[Bf-funboard] New Keymap: selection

[Nathan Vegdahl]

> I'm a die hard fan of it
> going on double click. (It should, by the way :P)

Ah!  Of course, double-click.

How about this:
LMB click = select
LMB drag = border select
LMB drag + Alt = lasso select
LMB double-click = loop select
LMB double-click + Alt = ring select

And then shift = add, ctrl = remove.

I think circle/paint select is actually better as a modal tool, since
that gives the user a clear opportunity to resize the brush.  So we
can just leave that assigned to C (or some other key).

The only thing this leaves us without is shortest-path select, which
is important in my experience for UV unwrapping of dense meshes, and
sometimes for tweaking vertex weights during rigging.  IMO it's not as
important to be super quickly accessible since it's less frequently
used (please speak up if disagree), but it shouldn't be too bizarre
either.  Suggestions?

Pretty sure mesh edit mode has the most/weirdest selection tools, so
if we can get this worked out, we can probably re-use for other modes.

--Nathan


On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Jorge Rodriguez
<jorge at lunarworkshop.com> wrote:
> It may be that seeing the suggestion that loop/ring select go on right
> click elicited a strong reaction from me since I'm a die hard fan of it
> going on double click. (It should, by the way :P)
>
> Between shift, ctrl, alt, and double click, you have a lot of combinations.
> Some of them are crazy hand cramping but if you add up the permutations you
> get 16 different command inputs. That's not enough to exhaustively put any
> possible command on a combination, but it should be enough to cover a
> majority of use cases. That's okay though. You don't need to be exhaustive
> and cover every single use case. Many of them can be found by combining
> simpler ones. If we go by the 7 plus or minus
> 2<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus_or_Minus_Two>rule,
> people are unlikely to learn more than 9 combinations anyway. You
> could extend this with some consistency and structural logic (ie, knowing
> that holding shift always extends or alt always removes reduces the memory
> stress on the user and allows them to remember shortcuts faster) but I
> think you're unlikely to pass 16.
>
> I think your goal should be to cover the majority-use cases in the simple
> button combinations, and if the user wants more commands then they can open
> the config panel and set them up for themselves.
>
>
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