[Bf-taskforce25] Hotkeys for mesh selection mode switching.

[Shaul Kedem]

this way we can go to the forth and fifth dimension and so on :-)

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Nathan Vegdahl<cessen at cessen.com> wrote:
>> Why not use plain 1, 2, 3 for the selection mode?
>
> +1 (and 2 and 3 ;-) )
>
> --Nathan V
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 4:05 AM, Wahooney<wahooney at wahooney.net> wrote:
>> Why not use plain 1, 2, 3 for the selection mode?
>>
>> I know that it's being used for layer switching, but what is the
>> advantage of switching layers while in edit mode? Personally it's always
>> been a hindrance to me, sometimes I didn't hit al-tab properly and then
>> my mesh disappears... Not handy.
>>
>> Correct me if I'm wrong with the above.
>>
>> Another possibility is perhaps e, f, v on a QWERTY keyboard they make a
>> nice arc around your home keys (F & J).
>>
>> But both e, f, v and q, w, e break their usefulness on alternate
>> keyboard layouts (Dvorak, AZERTY, etc).
>>
>> So my not humble at all opinion is that 1, 2, 3 are probably the most
>> sane choice.
>>
>> Keith
>>
>> joe wrote:
>>> After some discussion with Geoffry and Matt on IRC, it became clear
>>> that for a selection mode-aware system to really work, we need really
>>> fast hotkeys to switch between vert/edge/face selection mode.  The
>>> current hotkey is both extremely awkward, *and* produces a menu, which
>>> makes it very annoying to use (to the point I myself have never really
>>> used it).
>>>
>>> We came up with the idea of using q w e for switching modes.  Wkey
>>> would be moved to spacebar, and ekey would be moved to tkey (for
>>> exTrude).  This would help ease the pain as more and more tools are
>>> likely to become selection mode-aware (and thus users will have to
>>> switch modes to accomplish specific tasks).
>>>
>>> Changing hotkeys is normally somewhat dangerous, but frankly I believe
>>> it to be necessary, and I certainly intend to do more reorganization
>>> then this.  The (many) hotkey popups we have are in bad need of
>>> organization, and I suspect that many functions may move to different
>>> hotkeys by the time we're done.
>>>
>>> Joe
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