User Interface Module Meeting
Regular User Interface module meeting for planning and coordination.
Next meeting on August 29th, 2023.
Attendees
- Brecht Van Lommel
- Dalai Felinto
- Harley Acheson
- Thomas Dinges
- Pablo Vazquez
Changes since last meeting
- Asset Shelf got merged.
Ongoing targets
Bug fixes
- Fix #72093: Collapse Wide Enum Lists to One Column #105386
- Approved. Could be better but not a priority to find a better solution at the moment.
Merged
- Fix #89479: Unable to select hierarchies of multiple objects from outliner #104737
- Approved, Merged.
- Fix #93685: Allow Outliner Drag to Other Windows #105196
- Approved. Brecht reviewed. Merged.
- UI: Make 3D Viewport header transparent #109735
- Approved. Harley has different implementation, now merged.
- Pablo will follow up with possible theme changes.
- Blender 4.0 - Remove Vignetting from Default Theme #106699
- Approved, Pablo handled. Merged.
- UI: Allow Eyedropper Outside of Blender #105324
- Approved. Brecht Reviewed. Merged.
- UI: Fix scrollbar highlighting outside of regions #105973
- Design Approved. Harley will Review. Merged.
- File Browser: Add “Quick Access” items to sidebar on Windows #108431
- Approved. Ray Approved. Merged.
- UI: Statistics Overlay Improvements #104663
- Approved and Merged.
Design and patch review
- UI: Consistent Menu/Block/Popup Content Ordering #109798
- There is no consensus on the solution.
- Pablo will find a conclusion.
- Splash Screen: “Updated Preferences” Infobox #110425
* Harley will make a PR with a simpler solution, followed by feedback. - UI: Console Text Operations #108626
- Campbell is reviewing this.
- UI: Screen Area Docking #104665
- Approved. Pablo reviewed design. Will be part of a bigger change in 4.x
- UI: File Loading Dialog #104666
- Approved. Pablo will review design. Could be in during bcon2.
- UI: Cleanup Dialog to Manage Orphaned Data #106653
- Harley updated it based on meeting feedback.
- UI: Improved Operator Confirmations #104670
- Harley will update PR to be only the code that allows these kind of popups.
- UI: Allow Integer Thumbnail Size Range #105815
- Harley tried percentages but they don’t work. 10%? 0%
- UI: Dynamic File Browser Tooltips #104547
- Approved. Needs code reviewer.
- UI: Gizmo Button for Lock Camera to View #111076
- Needs design review. (Pablo)
- UI: Import obj files by drag and drop #106871
- Approved. Needs code review and plans to make it generic (not for the first implementation).
- UI: Highlight Selected Enum #111074
- Approved. Needs design review pass.
- WIP UI: Adjustable Color Picker Size #106135
- Agreed on making the widget bigger on a separate patch for now - now merged. Having it be adjustable would be great but it can be a future target.
Practical Info
This is a bi-weekly video meeting to plan and discuss development in the User Interface module in Blender. Any contributor (developer, UI/UX designer, writer, …) working on user interface topics in Blender is welcome to join and add proposed items to the agenda.
For users and other interested parties, we ask to read the meeting notes instead so that the meeting can remain focused.