[Bf-funboard] Method 3 of reworking of ctrl-t, ctrl-p, ctrl-c, etc....

[Luke Wenke]

Excellent idea...
I've got an idea based on yours:

1. make sure all the objects are selected
2. press ctrl-T or use spacebar toolbox
3. A menu appears which has the title "Track..." with a list of the objects
(if only one object was selected it could say "Error: More than one object
must be selected" - to educate beginners about how to use it)
4. If you move your mouse over a name on the menu, the corresponding object
is highlighted (even if you are in solid drawing mode- it could get a red
glow or something)
5. click the name to confirm or click away from the menu to abort (and there
could be a "cancel" option on the menu) (this makes that object active as
well)

I think "Track..." should be used rather than "Track To..." since "track" is
better English... e.g. "Make these objects track this" sounds more correct
than "Make these objects track to this" I think.

This means that isn't necessary to have objects "active" in Blender
anymore... but if you really want to keep that in still, when you press
ctrl-T, etc, the mouse could begin at the name of the active item. (So it is
easy to click it)

BTW, I think this method takes the same time or less than the first method.
(It can take less time because you can use "b" to select a big group, then
the active item can be selected in a single click from the "Track...." menu,
while that left-click confirms the operation as well.) If you are doing
ctrl-P, ctrl-T, etc, using the same active item, it would take the same
amount of time because in the ctrl-T menu the mouse would start at the
active object's name, and you simply left-click. (Previously it would be
over an "ok" that you had to click)
Also, after you click on something in the ctrl-T/ctrl-P/etc menu, it would
become the new active item (if it wasn't already)

- Luke.

----- Original Message -----
> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:46:00 +0100 (BST)
> From: Gwyn erry
> hey,
> how about improving what is actually communicated.
>
> for example:
> select object_a
> select object_b
> select object_c
> ctrl+t ...now the tricky part...
> instead of "Make track", maybe we could write
> something more communicative...
> eg. "Track to [active object]: [list of selected
> objects]"
> so... "Track to object_c: object_a, object_b"
>
> and maybe at the same time showing the track lines,
> like when they are selected for transformation after
> the track command has been issued. it might be an idea
> to automatically switch on 'show names' for the
> duration of the command, so that it is easier to see
> which object is which (avoid problem of "cube,
> cube.001, cube.002", etc).
>
> any good?
> Gwyn Perry
> (aka beatabix)