalon.vendor.Qt import QtWidgets, QtCore
+from avalon.vendor.Qt import QtWidgets, QtCore, QtGui
 
 import maya.cmds as cmds
 
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ self._menu = "colorbleed"
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+def _get_menu():
+    """Return the menu instance if it currently exists in Maya"""
+
+    app = QtWidgets.QApplication.instance()
+    widgets = dict((w.objectName(), w) for w in app.allWidgets())
+    menu = widgets.get(self._menu)
+    return menu
+
+
 def deferred():
 
     import scriptsmenu.launchformaya as launchformaya
@@ -37,12 +46,11 @@ def deferred():
 
 def uninstall():
 
-    log.info("Attempting to uninstall ..")
-    app = QtWidgets.QApplication.instance()
-    widgets = dict((w.objectName(), w) for w in app.allWidgets())
-    menu = widgets.get(self._menu)
+    menu = _get_menu()
 
     if menu:
+        log.info("Attempting to uninstall ..")
+
         try:
             menu.deleteLater()
             del menu
@@ -55,3 +63,12 @@ def install():
     uninstall()
     # Allow time for uninstallation to finish.
     cmds.evalDeferred(deferred)
+
+
+def popup():
+    """Pop-up the existing menu near the mouse cursor"""
+    menu = _get_menu()
+
+    cursor = QtGui.QCursor()
+    point = cursor.pos()
+    menu.exec_(point)