[Bf-committers] handling large lists in Blender (vertex groups, shape keys, materials)

[Lukas Tönne]

Making lists resizeable would be great. The problem afaik is that all
UI elements in Blender are generated on-the-fly, with no info about
layout or size stored persistently. I also played with the idea of
making drag&drop style reordering of list elements, which faces the
same issue (you'd need to know the location of a button outside the
actual drawing). Not sure how this could be tackled.

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Gaia <gaia.clary at machinimatrix.org> wrote:
> On 07.12.2012 11:45, CoDEmanX wrote:
>> I really like them!
>> But dunno if it's a good idea to put the stuff inside of the list
>> (visually yes, but how to implement this properly?)
>
> Well, i understand this sort of constraints happen all the time and
> everywhere. So getting any improvement over what we have now
> would be a step forward regardless of visual layout.
>
>> Here are two variants which could be done with little change to UI code:
>>
>> http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=41471
>> http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=41472
>
> If that has a chance to get implemented, then i vote for
>
> http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=41471
>
>
>> Basically, all what's needed is C code for list filtering. In python,
>> there should eventually be an extra parameter for lists to specify a
>> StringProp, which would be the prop of the search field.
>
> It would be cool to get such functionality accessible from python. However i
> would be already happy if we'd get it only for shape keys and vertex groups.
>
>> bpy.types.Scene.search_shapekeys = bpy.props.StringProperty()
>> ...
>> row.template_list(key, "key_blocks", ob, "active_shape_key_index",
>> rows=rows, filter_data=scene, filter_prop="search_shapekeys")
>>
>>
>> Am 07.12.2012 01:39, schrieb Gaia:
>>> Having the filter in a popup box might have the advantage
>>> of saving some space on the screen. But on the other side
>>> your top variant shows the filter settings together with the
>>> resulting list. So i like the top variant most.
>>>
>>> Here is another comparison based on your top variant
>>> which saves one line of space:
>>>
>>> http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=41449
>>>
>>> It would be awesome if someone from the blender
>>> development team could comment on this and allow
>>> to get something done here. Maybe the layout is wrong
>>> but at least it would be just cool if we could get the
>>> functionality.
>>>
>>> Gaia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 06.12.2012 22:25, CoDEmanX wrote:
>>>> 3 variations of possible filter integration:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=41437
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Am 06.12.2012 18:44, schrieb Gaia:
>>>>> I played with my 2d image editor and created this mockup:
>>>>>
>>>>>          http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=41429
>>>>>
>>>>> I added a drag handle to the lower right corner of the list.
>>>>> What do you think? Would that be convenient, acceptable
>>>>> and easy to implement ?
>>>>>
>>>>> cheers,
>>>>> Gaia
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 06.12.2012 17:43, Bassam Kurdali wrote:
>>>>>> I was myself wishing for filtering in vertex groups recently. +1 from
>>>>>> this user. Also agree the resize is a bit hidden.
>>>>>> On Thu Dec  6 2012 11:01:59 AM EST, Gaia <gaia.clary at machinimatrix.org
>>>>>> <mailto:gaia.clary at machinimatrix.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 06.12.2012 16:52, Tobias Oelgarte wrote:
>>>>>>>> We have resizeable list areas. Hold Shift and and use the
>>>>>> mousewheel to
>>>>>>>> resize them. It's not always as responsible as it should be. I often
>>>>>>>> need to move the mouse around a bit while rolling the mousewheel, so
>>>>>>>> that it will continue to grow or shrink.
>>>>>>> Heh, that is cool :) Very good to know that!
>>>>>>> However wouldn't it be more intuitive to add a drag handle
>>>>>>> to the lower left corner of the list ?
>>>>>>> That might also solve the responsiveness issue in an elegant way.
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