[Bf-taskforce25] Widget Colouring Suggestion

[Brian Staub]

mmm k... grrrr....  sorry again.  let's try this one more time.  this link should work  =/

http://invertednormal.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/widgetcolors013.png



> Ton Roosendaal wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> These special state-widgets, just like text outside buttons, work
> nicely in layouts that are strictly displayed as a list
>
>
> Such features can be part of "Style" definitions, so it can be added
> where appropriate.
>
> Further there's plenty of subtle ways to explore; here's a quicky I
> did, the button outline code is a quad strip, so can be any width;
> http://download.blender.org/institute/rt.jpg
> Or just color items in button:
> http://download.blender.org/institute/rt2.jpg
>
> Still; a problem with color coding remains that you have drop (part of)
> the freedom to assign colors to visualize widget types. Color encoding
> is very limited and with more than just a few colors it starts looking
> messy and loses meaning.
>
> -Ton-
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> Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation  ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
> Blender Institute BV  Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands
>
> On 5 Apr, 2009, at 21:03, William Reynish wrote:
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> On 5 Apr, 2009, at 12:49 PM, Ton Roosendaal wrote:
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>
>
> Hi,
>
> This is of course a temporary situation. We're experimenting with it.
> :)
>
> The basic idea remains that widget coloring will be derived from a set
> of theme colors you've defined yourself, visualizing widget
> functionality or widget types, and matching the overal looks you want.
>
> We will also check smaller and more subtle ways to show animated
> variables. We could make the layout engine add space for a small
> icon/button, allowing standard input methods to edit it, and visualize
> whether the variable has a function curve, is being driven, or
> controlled by expression, and allowing a way to make a function curve
> editor to show the curve/driver.
>
> One thing is quite cool of the current flashy coloring though; it's
> totally clear and obvious for debugging purposes. Might be worth
> putting a theme option in Blender that does it, so you can optionally
> switch to it on a simple command, and back. :)
>
>
> We have to find a balance where this information is as clear as
> possible, yet not totally distracting. Current solution isn't too bad
> I don't think - like you say it's obvious, yet non-intrusive whenever
> that information is not needed or not focused on - buttons that are
> not animated keep looking normal. However, I appreciate that
> there definitely are other solutions and it'd be nice if anyone with
> other ideas could scribble them down and preferably do some visual
> mockups of buttons in animated/expression/keyframe/driven states.
>
> The problems with having a separate icon for animation states
> are twofold: first, you have to create a visual connection between it
> and the 'parent' widget, and second, you have much more clutter and
> information in the users face. These special state-widgets, just like
> text outside buttons, work nicely in layouts that are strictly
> displayed as a list - a la Apple Motion, XSI, etc, but probably not so
> much in Blender where buttons layouts so far are a lot more varied.
>
> -William
>
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