Currently strings are used for cases where a list of identifiers would
be useful to show.
Add support for string properties to reference a callback to populate
candidates to show when editing a string. The user isn't prevented from
typing in text not found in this list, it's just useful as a reference.
Support for expanding the following strings has been added:
- Operator, menu & panel identifiers in the keymap editor.
- WM operators that reference data-paths expand using the
Python-consoles auto-complete functionality.
- Names of keying sets for insert/delete keyframe operators.
Details:
- `bpy.props.StringProperty` takes an option `search` callback.
- A new string callback has been added, set via
`RNA_def_property_string_search_func` or
`RNA_def_property_string_search_func_runtime`.
- Addresses usability issue highlighted by T89560,
where setting keying set identifiers as strings isn't practical.
- Showing additional right-aligned text in the search results is
supported but disabled by default as the text is too cramped in most
string search popups where the feature would make sense. It could be
enabled as part of other layout tweaks.
Reviewed By: brecht
Ref D14986
This reverts the commits 8d9d5da137,
59cd616534 and
98a04ed452.
The commits are causing issues with MSVC, see D14926. I'm working on a
different solution, but that will need some work.
The code to compare buttons from the previous to the current frame, to
see if they match (an thus should keep the same state) was quite
generic, and didn't allow much flexibility/customization. For some
cases this isn't enough, and a more specific comparison is needed. Say
if some buttons don't actually store comparable data themselves, only
via the button context. This was the case in D14653.
Currently, only Lightgroups that exist in the current view layer can be
selected from object or world properties.
The internal UI code already has support for search fields that accept
unknown input, so I just added that to the API and use it for lightgroups.
When a lightgroup is entered that does not exist in the current view layer
(e.g. because it's completely new, because the view layer was switched or
because it was deleted earlier), a new button next to it becomes active and
adds it to the view layer when pressed.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D14540
Moves all `interface_region*` files to C++ except for the tooptip region
which is slightly more complicated. Also move a few other files as well.
This helps to simplify and speed up code, especially through the use
of better C++ data structures. This change builds on all platforms on
the buildbot.
