[Bf-funboard] Autohide properties editor (or all?)

Bol Bib bollebib at hotmail.com
Sat Aug 4 13:11:11 CEST 2012


hotmail glitched on me and sent prematuraly


Also do note that i'm talking about the properties editor,just shifting in and out.
The shelves are a totally different thing.
Just didn't want to make 100 differen mockup versions



andif you were talking bout the shelves,well that's discussed in another funboard list. (to keep it clean)

> From: bollebib at hotmail.com
> To: bf-funboard at blender.org
> Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 13:08:25 +0200
> Subject: Re: [Bf-funboard] Autohide properties editor (or all?)
> 
> 
> click or hover.
> 
> But ofcourse it might take more time
> it's a SCREEN estate saver,not a time saver. 
> 
> But consider this
> if you use fullscreen mode. need sometyhing in properties editor->leave full screen mode->look in properties editor->reopen fullscreen mode...
> 
> is that not a lot more time wasted? It's mostly a way to have more screen estate,but don't hide all buttons.
> 
> only the last mockup blocks the view and I said that was a bad one.
> 
> 
> > Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 11:20:58 +0100
> > From: g.mariani at liquidnet.it
> > To: bf-funboard at blender.org
> > Subject: Re: [Bf-funboard] Autohide properties editor (or all?)
> > 
> > Not a big fan. First the properties at the top you need to click to open
> > them and then click again for the option. Even if you can keep the menu
> > open I blocks he view which is really no optimal.
> > He other thing is the vertical tab with rotated text. I always find it
> > difficult to quickly identify them, but that could be just me.
> > 
> > Like the floating panel in the view, but only if it's just a shelf where
> > you can drag and drop various tools for use in that moment.
> > 
> > My 2c
> > 
> > Gian
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Saturday, August 4, 2012, Bol Bib wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I had another idea to provide more screen estate without changing blender
> > > too much.
> > >
> > > http://postimage.org/image/qmf2yxwi9/
> > > http://postimage.org/image/oo5khob5b/
> > >
> > > http://postimage.org/image/42tbu1vwb/full/ (another choice,but bad
> > > because it overlaps the toolshelves)
> > >
> > > If you hover or click on it,it maximizes to full size and then minimizes
> > > again. This ONLY happens if you have the properties minimized like that ,so
> > > people who don't like it have the default behaviour.
> > > It's essentially an autohide to keep focus on the 3D view but still have
> > > buttons close to do more. The maximize viewport is great,but  it hides
> > > EVERYTHING. I don't use it all that much because of that.
> > > Imo you could do this with curve editor,action editor and other editors as
> > > well. It's just another way to temporarily reduce clutter and optimize your
> > > workflow.
> > >
> > >
> > > It might be a bit tricky to implement
> > > Maybe you need to MARK an editor for an autohide,or maybe just minimize it
> > > to header size (so buttons appear)
> > >
> > > if done right,could be very powerful.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Just another idea.
> > >
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