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

Sun Jun 9 18:12:52 CEST 2013

     All,
     I say +1 to Jürgen's suggestion. I think hiding the cursor would be
incredibly useful in many cases. Having a button in the 3D View header, as
well as a hotkey would be awesome. Also, using a LMB click to unhide it (or
the hotkey) would be intuitive. Of course, this is coming from a user who
is less a user than a developer. Take it for what it's worth.
     God Bless,
     Gavin Howard
On Jun 9, 2013 9:48 AM, "Jürgen Herrmann" <shadowrom at me.com> wrote:

> It would be nice to have a hotkey to hide the 3d cursor. It might be a
> good idea to unhide the cursor when the user  switches to another edit mode.
>
> When hidden the cursor should stay in place so it is not accidentally
> moved to another position. An alternative would be to unhide the cursor
> when it is moved (for example by clicking LMB in object mode).
>
> No matter how it is done it should be completely intuitive for all users.
>
> /Jürgen
>
> Am 09.06.2013 um 17:29 schrieb Sean Olson <seanolson at gmail.com>:
>
> > 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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