The absence of datablock properties "will certainly be resolved soon as the need for them is becoming obvious" said the [[http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2.67/Python_Nodes|Python Nodes release notes]]. So this patch allows Python scripts to create ID Properties which reference datablocks.
This functionality is implemented for `PointerProperty` and now such properties can be created with Python.
In addition to the standard update callback, `PointerProperty` can have a `poll` callback (standard RNA) which is useful for search menus. For details see the test included in this patch.
Original author: @artfunkel
Alexander (Blend4Web Team)
Reviewers: brecht, artfunkel, mont29, campbellbarton
Reviewed By: mont29, campbellbarton
Subscribers: jta, sergey, campbellbarton, wisaac, poseidon4o, mont29, homyachetser, Evgeny_Rodygin, AlexKowel, yurikovelenov, fjuhec, sharlybg, cardboard, duarteframos, blueprintrandom, a.romanov, BYOB, disnel, aditiapratama, bliblubli, dfelinto, lukastoenne
Maniphest Tasks: T37754
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D113
Blender doesn't necessarily crash when Python doesn't keep references to
the returned strings. As a result, someone that implements this incorrectly
could be lulled into a false sense of correctness by Blender not crashing.
Enum's itemf callback can be called without context in some cases (UI, doc generation...).
Python's enum properties did not handle this at all - it's kind of odd this did not cause
more trouble and wasn't notice earlier... Probably dynamic enums using context are not
much used in py code.
Note about nodes: those are heavy users of dynamic enum with context. Now,
we expect `NodeCategory.poll()` and `NodeItem.poll()` to always be called with
a valid context (since when there is no context available, we can assume `poll()`
is always True). `NodeCategory.items()`, however, must accept NULL context, so if
you use custom `items` callable for your custom node categories, you may need
to update it (as was done here for builtin `node_group_items()`).
* There was no real default value for this parameter (neither "" nor None would work the same as
not specifying that parameter). Now, 'None' is considered as default value, and you get
exact same behavior with this value and if not specifying it. This is important at least for
consistency, and potentially too in some esoteric cases (like generated code or so).
* Add a warning about the fact that 'default' parameter shall not be psecified when items
are given a callback function.
Currently, code just checks whether a text-edited button uses a given icon (VIEWZOOM) to decide to apply changes on each typed char.
This patch adds a propper button flag (UI_BUT_TEXTEDIT_UPDATE) and a dedicated RNA flag (PROP_TEXTEDIT_UPDATE) for that.
It's also now usable not only for text buttons, but also for example for num buttons when in 'text edit' mode, etc.
It also fixes an actual bug, which is for text properties, in 'immediate' mode, hitting escape would not restore org value, because `ui_apply_but_TEX()` would set its orgstr to NULL on first call (giving it to `but->rename_orig` instead of copying it).
Note no change in behavior is expected from user POV.
Update for addons using that 'VIEWZOOM' icon 'feature' will follow (if any).
Reviewers: campbellbarton
Reviewed By: campbellbarton
Projects: #user_interface, #bf_blender:_next
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D938
Rather straightforward, allows for 'DATA' icons (like mat or tex 'previews')
to be used as icon for operator button or items of an enum.
Patch by Simon Lušenc, with minor cleanup by self.
This commit adds:
* A new bpy.app.translations module giving some info about locales/translation stuff (current active locale, all locales currently known by blender, all translation contexts currently defined, etc.).
* The ability for addons to feature translations, using the (un)register functions of above module.
* Also cleans up "translate py string when storing into RNA prop" by removing "PROP_TRANSLATE" string's subtype, and adding a PROP_STRING_PY_TRANSLATE flag instead (this way it is no more exposed to python...).
Addon translations work with py dictionaries: each addon features a dict {lang: {(context, message): translation, ...}, ...}, which is registered when the addon is enabled (and unregistered when disabled).
Then, when a key (context, message) is not found in regular mo catalog, a cache dict for current locale is built from all registered addon translations, and key is searched in it.
Note: currently addons writers have to do all the work by hand, will add something (probably extend "edit translation" addon) to automate messages extraction from addons soon(ish)! To get a look to expected behavior from addons, have a look at render_copy_settings/__init__.py and render_copy_settings/translations.py (rather stupid example currently, but...). Once we have a complete process, I'll also update relevant wiki pages.
The current C callback functions are too simple allow a straightforward implementation, in particular they don't receive the PropertyRNA pointer itself as an argument, which means the callback cannot directly access the PropertyRNA's py_data pointers which store the python function objects. For this reason a second runtime variant of these callbacks has been added. It is only used for runtime callbacks and not in makesrna, but otherwise works the same way.
