[Bf-taskforce25] RNA groups proposal, implementation stage 3

[vekoon]

Yes, please note that the entire UI appearance is absolutely temporary. 
All I'm doing right now is thinking about the layout per se, i.e. 
displacement of widgets and groups. All the details can be easily 
changed and/or expanded in the future.
For instance I have many ideas (or should I say doubts) on how to 
display the groups' UI in the end. It could be nicer for instance to 
indent just the group name and not the properties that belong to that 
group (which takes away precious space for properties layout) and 
instead draw a thin rounded line around those group's properties (à la 
HTML's <fieldset> for those who now HTML).
Also for sure some kind of separator will be needed if you consider that 
it is (already) possible to shift-select more contexts so you kind of 
have to hint that to the user either by using separating lines or 
different background colors or something like that.
For the layers note that all I do is associate the rna properties to the 
widgets simply by calling uiDefButR, so everything is handled by 
RNA/interface alone, which is very nice.


Shaul Kedem wrote, on 27/01/2009 16.25:
> Amazing stuff Vekoon. Really straight forward and customizable.
>
> some thoughts:
>  - Can you add a thin lines between each root-level group?
>  - Shared controls, like the layers control, are updated at the same
> time in both the properties and window headers?
>  - I think that user-hinting of stuff that was previously only a
> button or a key will teach users to use short cuts and thus speed
> their work process, so adding icons of rotate/scale/move in the
> properties page, adding a tool tip with the key mapped to that
> property (for example, when rotating, a tooltip saying "rotate - R" or
> something like that) and adding visual hints - for example when
> scaling, highlighting the scaling button in the window header(s), so
> the user will know that everything is actually the same control,
> positioned and available in different ways
>
> But really, this is a huge step.
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Vekoon <vekoon at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hi everyone,
>> A couple of days ago I came back home and yesterday+today I started
>> working again on my proposal on RNA groups for rna properties grouping.
>> I implemented some group types and also a basic layout mechanism in
>> which groups break into multiple columns or rows depending on available
>> space and layout direction (for the joy of horizontal layout enthusiasts).
>> As always a 5 minute video is better than tons of words I guess, so
>> here's a video demo: http://www.vimeo.com/2975505
>> In the video description there's also a link for more details on the
>> status of the implementation. Note that the video is still being
>> converted at the time of writing but you can download the original avi
>> at the bottom of the page. Sorry for the slow, crappy video but I did it
>> fast and full-screen capture slowed down my machine which caused the
>> snappy look.
>>
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