[Bf-committers] timeline window: animating issue

[Jason Saunders]

Ton wrote:
> That's exactly how it was coded... however confusing it might be. The
> timeline playback just triggers continuous updates in the UI, not
> blocking any option.

But the problem is, when people press ALT-A, they're expecting ESC
will "stop all animation" not "continue playback in a different mode."
I think for the time being, the simplest and least confusing approach
would be to have ESC stop *all* animation.

Besides, for people who know how it works but want to stop an
animation (after pressing ALT-A in "animated UI" mode) have to 1)
press esc, and 2) navigate to the timeline window and stop playback.

Just my $.02

On 5/28/05, Ton Roosendaal <ton at blender.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> That's exactly how it was coded... however confusing it might be. The
> timeline playback just triggers continuous updates in the UI, not
> blocking any option.
> 
> I prefer to have the new "Play" released this way, also to gather
> feedback on usability and performance. Based on that we can define what
> todo with the old ALT+A.
> 
> Just removing the ALT+A (replace it with new system) I think isn't
> wise... one reason is performance (ALT+A is a bit faster) and other is
> UI level (ALT+A communicates what goes on, the TimeLine play is very
> hidden...). Both issues need to be solved.
> 
> -Ton-
> 
> 
> On 28 May, 2005, at 9:09, levon hudson wrote:
> 
> > in the new animation window if you press the play button it starts
> > animating everything, then if you press ALT A over any of the 3d
> > windows it goes into the normaly animation mode, doing only a single
> > window. press escape and it goes back into the other pre existing
> > animation.
> > i would post to the bug tracker but it just doesnt work for me
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