[Bf-committers] set "F6" pop-up-panel to pop-up automatically by User Preference's selection

[Jonathan Williamson]

Hey Ton,

The "active input" is an interesting thought that could work very well if
implemented right. I could see this working very well if the input focus was
immediately placed in the operator panel, such that you could numerically
input the values without ever clicking a second field. In other words, to
place a new object it would work like this:

   1. Shift + A > Add object
   2. Input is automatically shifted to operator field (e.g. number of
   vertices, etc)
   3. Type in value(s)
   4. Press Enter to confirm

The key would be to remove the need for any mouse movement.

Jonathan Williamson
http://www.montagestudio.org


On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Ton Roosendaal <ton at blender.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The design concept was to make tools remember previous settings.
> Another improvement would be to have a fast way to move 'active input'
> focus to buttons elsewhere (like right after for tool redo, on a
> hotkey).
>
> Only in last resort we should do things with popups. I still believe
> you can make an optimal workflow this way, better than popping up
> stuff all the time. Exceptions are possible, and user configs could
> allow, of course.
>
> -Ton-
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
> Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands
>
> On 16 Mar, 2010, at 17:16, Jonathan Williamson wrote:
>
> > That would also be an improvement.
> >
> > Seppo's idea of creating a user preference for the pop-up is a good
> > one, as
> > there are people who do like like it and just want to add an object
> > immediately. Adding an object immediately can be particularly
> > helpful while
> > in Object mode if you are testing materials or anything like that,
> > then
> > vertex counts aren't your first concern.
> >
> > Jonathan Williamson
> > http://www.montagestudio.org
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Carsten Wartmann
> > <cw at blenderbuch.de>wrote:
> >
> >> Jonathan Williamson wrote:
> >>> I absolutely agree with this. Very seldom do you (or I at least)
> >>> add a
> >> mesh
> >>> object and stick to the default parameters. I nearly always adjust
> >> circles
> >>> and such down to 12 vertices or so.
> >>>
> >> At least the tools should remember the last setting e.g the number of
> >> verts.
> >>
> >> Carsten
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