[Bf-viewport] Viewport: User Interface proposal

[Jacob Merrill]

can the user ui be drawn inside the viewport? like a overlay?

like imagine a transparent window on top of the viewport that was a plane
containing the ui, mousing over gets the uv, and translates it into a
mouseover context?

this way custom panels could be added very very easily, panels would also
be very good for VR and be future proof.

On Oct 14, 2016 3:20 PM, "Dalai Felinto" <dfelinto at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there [*],
>
> We haven't discussed UI (user interface) for the viewport yet. Even
> during the Sprint we focused on the internal functionalities, as
> opposed to how the user would access it.
>
> There is a lot of overlap with the layer-manager work Julian Eisel
> (Severian) is leading. So after some back and forth, we (Brecht,
> Julian, Mike and I) seemed to have reached an agreement on the final
> design (or rather, the principles behind the design) - guys correct me
> if I'm wrong.
>
> The idea is to leave which objects to show, and overrides handling
> outside the viewport. This will be handled by the layer manager
> project.
>
> Options such as having the main object fully shaded with the rest of
> the scene with clay render will be provided as built-in shading
> options. Not configurable per "layer".
>
> A visual draft of the UI is here [**]:
>
> https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1CDvy3ClsuIol7PjN25v04GgVbHg7u
> EN1VEQ9vmBPlyU/edit?usp=sharing
>
> As always, let us know any thoughts you may have on any of this.
>
>
> Related messages:
> * https://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-viewport/2016-October/000231.html
> * https://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-viewport/2016-October/000233.html
>
>
> For anyone interested on the thought process, this is an early design
> I presented today, on top of which we discussed.
>
> https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1_z4EihqVTidAyg3DtzS84J1XZZSScF8
> fuQFIbzme0HA/edit?usp=sharing
>
>
> [*] - (cross posting on bf-viewport and bf-interface, but let's keep
> the discussion on bf-viewport please)
>
> [**] - on google docs to gather feedback, and later to be moved to the wiki
>
> Best regards,
> Dalai
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