[Bf-taskforce25] Editor TODO's

[Brecht Van Lommel]

2.5 PROJECTS

Animato
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* Properties not directly at ID block level are not always keyable, 
need RNA _path() callback implemented.
* Still not happy about RNA string lookup speed for f-curves.
* Preserve f-curves on renames, remove, adding data (how? unique 
identifiers for modifiers etc?).
* Dependency graph ...

Operators, Keymaps, Menus
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* Make keymaps saveable.
* Organize keymap categories?
* Reorganize default keymap.
* Operator ui() callback to do own button layout for special cases.
* Make menus more consistent, complete.
* More work needed on macros.

UI
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* List template still needs work:
   * Popup menu to quickly search through many items.
   * In place name editing of items.
   * Preview render icons in material/texture lists.
* Add Divider widget.
* Remember last clicked item in menus.
* Improve sensitivity for number button dragging (but how?).
* Hide scrollbar if not needed?

EDITORS

Buttons Window
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* Image texture panel not entirely working.
* Preview render for icons in menus should become threaded, otherwise 
opening a menu with many materials can block.
* Search menu should move above button when there is no space, instead 
of overlapping.
* Context pinning not reliable yet.

Modifiers
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* Modifier menu should become organized/multi column.
* Operators for specific modifiers like hooks or uv projectors.

Image Window
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* Button panels need touching up.
* Compositor preview region not working yet.
* Image pinning state is not displayed.

Timeline
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* Menus not working completely.
* Put some options from old Timeline header menu here.
* Menus and header could be ported to python.

3D view
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* Draw normal, draw edges, normal size, etc option in panel here?
* Various operators missing: align view, camera, .. see menus.
* Lamp specials operators.
* Convert menus, header, properties more to python layouts.
* Toolbar region operator add/remove is prototype only still.
* Last operator needs touching up.

Outliner
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* RNA views don't remember state yet.
* RNA views need some system to display e.g. a large number of 
vertices where not all entries are created.
* Button drawing would be nice to have table-like without borders again.
* Header and menus could be ported to python.

Render
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* Baking is not restored yet. Does this become an operator, or do we 
keep it as a panel in the scene buttons?
* Render in a separate thread is not safe yet.
* 3D view preview render is not restored yet.
* Set render border operator.

Physics
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* Fluid bake cannot be interrupted.
* Point cache interface needs to become more user friendly, the 
current panels looks too complicated.

Paint & Sculpt
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* Return to paint/sculpt mode after editmode, now goes to object mode.
* UI and functionality could be more consistent between modes.
* Move G_* mode flags local into Object like editmode.

Object
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* Fill mirror, transform menus.
* Add missing operators: select grouped, make local/single
user/links/proxy, ... compare the 2.4 menu to the 2.5 menu.
* ...

Transform
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* Make manipulators operational.
* Further split up TFM_transform operator into smaller ones?

Mesh
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* Loop cut, knife cut, slide edge.
* Crease subsurf, bevel weight, .. check for missing operators in the
menus.
* Complete Mesh menu.
* Mesh texture face panel missing.

Text/Curve/Surface
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* Operators that run from the buttons window still missing:
   * Convert poly/bezier/nurb/set weight
   * Load font, text frames
   * ...
* Text panels incomplete.

Game Engine
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* Scene buttons needs to get options from 2.4 game menu.
* Property editing.

User Preferences
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* Make this a separate space instead of using info space.
* Review the options to keep and test if they work.
* Could be organized better.
* Editing themes, styles, needs various operators.
* What goes here, what is outliner?

Info Space
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* Complete menus.
* Bring back statistics like #verts.
* Show non-blocking info/reports of last operator.
* Add screen, add scene operators.

WM
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* Emulate numpad and 3 mouse button.
* Buffer swapping systems needs further improvement and testing.
* Region editing review.
* Side panel review, floating panels, docking, ..?

File Browser
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* Bring back library append/link.

Text Editor
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* Operator for opening properties panel.
* Activate find text button on Alt+F.

Node Editor
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* ID browse buttons in header.
* Some missing operators.

Animation Editors, Sequence Editor
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* Did not go over these yet.

SCRIPTING AND EXTENSIONS

Function API
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* This is almost completely missing.
* Improve WM api, adding access to all event data, timers, keymaps.

Py* Extensions
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* Restore PyConstraints.
* Restore PyNodes.
* Ideally using RNA extension system.

RNA
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* Dynamic size (and multidimensional?) arrays for the python api.
* Buffer access could also use more work.
* Update C++ API to python level.

UI Integration
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