About handles widgets in Editors corners (sorry if that is still WIP). Old users may know how to locate them. But for new users curved corners only seem eye candy, they will never imagine that there is a handle there at first sight.
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Automatic scroll-up after collapsing roll-outs in properties panel:
Hi,
when enough roll-outs are opened, the properties panel becomes scrollable. If you scroll down to the bottom and then start to collapse the roll-outs again, blender automatically moves the UI so that the free space is filled.
I personally think this is a good idea in theory, but in practice the moving roll-outs confuse your view because everything changes position.
I liked it better how the panel in 2.79 stayed where it was until you manually scrolled up. Am I the only one who thinks like that? (Sorry for bad english and the in2.79everythingwasbetter style)
That looks great wevon.
Is there any particular reason why the tools in the T menu donāt show their associated shortcuts but the version pulled up by the spacebar has them all listed? I think that if someone is new to Blender and trying to become less reliant on having to use those icons, they would find the shortcuts essential.
It also seems inconsistent that if you chose to assign a new shortcut it WILL show up but again none of the defaults do.
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New videos about blender2.8 feedback this time about interface changes, the topbar and status bar fixed areas and the new t-shelf and spacebar toolbar
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Because the shortcuts shown only work when the toolbar is up. Otherwise, the shortcuts donāt bring up the active tool versions. They activate oldschool blender style tools.
Great video Alberto. You convey very well the issues with the property panel in its current state. Nice job.
Admittedly Iām not sure I understand. For example, if I select bevel from the T menu vs. using the ctrl + B shortcut (with or without the menu closed), are you saying theyāre not the same tool at that point?
Yes, itās not the same.
haha I donāt understand the point of this at all. I will say Iām a new user so maybe Iām missing something, but to me the last thing I want is to be reliant on going back to the T menu to select things like rotate or bevel. Iād want to learn the shortcuts as I use them and only ever reference that menu when I need to select something less commonly used, such as the spin tool.
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I think that the customizable frame rate is not displayed correctly if the attribute editor is not enlarged
I donāt understand your message perfectly, but yes, itās the same that Iām telling in the video.
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Something related to this that I could never understand is why those editors ships by default with an insane narrow width, and hiding important stuff.
I even made a topic about this before.
Enlarging that area is literally what everyone is forced to do everytime they launch blender.
Why this is like that is beyond meā¦
Hit the b key. You will instantly start beveling selected edges. When youāre done with the bevel operation on those edges, the bevel tool goes away. Click the bevel button on the tool bar (or press space+B) you will have the bevel active tool on your left mouse button. You wonāt instantly go into bevel mode on the currently selected edges, but anytime you left click+drag, you will bevel the edge you have selected. If you then select another edge and drag, you will be beveling it. The left button will forever have to bevel tool āattached to itā until you pick another active tool.
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Ah, I see. That makes sense now. Thanks! That being said, as a new user I found that differentiation completely incomprehensible - I wish the old tools were still on the tool shelf and there was simply a toggle to āmake selected tool the Active Toolā for when you want that behaviour over the previous tool system.
Double click to send 3d cursor to the origin of the grid
I noticed that you can not send the 3d cursor to the origin of the grid with just two clicks to its icon and I think that this is something very useful and necessary that should be implemented. Another alternative could be that this icon deployment a menu like the selection and scaling buttons below.
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What will happen with the āwizardā that ton mention to select your belnder configuration??
Needs a design and implementation. Youāre welcome to contribute designs, ideas, and even implementation!
Same for Shadow and Cavity, why not add the color of the theme and workd directly in the popover?
Still nothing to change the values of the specular?
All of this is nice, and we need to be abble to make something like a shader with those presets.
Thatās why having the possibility to change the specular without the need to make a shader is important.
Same for the lighting, matcaps are nice but I miss the opengl lighting from 2.79.
Or something like zbrush.
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Andrea is right, you are going in confusion with the top bar, it must fit in the window space. blender is not photoshop
besides that small window almost at the center of the mesh parameters is annoying and not very functional ā¦
it is true that in the old tool shelf there were some utility problems ā¦ but I would say that in the momentary state, the blender 2.8 has serious regressions at the power using level ā¦ a feature that has always been a strong point of blender. and distorting it from this point of view, I believe it is not wise. I understand that you want to make the interface a little more user friendly for people who have little to do with 3D ā¦ hence the similarity with photoshop in the structure that took the top bar and the shelf tool ā¦ but you are forcing it and you are going to a breaking point with the power user logic.
go back to the original philosophy: blender is powerful in the workflow, this first of all ā¦
moreover there is to be adjusted in my opinion all the aesthetics of the property panels ā¦ too much space wasted ā¦ and too long the bar that goes from tool setting to physics
a better taxonomy with sub-categories is to be created ā¦ a beginner user who comes to blender for the first time goes insane in finding the shader panel as it is hidden behind the window size of the properties ā¦ he will only find out if he expands the window space or if you rotate the mouse wheel on the property bar ā¦ this is very little user friendly and is also annoying for the power users ā¦ to finish what sense does it have buttons and sliders so long ??? put limits of size ā> take inspiration from the android material design for a better dynamic interface with the dimensions
