@lcas did you manage to get the selection Highlight working in solid mode (so that any selected faces are displayed in front of the model, incl. backfacing ones)?
Select Through
What if we make Select Through completely independent of X-ray? So no fiddling with Touch/ Enclosed/ Facedots? Then have the option for:
- Selection Highlight >>> Solid mode shading
- Auto-Xray >>> X-ray preview
Both use the same selection settings as solid mode (so just the way they are in Blender by default).
- Add the header button.
- Make it a hotkey toggle.
- Optionally: Add a keymap checkmark for Auto X-ray (so you could use Modifier + LMB drag to Auto-Xray and configure at will).
It may not cover everything, but this would be the general consensus for now.
Experiments build
Then, we continue with the experiments build and reach a consensus there on all the other options for advanced selection. Get the train rolling on this one and have more people comment on the experiments topic, for which we already know quite a lot by know. Topics to consider are:
- Enclosed/ touch/ adaptive/ facedot selection
- Facedot visibility
- Directional selection
- Possibly selection preview? For click selections, see:
Custom build patches that could be submitted independently
Then you could consider to submit a patch for:
- Zoom speed (in preferences, expose to keymap)
- Frame select distance (in preference)
- Frame select/ frame all in single hotkey (frame all with empty selection)
Addon
- Repeat last command
- Gizmo tweak
- Select Box/ Lasso toggle
See: X-Ray selection experiments build for what they entail.