[Bf-committers] ED_area_headerprint guideline?

[Harley Acheson]

I prefer to have the operation first, then current state as "on" or "off"
or value in brackets if applicable, then a colon, then the keys (using "/"
if multiple). Separating each block with comma but I'd rather have some
nicer separator. And I'd only show the on/off state if it is a toggle, not
when it using a key as a modifier (since the user knows when Shift is being
held down).

For example the Knife tool is currently:

LMB: define cut lines, Return/Spacebar: confirm, Esc or RMB: cancel, E: new
cut, Ctrl: midpoint snap (Off), Shift: Ignore snap (off), C: angle contrain
(On), Z: cut through (Off)

I'd rather it be:

Set endpoint: LMB, Confirm: Return/Space, Cancel: Esc/RMB, New: E, Midpoint
Snap: Ctrl, Ignore Snap: Shift, Angle Contrain (on): C, Cut through (off): Z

A screenshot example:

[image: Inline image 1]


On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Dalai Felinto <dfelinto at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I was working in the headerprint for the walk and fly navigation and I
> was wondering if we have a standard/guideline for the operators
> messages.
>
> A few examples showing some inconsistency:
>
> Knife Tool operator:
> ================
> "LMB: define cut lines, Return/Spacebar: confirm, Esc or RMB: cancel,
> E: new cut, Ctrl: midpoint snap (OFF), ..."
>
> Vert Slide operator:
> ================
> "Vert Slide: 0.001, (E)ven: OFF, Alt or (C)lamp: ON"
>
> Grease Pencil Erase Session:
> ========================
> "Grease Pencil Erase Session: Hold and draw LMB or RMB to erase |
> ESC/Enter to end"
>
>
> That made me wonder about a few points:
>
> * When to use "/", when to use "or"?
> * When to use "," when to use "|"
> * Should we have the shortcut mixed with the action (e.g., (C)lamp)
> whenever we can?
> * Should we have the value (ON/OFF) outside parenthesis?
> * Why to omit the cancel/confirm actions in some cases (vert slide,
> bisect, ...) but not in others (knife)?
> * Why to use  shortcut:action (e.g., "LMB: cut") instead of
> action:shortcut(e.g., "Cut: LMB"). 2.49, Fly Navigation at least, was
> using the latter.
> * Should we always show the value (ON/OFF) for the actions that are
> enabled/disabled with press/release (e.g., Ctrl in Knife Cut, or Shift
> in the walk navigation)?
> * ... probably other questions to be pinpointed, I didn't look to all cases
>
>
> I'm not volunteering to tackle this, but I think this is something the
> UI team could/should take a look. It would be nice to have a guideline
> for this somewhere.
>
> Cheers,
> Dalai
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