[Bf-funboard] New Keymap: selection

Gianmichele Mariani g.mariani at liquidnet.it
Tue May 15 10:25:03 CEST 2012


I think Nathan last proposal work like a charm!



On Tuesday, May 15, 2012, Jorge Rodriguez wrote:

> Honestly, Blender has so many freaking selection modes that I forget which
> one is which. Which is the one where you drag across the model and anything
> the cursor touches becomes selected? Because I think that is the super
> sayan behemoth divinity of selection modes and should be the one left click
> defaults to. It's the most obvious to new users and the most
> straightforward to use. I think it's circle select? Except circle select is
> modal and I've already expressed my thoughts on modality :)
>
> I'm sorry, I'll stop complaining about what I think the defaults should be
> and maybe try to contribute to the conversation...
>
> I know some people will disagree with this selection, but if we're running
> out of key combinations then perhaps we should think about adding buttons
> to the user interface. This is actually exactly what my GSoC project will
> let us do. Having a button is a great way to expose the functionality to
> all users without making finger-twisting key bindings. Then, like I said
> before, if users want it on the mouse they can bind it there themselves.
>
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