[Bf-funboard] Toolbox and Menusystem

[Thorsten Wilms]

Hi!

I'm curently looking into what to put into context menus for 
Object and Edit-MOde (3D View) from Matt Ebb's menu screenshots.

BTW: that was quite an undertaking, wasn't it? Impressive work.


Some suggestions for renaming things:

"Duplicate linked" -> "Create Instance" / "Clone"
Ok, won't fit to well to the shortcut, but "Duplicate linked" 
just sounds strange and isn't easily understood.

"Make Single User" -> "Break Links", "Unlink", "Make Autark"
Because I'm the user and single!

"Copy Properties" -> "Transfer Properties"
So that nobody mixes up with the notorious Copy/Paste.
Besides, "Properties" is itself in the Copy-Menu. 
Copy Properties > Properties seems strange.


I collected items that depend on more than 1 object beeing 
selected:

- Join Objects
- Boolean Operation
- Copy Properties
- Track (Make, Clear)
- Parent (Make, Clear)
- Make Links

Hope that are all!?
These will show up in the toolbox in Object-Mode, but not 
Edit-Mode. Therefore I think it's wise to group them together, 
so that the whole group is there or not, instead of leaving 
holes all over the place.

Luke brought up that those items should be accessible, even when 
no appropiate selection has been made. And that helpfull error 
messages should be used. I agree, but instead of 
reporting error, messages advising the user to select other 
objects should be implemented.


I noticed that Shear and Warp/Bend switch to Edit-Mode when used 
from Object-Mode. That's confusing and should'nt be.

I guess that Shrink/Falten should behave the same way, but brings 
on a message, asking "Clear Size?". It has no effect.
But it works out of Edit-Mode with all vertices selected, so it could 
work in Object-Mode too.

I bring this on here, because therof depends if Shrink/Falten can 
appear in the Toolbox for Object-Mode.


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Thorsten