[Bf-committers] Grab cursor evaluation
Ton Roosendaal
bf-committers@blender.org
Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:11:26 +0200
Hi,
I've already explicitely told Alexander that this implementation of
grab cursor can't make it. Committing it while I was away moving to new
appartment isn't the way to solve issues.
I try to protect some fundamentals in Blender design, and finding
solutions that fit in well is an effort that benefits everyone. So for
Alexander the job is to propose a design that can get my blessings on
it too, before even thinking of a commit.
-Ton-
On Tuesday, Jul 20, 2004, at 12:51 Europe/Amsterdam, Matt Ebb wrote:
>
> On 20 Jul 2004, at 7:26 PM, Alexander Ewering wrote:
>> On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Matt Ebb wrote:
>>
>> What do you think about the following: LMB doesn't place the cursor
>> anymore, instead it invokes grab mode?
>
> Well I'm not sure that's a good idea - one, to be 'conservative' and
> not annoy old users by changing fundamental behaviour, and two,
> because there's something to be said for being able to quickly
> position the cursor where you want - especially if it's outside the
> view, you don't want to be scrolling, scrolling, scrolling the mouse
> to get it back where you want it (and you might not know which way to
> scroll if it's outside, too).
>
> BUT, it seems to me that using a modifier like Shift-LMB could be
> quite a reasonable approach - it would also maintain a consistent
> conceptual link (i.e. "this mouse button does cursor stuff") better
> than a hotkey would. Additionally, it wouldn't be that out of place
> doing transformation type stuff, since you can already invoke normal
> transformations by doing gestures with that button as well - in fact,
> it would seem to combine that mouse button's two domains
> (transformations and cursor positioning) quite nicely!
>
> Matt<smime.p7s>
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