[Bf-funboard] clean up cluttered shelves,please?

[Karl Kühberger]

I would prefer a graphical tool shelf.
Icons need less space and are easier to find
than written words.
They could be arranged in a meaningfull order
(more icons in one line) or even - like in Photoshop's toolbox -
more icons packed in one, which pop's only up when pressing
a little longer on the main icon.

Kind regards,
Karl




2012/7/31 Campbell Barton <ideasman42 at gmail.com>

> In general I agree that we have too much clutter in the panels,
>
> You're suggestion reminds of of the way gimp manages panels - where
> you can configure them and move them around (even in new single window
> mode they kept this).
>
> The toolbar is nice in principle but it quickly gets clogged up with
> many tools :S (especially with addons!)
>
>
> So I do like the idea of having some kind of category, but would
> prefer not to make this something the user has to configure and manage
> since IMHO this is overhead when using the application.
>
> So for me, your proposal as it stands is too configurable and I would
> prefer to see some a well thought through layout, rather then having
> the ability to move panels about.
>
>
> Note that you could do some testing in this area with python-only
> changes, if nobody else does I might have a shot one day.
>
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Bol Bib <bollebib at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > this is my own little mockup of how I think the shelves could be cleaned
> quickly with mostly  existing functionality.
> >
> >
> >
> > http://s16.postimage.org/cns0xjsrp/Tool_Panel_4_move.png
> >
> >
> >
> > Basicly it's a save view state function:
> >
> > Step1) add/remove panels to a shelve you want,save the state by naming
> > it (example: display settings,general settings,or camera tracker,or
> > brushes in texture mode,or texture layers addon...)
> >
> > Step 2) click to chose between several states (instant success!)
> >
> >
> >
> > optional step 3) move/remove panels from rightclicking or pushing a
> > shorcut to bring up move dialog (second dialog popup on picture)
> >
> >
> >
> > This would be one of the few options to reduce clutter,and provide some
> tools for customization of the shelves,for different processes in the
> workflow of a project.
> >
> >
> > Right now,blender saves a tool shelf state with every new 3D view
> > This would limit that AND give you more power over it really quickly.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > extra icon toolbars and whatnot is for a later stage,imo. First fix
> what's there!
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