[Bf-funboard] Buttons & layout

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,


> Although such a tree view is a really nice widget for GUI design, it  
> is wrong
> to introduce it in blender, because the space that gets eaten up by  
> such a
> widget is unfortunately rather big. I think you would end up creating  
> new
> windows or even real dialogues to gain the required screen space.

I realize that too, but it could give a pretty simple method of adding  
overview to available buttonpanels in a 'buttons window'.
We've only discussed now putting buttons in 'blocks' together, being  
able to move them around (make vertical) and collapse them. Would also  
be nice to provide a sort-of block manager, which gives all available  
editors in a glance.

-Ton-


>
> Blender already a lot of window types. Making that popup-menu longer  
> won't
> solve any problems. Neither won't creating real dialogues.
>
> I sure hope I miss an option here, because I actually believe that  
> these could
> be a good addition to the UI (except for the surprisingly big coding  
> effort
> that every GUI toolkit requires for these widgets).
>
> Regards,
> Gregor
>
> Am Mittwoch, 13. August 2003 15:36 schrieb Ton Roosendaal:
>> Hi,
>>
>> While checking on the particle plugin, I noticed the interface they  
>> use:
>>
>> http://www.primitiveitch.com/ppfx/docs/systemsettings.htm
>>
>> It's a typical example of an 'easy to code' interface, which is of
>> course an important feature for plug-ins. It simply visualizes a sort
>> of hierarchical list of properties, which seems to allow to be
>> dynamically generated as well:
>>
>> http://www.primitiveitch.com/ppfx/docs/emittersettings.htm
>>
>> Most obvious is, that in Blender we don't have the 'hierarchical list'
>> or 'tree' concept for interfaces. it's a pretty common interface
>> element, which can be found in most (Windows) 3d packages I think.
>>  From a coders perspective, this will quickly allow to construct
>> interfaces. For users and GUI designers it might be less attractive;
>> especially because of allowing coders to make a GUI! ;-)
>>
>> Nevertheless, interesting to look at...
>>
>> -Ton-
>>
>>
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