[Bf-funboard] Layer visibility lock

[Campbell Barton]

Why not have the one light setup in all 3 layers?

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 11:45 AM, Julio Iglesias <j at zafio.com> wrote:
> Here is a recurrent situation: I have 3 layers:
>
> Layer 1: High res model
> Layer 2: Low res version (LOD0)
> Layer 3: LOD1, etc...
>
> I would like to have a 3 light setup in a separate layer, so I can
> alternate layers and compare them (quite often I change the lights too),
> but I'm forced to duplicate the light setup for each layer, because if I
> press 1, 2 or 3 keys, there goes the lighting layer, and using Shift is
> kind of cumbersome for comparison purposes.
> I can think of other contexts where an user would like to keep one or more
> layers always visible. And I'm positive I'm not alone here.
>
> Suggested solution:
>
> An option to lock the layers, obviously! O:)
> Personally, I would love to just press the layer number hotkey twice (or
> double click on the layer button), but that probably would conflict with
> the flow somehow... ?
>
> So perhaps CTRL+SHIFT+LayerN, so it can also be used with ALT for the
> bottom row.
> and CTRL+SHIFT+LMB on the layer buttons.
>
> As for visual feedback, maybe something like this?:
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2294713/mockups/blaylockico.png
>
> Anyway, I guess this could be done in python, except for the visual
> feedback part, right?
>
>
> Regards.
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