Another day, another round of functionalities that should be ported from the 3D View to the Outliner. There are instances where with a large number of objects to join it’s easier to select them via the Outliner, and it would be extremely handy to have both the context menu entry and the Ctrl+J shortcut to work there.
Hi,
try this addon, it simply adds join and separate operators to outliner.
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# Add-on info
bl_info = {
"name": "Join/Separate Objects",
"author": "APEC",
"version": (0, 1, 0),
"blender": (2, 93, 0),
"location": "Outliner - Mesh Objects",
"description": "Adds menu entries for Mesh Objects selected to Join/Separate",
"doc_url": "",
"tracker_url": "",
"category": "Outliner"
}
import bpy
from bpy.types import Operator
class OUTLINER_OT_join(Operator):
bl_idname = "outliner.join"
bl_label = "Objects Join"
bl_description = "Join Objects"
bl_options = {'REGISTER', 'UNDO'}
def execute(self, context):
bpy.ops.object.join()
return {'FINISHED'}
class OUTLINER_OT_separate(Operator):
bl_idname = "outliner.separate"
bl_label = "Objects Separate"
bl_description = "Separate Objects by Loose parts"
bl_options = {'REGISTER', 'UNDO'}
def execute(self, context):
bpy.ops.mesh.separate(type='LOOSE')
return {'FINISHED'}
###########################################################################################
##################################### UI ############################################
###########################################################################################
def menu_outliner_join_separate(self, context):
ob = bpy.context.object
if ob is not None and ob.type == 'MESH':
layout = self.layout
layout.separator()
layout.operator(OUTLINER_OT_join.bl_idname)
layout.operator(OUTLINER_OT_separate.bl_idname)
###########################################################################################
##################################### Register ############################################
###########################################################################################
def register():
bpy.utils.register_class(OUTLINER_OT_join)
bpy.utils.register_class(OUTLINER_OT_separate)
bpy.types.OUTLINER_MT_object.append(menu_outliner_join_separate)
def unregister():
bpy.utils.unregister_class(OUTLINER_OT_join)
bpy.utils.unregister_class(OUTLINER_OT_separate)
bpy.types.OUTLINER_MT_object.remove(menu_outliner_join_separate)
if __name__ == "__main__":
register()
or add a keymap for outliner
OMG man thanks, I’ve seen you before, you’re giving out Outliner addons around the community ahahahah. Thanks a lot, but it’s a shame that these simple functionalities are not in master. Being able to select multiple hierarchies, duplicate them etc. it’s something that should really be tackled here.
