[Bf-funboard] Please add a Zoom Border zoom out

[Campbell Barton]

Interesting - it is there already, for 2D views at least (node, graph,
logic, dope sheet and sequencer). will check on adding for view3d,
perhaps image view too.

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Reiner <reiner.prokein at t-online.de> wrote:
> Well. Blender already has the Zoom border tool. So it`s not the question
> to add it or not. It is already there. But it is incomplete. Zoom out is
> missing. Thus my request.
>
> Rectangle zoom with zoom in and out works like charm in other apps since
> years. It`s a very fast and efficient way to navigate that i don`t want
> to miss anymore. I barely touch normal zoom tools in my favourite
> modeler anymore. Rectangle zoom is so much faster and more efficient.
> You can define the zoom amount by the size of the rectangle, and capture
> the area that you want to see. By that you also define to where it
> zooms. No extra navigation required. This is really much quicker and
> more intuitive once you tried it a few times, compared to the classical
> zoom. Which needs much more mouse action for the same thing. Normal zoom
> also requires a hotkey to activate it. So there is not really a
> difference here.
>
> Zooming out is simply doing the opposite of zooming in, valueswise.
> Let`s say you drag the rectangle to half of the size of the screen to
> zoom in. Then the screen zooms in until this half of size is full size
> of the screen now. Now elt`s drag the rectangle to half of the size of
> the screen to zoom out. Then the screen zooms out until it is double the
> size of the rectangle. You don`t need to draw the rectangle above the
> borders of the screen for that. Hope that explains it a bit.
>
> The good thing is, when you don`t have a need for a tool then nobody
> forces you to use it. Others may have a need for it though. I have :)
>
> Am 08.08.2012 18:37, schrieb Bassam Kurdali:
>> -1
>> Sorry I just don't understand how this is intuitive.
>> Zoom border is neither zoom in or zoom out; we already have interface
>> for these; rather, zoom border does what it says on the tin. zoom to the
>> border drawn on the screen. how does this map to zooming out? you can't
>> draw a border bigger than the screen, and you can't really specify the
>> rectangle ... this should be renamed 'really inefficient zoom out that
>> requires a hotkey'
>> Please don't do it.
>>
>> On Wed, 2012-08-08 at 13:52 +0200, Campbell Barton wrote:
>>> Sounds good, would use MMB to zoom out though, this is consistant with
>>> select==LMB and deselect == MMB, It also wont mess with existing use
>>> where you dont have to care which way you draw the rectangle.
>>>
>>> This is a nice project for a new blender dev :)
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Reiner <reiner.prokein at t-online.de> wrote:
>>>> The Zoom border tool currently just supports zoom in. But that`s just
>>>> half of the show. Zoom border in in combination with Zoom border out
>>>> would allow a very quick navigation.
>>>>
>>>> UI wise there would be not this much to change. A rectangle dragged from
>>>> left to right could allow to zoom in, giving you a positive value. A
>>>> rectangle, dragged from right to left, could allow to zoom out, giving
>>>> you a negative value.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for considering
>>>>
>>>> Tiles
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