[Bf-funboard] New Keymap: selection

[Nathan Vegdahl]

> * It's complicated. Selection should not be complicated.

IMO this proposal is the simplest option proposed so far.  How do you
propose to accommodate 7+ frequently used selection tools with a
single mouse button, with both 'add' and 'remove' options for the
applicable tools?  Arguably for some selection tools it's not useful
to have the full range of replace/add/remove, but I think for most of
them it is.

I'm trying to avoid hand-cramping mouse/key combos here.

> * It's modal. When something works differently in a different modes it only
> confuses.

How is this any more modal than putting everything on LMB?  I agree
that my proposal still has some modal-ness to it, but it's precisely
the same amount of modal-ness we would get when cramming every
selection tool into LMB.  The only way to avoid this being modal is to
give every unique selection tool from every mode its own unique
mouse/key combo, which unless I'm missing something seems somewhat
unfeasible.

I'm open to alternative proposals, of course.  But I would like to
avoid over-complex key combos for frequently used selection tools such
as loop and ring select, at the very least.

--Nathan


On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Jorge Rodriguez
<jorge at lunarworkshop.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Nathan Vegdahl <cessen at cessen.com> wrote:
>
>> Okay guys, I have a bit of a new proposal.  So far we've been thinking
>> in terms of either LMB or RMB being the "select" button.  But given
>> the number of selection tools in mesh edit mode (and also some other
>> modes and interfaces), perhaps it is better to fully utilize both
>> mouse buttons for selections.
>>
>> I (tentatively) propose that we utilize LMB for selection tools that
>> are more standard and globally applicable (e.g. applicable to many
>> modes and interfaces).  And then we utilize RMB for selection tools
>> that are more specific to the current context (e.g. applicable only to
>> the current mode/interface).
>>
>
> This sounds even worse to me than right mouse button select.
>
> * It's complicated. Selection should not be complicated.
> * It's different. Selection should not be different, it should be
> consistent everywhere.
> * It's modal. When something works differently in a different modes it only
> confuses.
>
> We don't need to innovate on selection. Selection should be boring,
> uninteresting, and should always work as expected. Left mouse button,
> always.
>
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