[Bf-committers] Node property panel enhancement

[pete larabell]

+1 on this.

I actually prefer to see everything on each node itself, but see the
importance of having lots of virtual space on the panel, esp. if we
can draw top-to-bottom like in the proposed picture.

Having been programing node-related things for the past 3 or 4 months,
I can say I fully support this idea, and feel the extra code required
would not be THAT big of a deal. You wouldn't HAVE TO add the extra
code at all, and for times when it REALLY makes sense, it'd be great
to have.

Cheers!
Pete

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 1:02 PM, j.bakker at atmind.nl <j.bakker at atmind.nl> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I have a proposal I want to validate as there are multiple options and I
> want to check what we want. This is one of the many proposals I have, the
> other will be validated in a later stage.
>
> The proposal is located on
> http://ocl.atmind.nl/doku.php?id=design:proposal:nodes_property_panel_enhanc
> ement
>
> When finished I will move it over to the blender wiki.
>
> ====== Proposal: Nodes property windows enhancement ======
>
> ===== Current situation =====
>
> in the current situation inside the node editor there is a properties panel
> (press 'n'-key). This pabel displays some information about the node,
> backdrop and grease pencil. The UI of the property panel is typically
> vertical oriented. Nodes in the other hand are not oriented in a direction.
> Both area's are draw via the same draw function.
>
> With some nodes this will create not user-friendly UI. Try the
> color-balance for instance). The 3 color circles are drawn next to each
> other, it would be better to draw them below each other.
>
> When creating more complex nodes you don't want to display all handles in
> the node-panel and in the properties panel. For instance finetuning handles
> you only want to appear in the property panel to reduce place in the node
> itself.
>
> ===== Proposal =====
>
> My proposal is to separate the draw functions of the property panel and the
> node panel.
> When no special draw function is created for the property panel, the draw
> function of the node will be used as 'fallback'
>
> ===== Impact =====
>
> ==== BKE_node.h ====
>
> add a new uifunc (called uifuncbut) to the bNodeType struct. The definition
> is the same as the uifunc.
>
> ==== node_buttons.c ====
>
> if the uifuncbut is set, call it. currently calls the uifunc method
>
> ==== drawnode.c ====
>
> static void node_composit_set_butfunc(bNodeType *ntype). set the uifuncbut
> function where needed. When at the end of the method uifuncbut is still
> empty, set uifuncbut to the uifunc.
>
>
>
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