[Bf-committers] Re: [Bf-blender-cvs] CVS commit: blender/source/blender/include BDR_sculptmode.h blender/source/blender/makesdna DNA_scene_types.h blender/source/blender/src drawview.c sculptmode.c space.c

[Nicholas Bishop]

On the subject of hotkeys in general, to what extent is it OK for
sculptmode to just "take over" hotkeys?

For example, sculptmode doesn't disallow grab/rotate/scale, so those
hotkeys are still available. However, grab/rotate/scale are actually
needed in sculptmode? I've rarely found them useful, but my Blender
usage is mostly just testing my own code, rather than actually
creating art.

Grab/rotate/scale is just one example; there are a lot of other keys
that could potentially be reassigned for sculptmode, but I need input
to know which ones are OK.

-Nicholas

On 11/19/06, Matt Ebb <matt at mke3.net> wrote:
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> On 19/11/2006, at 08:01 AM, Nicholas Bishop wrote:
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> nicholasbishop (Nicholas Bishop) 2006/11/18 22:01:25 CET
>   Generalized the sculptmode propset (DKEY) to work with strength as well as
>   brush size. Pressing the key once does brush size (same as before), then
>   pressing it a second time switches to setting brush strength.
> This would be much better on it's own directly accessible hotkey, then
> having to cycle through. Cycling is not only slower, having to go through
> other irrelevant tools before you can access the one you want, but there's
> also more cognitive overhead for users, having to keep track of some
> arbitrary state of the system (counting how many times it has been pressed
> and what 'mini-mode' it's currently in). If a user wants to change the
> strength, he wants to change the strength. It should be as immediately
> accessible as possible.
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> This also goes for changing brush tools, it would be much better if there
> were direct hotkeys to change between different tools (as in photoshop/gimp)
> rather than having to use the Ctrl Tab menu and make a selection from there.
> Sculpt mode is a completely new mode, and there's almost complete freedom
> with the available hotkeys to come up with a key configuration that's really
> nice and ergonomic, so that's what should be done :)
>
> cheers
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> Matt
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