The file selection parameters (e.g. `context.space_data.params`) are
expected to be unset in certain cases. Reading 2.4 files seems to be one
of them. Hence, code using it should check it's set first. Also added an
assert to a File Browser UI template printing a message when the
parameters are unset, to help debugging the issue.
Would previously pass a few properties that are available via the
asset-handle now. This asset-handle is also required for some of the
asset API, e.g. the temporary ID loading. This will probably be needed
before too long.
This per-workspace active asset library will be used by the asset views
later. Note that Asset Browsers have their own active asset library,
overriding the one from the workspace.
As part of this the `FileSelectAssetLibraryUID` type gets replaced by
`AssetLibraryReference` which is on the asset level now, not the
File/Asset Browser level. But some more work is needed to complete that,
which is better done in a separate commit.
This also moves the asset library from/to enum-value logic from RNA to
the editor asset level, which will later be used by the asset view.
(Note: This is an alternative version for D9994 by @Schiette. The commit
message is based on his description.)
Currently, when a new directory is created it is not selected.
Similarly, when renaming an existing file or directory, it does not
remain active/highlighted blue after renaming.
This change makes sure the file or directory is always selected after
renaming, even if the renaming failed or was cancelled.
This has some usability advantages:
- Open the newly created directory without having to select it (ENTER).
- If you make a naming mistake, you can immediately fix that (F2)
without having to click it again.
- If you create a directory and forget to name it, you can fix that
(F2) without having to select it.
- This is consistent with many common File Browsers.
Further, selecting the item even after renaming failed or was cancelled
helps keeping the file in focus, so the user doesn't have to look for it
(especially if the renaming just failed which the user may not notice).
In other words, it avoids disorienting the user.
Also see D11119 which requires this behavior.
We could also always select the file/directory on mouse press. This
would make some hacks unnecessary, but may have further implications. I
think eventually that's what we should do though.
This code was written for the File Browser together with the Asset Engine
design, that is not part of the Asset Browser/System design anymore. Updated
comments accordingly.
`FileDirEntryRevision` was actually used, but I removed it and moved the used
members to the parent `FileDirEntry`, since there is no concept of revisions
currently.
There should be no functional changes.
When multiple File or Asset Browsers would load at once (e.g. when loading a
file with two File Browsers open) and they would load multiple directories or
.blend files (using the Recursions option in the File Browser or loading an
asset library with multiple .blends), often only one File/Asset Browser would
correctly load all files. Others would be incomplete or entirely empty. That
was because of a race condition, where the directories or .blend files would be
loaded concurrently and the first one that finished would cancel the other
ones. This again happened because they used the job system with the same
"owner", which by design makes all jobs with the same owner cancel as soon as
the first is finished.
Address this by making sure they have different owners. That is, not the scene
anymore, but the filelist the job belongs to. Doesn't make much sense to use
the scene as owner for scene-unrelated file loading anyway.
Steps to reproduce were:
* Open two File Browsers as regular editors.
* In the Display Settings popover, set "Recursions" to 2 or 3 levels.
* Navigate to a directory with plenty of subdirectories in both File Browsers.
* Save the file.
* Reload the file, one of the File Browsers likely has an incomplete file list.
Alternatively, use Asset Browsers and open an asset library containing multiple
.blends.
This changes `UI_but_func_tooltip_set` so that it allows passing a custom free function, which has two benefits:
* The caller can pass `null` to indicate that the value should not be freed.
* Arbitrary c++ data can be passed to the callback (before the struct had to be trivially destructible).
I added `uiFreeArgFunc` and used it in other places where appropriate.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D11738
This patch enables sample filtering when scaling preview images in File
Browser, improving the result a bit. Reduces blockiness and other
artifacts when enlarging the images.
see D11706 for details and examples.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D11706
Reviewed by Julian Eisel
`ED_fileselect_get_asset_params` would only return actual data pointer
when file browser is in ASSET mode.
Calling that whole section only makes sense if filebrowser is in asset
mode anyway.
Regression introduced in rBf6c5af3d4753 I think.
@Severin committing this fix now as this is a fairly critical bug for
the studio, feel free to revert and do proper fix if this one is not the
best solution.
Note: Linking in this case as in link vs. append. Easily confused with linking
a data-block to multiple usages (e.g. single material used by multiple
objects).
Adds a drop-down to the Asset Browser header to choose between Link and Append.
This is probably gonna be a temporary place, T54642 shows where this could be
placed eventually.
Linking support is crucial for usage of the asset browser in production
environments. It just wasn't enabled yet because a) the asset project currently
focuses on single user, not production assets, and b) because there were many
unkowns still for the workflow that have big impact on production use as well.
With the recently held asset workshop I'm more confident with enabling linking,
as design ideas relevant to production use were confirmed.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D11536
Reviewed by: Bastien Montagne
This patch turns off the creation of file thumbnails for files that are
offline and therefore not fully-present on the file system. These types
of files - typically cloud-based or stored on slower backup media -
only have their contents available when actually accessed, at which
point there will be a short delay. If we allow thumbnail creation in
this state then all offline files in a folder will be downloaded just
to view a listing, which can take a long time.
Files in this state will instead get a more generic thumbnail that
still indicates file type (icon in center) and that shows offline state
will a special icon at the bottom-left.
Although this currently only affects Windows users, most of this patch
is platform-agnostic. So other platforms inherit this behavior if they
only add FILE_ATTR_OFFLINE attribute to files in this state.
See D11101 for more information.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D11101
Reviewed by Julian Eisel
Passing 4x arguments for the rectangle,
mixed in with round-box radius & color wasn't very readable.
Instead, pass a `rctf` as the first argument to UI box drawing functions.
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
* 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.
The outliner already uses the alternating row theme color as an
overlay for every other row. This uses the same color for the file
browser, instead of a hardcoded shading.
The file browser background color is slightly tweaked to match the
outliner, and the Blender Light theme is updated to use a lighter
background color like the outliner.
Reviewed by: Hans Goudey, Julian Eisel
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D8717
Steps to reproduce were:
* Open File Browser
* Create a new directory
* Cancel renaming with Esc
File selection flags were modified during drawing when the rename button
got removed, but the file name label drawing wasn't checking the
modified state.
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
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.
Use only one font icon in File Browser for all platforms. Correct mistake to allow this icon to be used.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D7037
Reviewed by Brecht Van Lommel
File Browser using Windows file attributes for decorating and hiding items.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D6816
Reviewed by Campbell Barton
Allows file browser folders to be shown in a theme-selectable color, default of manila.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D5713
Reviewed by Brecht Van Lommel
File Browser image thumbnails get just a contrasting outline and no shadow.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D5708
Reviewed by Brecht Van Lommel
Replaces the large icons used in the File Browser with updated versions by Andrzej Ambroz (jendrzych).
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D5698
Reviewed by Brecht Van Lommel
Adds back auto-completion and auto-creation (inserting a non-existing
file-path would create it) for the file path button. The second feature
was left out knowingly, but seems there are reasonable use cases for it.
We can't add these features to the button in the Python script, we have
to call into C. So using a template to do that.
Note that this is based on the old file browser code, I've copied over
the TODO comment.
This is a general redesign of the File Browser GUI and interaction
methods. For screenshots, check patch D5601.
Main changes in short:
* File Browser as floating window
* New layout of regions
* Popovers for view and filter options
* Vertical list view with interactive column header
* New and updated icons
* Keymap consistency fixes
* Many tweaks and fixes to the drawing of views
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General:
* The file browser now opens as temporary floating window. It closes on
Esc. The header is hidden then.
* When the file browser is opened as regular editor, the header remains
visible.
* All file browser regions are now defined in Python (the button
layout).
* Adjusted related operator UI names.
Keymap:
Keymap is now consistent with other list-based views in Blender, such as
the Outliner.
* Left click to select, double-click to open
* Right-click context menus
* Shift-click to fill selection
* Ctrl-click to extend selection
Operator options:
These previously overlapped with the source list, which caused numerous
issues with resizing and presenting many settings in a small panel area.
It was also generally inconsistent with Blender.
* Moved to new sidebar, which can easily be shown or hidden using a
prominent Options toggle.
* IO operators have new layouts to match this new sidebar, using
sub-panels. This will have to be committed separately (Add-on
repository).
* If operators want to show the options by default, they have the option
to do so (see `WM_FILESEL_SHOW_PROPS`, `hide_props_region`), otherwise
they are hidden by default.
General Layout:
The layout has been changed to be simpler, more standard, and fits
better in with Blender 2.8.
* More conventional layout (file path at top, file name at the bottom,
execute/cancel buttons in bottom right).
* Use of popovers to group controls, and allow for more descriptive
naming.
* Search box is always live now, just like Outliner.
Views:
* Date Modified column combines both date and time, also uses user
friendly strings for recent dates (i.e. "Yesterday", "Today").
* Details columns (file size, modification date/time) are now toggleable
for all display types, they are not hardcoded per display type.
* File sizes now show as B, KB, MB, ... rather than B, KiB, MiB, … They
are now also calculated using base 10 of course.
* Option to sort in inverse order.
Vertical List View:
* This view now used a much simpler single vertical list with columns
for information.
* Users can click on the headers of these columns to order by that
category, and click again to reverse the ordering.
Icons:
* Updated icons by Jendrzych, with better centering.
* Files and folders have new icons in Icon view.
* Both files and folders have reworked superimposed icons that show
users the file/folder type.
* 3D file documents correctly use the 3d file icon, which was unused
previously.
* Workspaces now show their icon on Link/Append - also when listed in
the Outliner.
Minor Python-API breakage:
* `bpy.types.FileSelectParams.display_type`: `LIST_SHORT` and
`LIST_LONG` are replaced by `LIST_VERTICAL` and `LIST_HORIZONTAL`.
Removes the feature where directories would automatically be created if
they are entered into the file path text button, but don't exist. We
were not sure if users use it enough to keep it. We can definitely bring
it back.
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//Combined effort by @billreynish, @harley, @jendrzych, my university
colleague Brian Meisenheimer and myself.//
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D5601
Reviewers: Brecht, Bastien
This makes the properties editor navigation bar less saturated. Internally
the icon theme coloring was refactored a bit to move more towards the button
drawing code.
