[Bf-committers] Selecting Vertice

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

Such a sticky border select mode isn't very nice, like circle selection  
which is annoying that it keeps hanging. Without altering the current  
fast workflow in Blender, I think we can add some presets to tweak  
preferred actions with mouse buttons like this:

Apart from middle mouse, we can call the other two mouse buttons the  
"Select button" and the "Action button" or so. That's RightMouse and  
LeftMouse now, respectively. For these we already use three gesture  
possibilities:

a) Click-release
b) Click-hold-drag
c) Click-hold-still

And of course with or without modifier keys (shift, alt, ctrl)

Here's a grid with the possibilites. The (*) marked ones could become a  
user choice

------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
-------
                   |  Click-release   |   Click-hold-drag    |    
Click-hold-still
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
-------
Select Button     |  Select          |   select+grabber     | * toolbox  
or
      + SHIFT      |  extend select   |                      | * border  
select or
      + CTRL       |  object select   |                      | * circle  
select
      + ALT        |  loop select     |
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
--------
Action Button     |  3D cursor       | * gestures or        | * toolbox  
  or
       +SHIFT      |  ?               | * border select or   | * border  
select or
       +CTRL       |  Add point       | * lasso select or    | * circle  
select or
       +ALT        |  Middlemouse -   | * circle select or   | * grabber
                   |    emulation     | * grabber            |
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
--------


Not all combinations are possible always though. Like gesture or lasso  
should better not start with click-hold-still :)
Also, the Select button + drag better not switch to new modes too.  
That's asking for accidents.

-Ton-

On 19 Oct, 2004, at 11:26, Meino Christian Cramer wrote:

> Hi,
>
>  only an idea...
>
>  Currently you have to do the following procedure to de/select vertice
>  in EDIT MODE in Blender:
>
>  Select Object to edit
>  Enter EDITMODE
>  press BKEY
>  MMB or LMB to de/select vertice, which can be selected in one reach
>  after releaseing MMB/LMB you automatically leave Selection Mode
>  press BKEY again
>  MMB or LMB to de/select vertice, which can be selected in other reach
>  after releaseing MMB/LMB you automatically leave Selection Mode
>  press BKEY again
>
>  and so forth...
>
>
>  Would it be more handy to not to leave Selecting mode after
>  releaseing MMB/LMB but to jump back to the mode which is reached
>  directly after BKEY is pressed ?
>
>  One could leave Select Mode with another press on BKEY then -- right  
> as one
>  is leaving EDITMODE with another hit on TAB .
>
>  Just an idea...
>
>  Comments are welcome...
>
>  Regards,
>  Meino
>
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