[Bf-committers] Group selection menu

[Marcelo Alves]

My opinion :

  Instead of Shift + P, Shift + C, how about :

  Something + Tab = Tree Walk Mode (TWM)
  A = select all children and exit TWM mode
  1,2,3..9 = open / select child (like menu)
  Shift + num keys = select child and exit TWM Mode
  [Backspace] = up one level 
  Enter = select / exit TWM mode

  Example :
  Room > Table > Sugar cube (Björk, yay!) , Cup > Spoon (sugarcube over the table, cup too)
  
  From Table : 
    to select the spoon TWM, 2, Shift+1
    to select room TWM, Shift+Backspace
    
  From Spoon :
     selecting the Sugar cube  : TWM, backspace, backspace, Shift+1
     selecting the sugar cube AND cup : TWM, backspace, backspace, A


:: marcelo alves ::

> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've just committed the "Group selection" menu, which offers the
> following options (use SHIFT-G to invoke):
> 
>   1 - Children
>   2 - Immediate Children
>   3 - Parent
>   4 - Objects on shared layers
>   
>   1: Selects all direct children of the active object
>   2: Select all children, children's children etc. of the active object
>   3: Makes the parent of the current object active, and deselects the
>      active object
>   4: Selects all objects that share at least one layer with the active
>      object
>     
> Useful for stepping through object hierarchies and for quickly selecting
> objects belonging together.
>   
> The question now is: Does it make sense to assign SHIFT-P (still free)
> as a hotkey for 'Parent', and SHIFT-C for 'Children'? That way, one can
> very quickly find and select object hierarchies. (Select any object
> in the hierarchy, hit SHIFT-P until you find the desired 'parent level',
> then just SHIFT-C to select all children and duplicate them, move them
> to another layer, etc.)
> 
> This should probably go to funboard, but it seems nobody is reading
> there anyway, so I posted it here :)
> 
> Opinions?
> 
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