[Bf-committers] Patch to add "Show/hide 3D Cursor" functionality

[Dima Glibitsky]

I've made a poll
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?295865-Hiding-3D-cursor-use-cases-%28poll%29
Most probably auto-hiding in some modes won't draw any objections,
though I'm curious what the results of the poll turn out to be.
I'll try to make a patch that hides 3D cursor based in Paint/Sculpt
modes in the meantime :-)

On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Ton Roosendaal <ton at blender.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A lot of editing still depends on a 3d cursor to exist, hiding it completely is not good feature, unless it bypasses every call that uses the 3d cursor.
>
> For us now, a useful hiding for 3d cursor is in special edit modes like paint or sculpt (assuming it is not used).
>
> -Ton-
>
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>
>
> On 9 Jun, 2013, at 14:18, Dima Glibitsky wrote:
>
>> Hi, thanks for the quick reply :)
>> Perhaps the main question is, then, if there are any cases when users
>> want to hide the cursor in the Object mode. I'll try to ask that on
>> the BlenderArtists.
>> I can imagine that some CAD-like addons might use the option to
>> disable the default cursor to display something more advanced instead
>> (e.g. local coordinate axes/planes). In this case, non-coders won't
>> have to know about the existence of this setting.
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Ton Roosendaal <ton at blender.org> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> If painting and sculpting doesn't require use of the 3d cursor, it can be just hidden by the mode itself? Options and more buttons don't make using Blender easier. We have too many already :)
>>>
>>> -Ton-
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------------
>>> Ton Roosendaal  -  ton at blender.org   -   www.blender.org
>>> Chairman Blender Foundation - Producer Blender Institute
>>> Entrepotdok 57A  -  1018AD Amsterdam  -  The Netherlands
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9 Jun, 2013, at 13:27, Dima Glibitsky wrote:
>>>
>>>> Adds a View3D setting to hide 3D cursor.
>>>>
>>>> In python: SpaceView3D.show_cursor
>>>> In C: V3D_HIDE_CURSOR (#defined as 16 for v3d->flag)
>>>>
>>>> This feature has been long requested by some users, the main
>>>> motivation being that 3D cursor distracts them during the
>>>> sculpting/painting process:
>>>> http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?243932-Hiding-3D-Cursor
>>>> http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?266381-Turn-off-3d-cursor
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5SqZz9PTlQ
>>>>
>>>> Patch tracker page: projects.blender.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=35685
>>>> The patch: http://www.pasteall.org/42942/diff
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