[Bf-funboard] Zooming to mouse position

[Bassam Kurdali]

wait a second- is it my imagination, or is shift-ctrl still available?
perhaps we can make shift-ctrl-mousewheel do this behavior?




> This is either good candidate for a user pref or (better) different
> interface/mode- I'd suggest using modifier+ mousewheel, but they're all
> taken (not you Doug). Perhaps if we use the "cursor" transform center,
> this could be made to apply to the view transforms too? (might be
> annoying too)
> 
> There  are good arguments for both behaviors- for instance, sometimes a
> user doesn't care where the 3D cursor is- they really just want to zoom
> in, not zoom and pan; having to place the 3d cursor would be an annoying
> extra step. Add that to the fact that sometimes the view location/angle
> is "useful information" that you don't want to loose. 
> 
> The argument *for* the proposed change is a good one too, I just don't
> see this as an exclusive win. If we're only going to do one and not the
> other, keeping the current behavior is better IMO as it is most
> natural/least surprising.
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 23:05 +0200, Knittl wrote:
> > yes, that's the main problem. it will irritate people who are used to
> > the current system. initially I didn't want to talk about userprefs,
> > but it would be the only solution to please "blender-conservatives"
> > and "blender-liberals". the ones don't want to change their imprinted
> > workflow, whereas others are open to new ideas and welcome them. 
> > and it's really a core feature of blender, that *everyone* uses
> > evertime.
> > 
> > regards
> > 
> > On 4/3/07, Alexander Ewering <blender at instinctive.de> wrote:
> >         
> >         On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, [iso-8859-1] doug wrote: 
> >         
> >         > Yes this is a great idea IMO.  it really does stop you
> >         needing to do a
> >         > second command/movement to pan the screen.  and you can
> >         quickly
> >         > scrollwheel in and out to reposition your screen.
> >         > 
> >         > I suggested it a while ago, and the response then was that
> >         it is
> >         > confusing, and some people preffered it how blender does
> >         it.  Althought
> >         > everyone thinks its evil to have user prefs..... i think
> >         this is something 
> >         
> >         Not everyone. I always thought of this hostility against
> >         userprefs as
> >         arrogance and disregard for the wishes and personal
> >         preferences of users,
> >         which are so varied that not even a perfect application made
> >         by God Himself 
> >         could serve them all.
> >         
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