[Bf-funboard] modal drag modifier-key-discovery

[Matjaz Lamut]

Bah, sent too early :)

Perhaps another idea to consider is to keep the regular text regular and
only have the shortcuts, mouse keys in bold, so it's easier to read what
sort of commands ar at your disposal.



On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Matjaz Lamut <matjaz.lamut at gmail.com>wrote:

> @Jeske, out of the two options you show I prefer the 1. one, because
> showing them near the cursor would get in the way. This reminds me of a
> past discussion on this mailing list, on how to show auto-key recording is
> enabled. In the end, the indicator is now shown in the top-right corner of
> the 3d view. To summarize, it needs to be out of the way of the main
> activity.
>
> @Harley Acheson, I agree with the sentence comment. The options looks like
> a single long string and lack consistency. However I don't think the
> proposed solution would work that well. My use case when using modal  tools
> is also to check whether an option is ON / OFF. Only some of them can be
> seen from the 3d view. For Z to cut through I can't tell whether it's
> enabled simply by looking at the model.
>
> The separators help keep things organized, no dilemmas here. For ON / OFF,
> perhaps the text could change its colour depending on its state. Another
> idea is to keep the regular text
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Karl Kühberger <karl.kuehberger at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> I'd prefer No. 2, because it pop's up where
>> the user's attention is focused at.
>>
>>
>> 2013/7/10 David Jeske <davidj at gmail.com>
>>
>> > I'm trying to come up with a way for the user to discover modifier-keys
>> > which affect the current modal-drag. Currently they are very hard to
>> find
>> > or learn. (often someone tells you about them, or you read/watch
>> something
>> > about that particular area).
>> >
>> > The obvious answer is obvious... "show them somewhere during the drag!"
>> >
>> > The question is -- where to show them?
>> >
>> > Here are a couple options I'm toying with.. neither totally great, but
>> they
>> > do achieve the goal. Thoughts? Better ideas?
>> >
>> > 1) Right side of header-row
>> >
>> > http://www.pasteall.org/pic/55231
>> >
>> > 2) In a new floating panel near the cursor (user-toggleable)
>> >
>> > http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=55229
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