[Bf-funboard] Toolbox Design II

[Thorsten Wilms]

On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 06:16:13PM +0200, Ton Roosendaal wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks! At first sight this looked good... but I don't get the design  
> principles behind it, like:
> 
> - what if we need more than 4 main categories?
> - do the menus have further sublevels?

If Object and Edit Mode items fit into 4 categories everything else shouldn't 
need more than that. However my designs currently rely on the existance of 
4 sections. While for radial menus up to 8 should work, the multibox will 
loose effectivity.

There are 3 fixed categories Edit, Select and Transform.
And 1 depending on mode and selection: Properties or Mesh/Curve/Armature.

Everything that ends with ".." comes with an submenu. I want to have some 
opinions/suggestions/backing before I proceed.

But I have to admit that I currently don't know how this relates to things 
outside 3d views.

I would be very glad, if somebody who knows the other window types very well 
could make lists of the commands accessible/needed there.


> I don't understend 'cross A' and 'B'. Is it a collapsed version?
> How then will typing wildcards work?
> 
> -Ton-

Cross A and B are variations on an completely alternative toolbox. Well, the 
basic organization stays the same.

I have to think about if/how the commandline will interact with the menu.
But propably typing letters will bring on a new box below the textcursor with 
possible completions and the rest of the menu won't matter.


Things to talk about:
- Representation of commands that are currently not accessible. Of special 
interest is the Copy-Menu.
- General organization of the toolbox and how that relates to the other menus
- Content and layout of submenus.
- How the commandline should work in detail.


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Thorsten