<div dir="ltr">On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Vincent Akkermans <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vincent@ack-err.net" target="_blank" onclick="window.open('https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&tf=1&to=vincent@ack-err.net&cc=&bcc=&su=&body=','_blank');return false;">vincent@ack-err.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="im"><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left-style:solid;border-width:1px;margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px"><span><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>I think rather than a "make default" button on the operator panel, it might be more capable to add a checkbox "use as default settings". This way you can per-operator decide whether you'd prefer to just keep using the last settings, or stop using the last settings. </div>
</div></div></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><div><span style="font-size:12px">I think this might cause a lot of "oh, I just changed a parameter, but I didn't want to change the default" moments.</span> </div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I don't understand. If you wanted to return to defaults, you would just uncheck the box and the operator would return to default settings. </div><div><br></div><div>At this point I think this "set defaults" idea just seems too abstract. What *actual* cases for adjusting defaults are very time-saving? The only examples I can think of can be trivially handled already with repeat-last.</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><span style="font-size:12px">I agree! I actually had some pen and paper sketches where I used ellipses. We still need some space for the drag button. Dragging doesn't happen so often so it can be a bit smaller. Perhaps something like:</span></div>
<div><br></div><div><img src="cid:A8DBF479-AAC7-4749-A4F1-F7CCEF2193C5"></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Those drag-handles are far too small. Collision with the drag-handles is something I had not thought about.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Have you considered using your right-click interaction model for the subpanel dialogs? This would avoid collision with the left-click to open/drag them, avoid the UI clutter of a control, and be just as usable. It's less discoverable, but it might be a better tradeoff.</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Removed operator redo panel</blockquote><div>
<br></div><div>I'm happy to see operator-redo panel move out of the bottom of the tools-sidebar. Has it been given any new home yet, or is it just available via F6? </div><div><br></div><div>I favor (a) a small F6-style "current/last operator title" displayed on the 3dview (maybe lower-right corner?) and/or (b) a clear display of the current/last operator title in the history panel, along with a similar "..." button to open the F6 panel for it.</div>
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