This patch allows Windows users to specify that their current blender
installation should be used to create thumbnails and be associated
with ".blend" files. This is done from Preferences / System. The only
way to do this currently is from the command-line and this is sometimes
inconvenient.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D10887
Reviewed by Brecht Van Lommel
The `file.execute` operator would early-exit because the mouse wasn't hovering
the file list. Caused by 4ba9d7d71e.
Although simpler solutions would have been possible, I decided it's better to
split add a new operator for executing based on the mouse (for double-clicking
files), to separate that from the window level execute operator
(`file.execute`). This allows more control and we can get rid of the implicit
assumption that the keymap would call `file.select` on mouse-press, and
`file.execute` on double-click, for the double-click behavior to work. The cost
is that we execute the file selection & activation logic twice on the
double-click, but that shouldn't be an issue at all.
Also removes the `need_active` property from the `file.execute` operator.
That's ancient and wasn't implemented well anyway.
To be clear, reason this fixes the bug is that `file.execute` works entirely
with the `execute()` callback now and doesn't early-exit based on the mouse
position anymore.
Might trigger warnings about the `need_active` property not being found for
custom keymaps. These can be ignored and the property can safely be removed
from the keymap. I don't expect other keymap breakages.
Add operator `FILE_OT_view_selected` to the file browser (and thus also
to the asset browser) that scrolls selected files into view.
This includes the active file, even though it is not selected. In
certain cases the active file can loose its selected state (clicking
next to it, or refreshing the asset browser), but then it's still shown
in the right-hand sidebar. Because of this, I found it important to take
it into account when scrolling.
This also includes a change to the keymaps:
- Blender default: {key NUMPAD_PERIOD} is removed from the "reload"
operator, and assigned to the new "view selected files" operator. The
reload operator was already doubly bound, and now {key R} is the only
remaining hotkey for it.
- Industry compatible: {key F} is assigned to the new "view selected
files" operator. This is consistent with the other "view selected"
operators in other editors.
Reviewed By: Severin
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D10583
Approximately 138 changes in the spelling of compound words
and proper names like "Light Probe", "Shrink/Fatten", "Face Map".
In many cases, hyphens were used where they aren't correct, like
"re-fit". Other common changes include:
- "Datablock" -> "data-block"
- "Floating point" -> "floating-point"
- "Ngons" -> "n-gons"
These changes help give the language used in the interface
a consistent, more professional feel.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D9923
Approximately 195 changes of capitalization to conform to MLA title style.
UI labels and property names should use MLA title case, while descriptions
should be capitalized like regular prose, generally with only the start of
a sentence capitalized.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D9922
Expand abbreviations for words like "Bright" (instead of "Brightness"),
"Premul", "Lib", "Dir", etc.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D9862
In case of being in Asset browsing mode, the search field is located in
the header (RGN_TYPE_HEADER not RGN_TYPE_UI as for file browsing mode).
To be future proof, now iterate all regions and act if the
"filter_search" can be activated.
Maniphest Tasks: T83888
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D9882
This introduces the User Interface part of the Asset Browser, based on the
design in T54642.
Additions:
* New Asset Browser (internally a sub-editor of the File Browser).
* Navigation region showing asset categories.
* Main region showing the assets of the selected asset library with previews.
The assets may be stored over multiple .blends in the directory that's
"mounted" as asset library in the Preferences. They will all be shown in this
list.
* Header with an asset library dropdown, allowing to choose the active asset
library to show. Options are the "Current File" as asset library and all
custom libraries.
* Display popover, filter popover and search box (partially dummies, see
T82680).
* Sidebar showing the metadata of the currently active file (name, preview,
description and tags), which can be edited for assets in the "Current File"
asset library. (For others it will reset on reload.)
* The sidebar includes a button to load a custom preview image from a file.
* Make asset files draggable (with preview image).
* If a library with invalid path is selected, a message is drawn in the main
region to help the user understand what's wrong.
* Operators to add and remove asset tags. Exposed in the sidebar.
* "Only Assets" option for Link/Append.
* Internal utilities for asset UI scripts.
For screenshots or demo videos, please see D9725. Or the 2.92 release notes.
Note that there are many things to be tweaked and polished in the Asset Browser
UI still. For example, the filter and display popovers are mostly dummies. See
T82680.
Part of the first Asset Browser milestone. Check the #asset_browser_milestone_1
project milestone on developer.blender.org.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D9725
Reviewed by: Brecht Van Lommel, Hans Goudey
The Asset Browser will be a sub-editor of the File Browser. This prepares the
File Browser code for that.
**File-Lists**
* Support loading assets with metadata read from external files into the
file-list.
* New main based file-list type, for the "Current File" asset library.
* Refresh file-list when switching between browse modes or asset libraries.
* Support empty file-lists (asset library with no assets).
* Store file previews as icons, so scripts can reference them via icon-id. See
previous commit.
**Space Data**
* Introduce "browse mode" to differeniate between file and asset browsing.
* Add `FileAssetSelectParams` to `SpaceFile`, with `FileSelectParams` as base.
Makes sure data is separated between asset and file browsing when switching
between them. The active params can be obtained through
`ED_fileselect_get_active_params()`.
* `FileAssetSelectParams` stores the currently visible asset library ID.
* Introduce file history abstraction so file and asset browsing can keep a
separate history (previous and next directories).
**General**
* Option to only show asset data-blocks while file browsing (not exposed here).
* Add "active_file" context member, so scripts can get and display info about
the active file.
* Add "active_id" context member, so `ED_OT_lib_id_load_custom_preview` can set
a custom ID preview. (Only for "Current File" asset library)
* Expose some of `FileDirEntry` in RNA as (non-editable). That way scripts can
obtain name, preview icon and asset-data.
Part of the first Asset Browser milestone. Check the #asset_browser_milestone_1
project milestone on developer.blender.org.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D9724
Reviewed by: Bastien Montagne
* Avoid direct access to `SpaceFile.params`, use a getter instead. This matters
because once the asset-browser changes are in, there will be an alternative
selection parameter object. The getter can return the correct one.
* Rename the function to ensure the parameters. The old name
`ED_fileselect_get_params()` wasn't a mere getter, it would create the
parameters if necessary. Now we have an actual getter, so better be clear.
* In some instances, I replaced the old "get" function with the new mere
getter. So the ensure logic is called less often. However, in these cases we
should be able to assume the selection parameters were created already as
part of the editor creation routine.
The term "active" in the new function names may seem a bit odd in the current
context, but that is a preparation for the Asset Browser merge as well. Like
said, there will be two file selection parameter objects in the space.
`WM_operator_properties_filesel()` allows C operators to set a display or sort
type for the File Browser to use. But the File Browser would always override
that because of an invalid `_is_set()` check. (The operators don't actually set
the value, they only set the property's default value.)
The only operator affected by this is "Recover Auto Save". It is supposed to
show a vertical list ordered chronologically. It used settings from the
previous File Browser usage before this patch.
Operators using the File Browser should generally use
`FILE_DEFAULTDISPLAY`/`FILE_SORT_DEFAULT` now, except if they have a reason not
to. See comments at their definition.
----
This makes it so operators that set a different display or sort type
don't change the sort or display type for the next File Browser operation.
So using "Recover Auto Save" entirely isolates display and sort type from other
operations.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D8598
Reviewed by: Bastien Montagne
Clicking on the column header is supposed to enable sorting by this
column, or switch the sort order if already enabled.
The double-click event would be blocked by the `file.execute()`
operator, which is not supposed to act if the user clicked outside the
file list.
Adds support for Windows Shell Links (shortcuts) to the File Browser. Extended Mac Alias usage. Better visualization of linked items.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D7380
Reviewed by Campbell Barton
Follow up of b2ee1770d4 and 10c2254d41, part of T74432.
Now the area and region naming conventions should be less confusing.
Mostly a careful batch rename but had to do few smaller fixes.
Also ran clang-format on affected files.
This adds support for macOS aliases in addition to symlinks. It also adds
support for hidden, readonly and system file attributes.
Contributed by Ankit (ankitm) with modifications by me.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D6679
Owner of filelisting job was changed, without proper update of all
access/usages of that owner to reach the job, leading to failure of
timer removal from the WM, and attempt to double-free the job...
Caused by rB2c4dfbb00246ff.
The old convention was easy to confuse with ScrArea.
Part of https://developer.blender.org/T74432.
This is mostly a batch rename with some manual fixing. Only single word
variable names are changed, no prefixed/suffixed names.
Brecht van Lommel and Campbell Barton both gave me a green light for
this convention change.
Also ran clan clang format on affected files.
Part of https://developer.blender.org/T74429.
There's a chance that this causes some issues becaue in some cases we
change from getting the window from context to getting it from somewhere
else.
This patch refactors arrow keys navigation to move properties and enum
to generic ED_select_utils.h and property to
WM_operator_properties_select_walk_direction()
No functional change
Reviewed By: Julian Eisel
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D4771
Allows each File Browser list item in Volumes and System to use individual icons.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D5802
Reviewed by Julian Eisel
Previously, we used Ctrl+Click for renaming, but since that shortcut is
now consistently used to add items to the selection, we can't use that.
In other cases we switched to F2 now, so it makes sense for the File
Browser too.
Further, AFAIK renaming was only possible through the context menu,
which makes it hard to discover in the right click select keymap (have
to press W).
Note that I had to do some internal changes to ensure the context menu
always acts on the clicked/hovered item, while the shortcut operates on
the active item. William and I agreed that this is likely the behavior
expected by most users.
