[Bf-committers] Improving Blender's keymap: a proposal

[Campbell Barton]

Incidentally - the underline keys in the menu can also be used as
shortcuts, so..
Space, E (Edit mode)
Space, O (Object mode)

On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Nathan Vegdahl <cessen at cessen.com> wrote:
> Just committed the first version of the new keymap.  Or perhaps I
> should say pre-version.  It's not much yet.
>
> The main change of interest that I've made is how mode-switching
> works.  A toggle mentality really doesn't work anymore, since e.g.
> mesh objects have numerous modes.  I'm experimenting with alternative
> ways to do mode switching.  Right now it works by pressing the
> space-bar, and a menu of available modes pops up.  You can use the
> number keys to select.  So spacebar->1 is object mode, spacebar->2 is
> edit mode, etc.  It takes a little getting used to, but is quite fast.
>
> I'm thinking that the spacebar, being the largest key on the keyboard,
> can be a sort of "hub" for managing context, such as mode switching.
> It remains to be seen how effective that will be in parts of Blender
> other than the 3d view.
>
> Incidentally, since the spacebar is now the mode-switching key, I've
> moved the operator search menu to the tab key.
>
> --Nathan
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 3:04 AM, Campbell Barton <ideasman42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2012/4/6 Przemyslaw Golab <gbirdboy at gmail.com>:
>>> Yes but the problem is the creations of keyslot, creating new keyslot for
>>> operator that doesn't have one is not easy and fast.
>>>
>>> You have to > find it (learn that it doesn't exists) > create one (learn
>>> how) > and edit it. Not just, find it > edit it how you like.
>>
>> Then it should be made east & fast.
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- Campbell