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

[Sean Olson]

I am a big fan of the 3d cursor, but I frequently I do wish I could hide it
as it is just distracting at times when I don't need it.  I would love to
be able to turn it on/off manually just as I can with the
transform/rotate/scale widgets.  I do think this option should probably be
on the bottom bar along with those widgets though, and not in the much
harder to access properties panel.

Additionally, we need to be careful with turning off the cursor in certain
modes.  Currently in paint mode the 3d cursor is used in the clone tool.
 So to always turn it off would be a  mistake.  A clone tool in sculpt has
not been built, but it would be cool to have that functionality as well,
which of course would use the 3d cursor.

-Sean


On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Dima Glibitsky <dima.glib at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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-
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> > 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 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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