Some operations, e.g. adding a new action strip to NLA, require
knowing the active frame range of an action. However, currently it
can only be deduced by scanning the keyframes of the curves within
it. This is not ideal if e.g. curves are staggered for overlap.
As suggested by Nathan Vegdahl in comments to T54724, this patch adds
Action properties that allow manually specifying its active frame range.
The settings are exposed via a panel in the Dopesheet and Action Editor.
When enabled, the range is highlighted in the background using a striped
fill to distinguish it from the solid filled regular playback range.
When set, the frame range is used when adding or updating NLA tracks,
and by add-ons using `Action.frame_range`, e.g. FBX exporter.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D11803
I noticed while rigging a character and editing actions that the Unlink Action operator had no undo step. Doesn't feel intentional, so this patch adds the necessary flags.
Reviewed By: mont29
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12346
This is available in the DopeSheet, GraphEditor, and NLA Editor.
Currently:
- Dopesheet advertises to take selection into account...
-- ...but doesnt - which might be a mistake in rBe3842d1ca4dd
- Graph Editor does not mention selection...
-- ...and also does not take it into account
- NLA does not mention selection...
-- ...but takes it into account
Now:
- make them **all** take selection into account (you can still do a
quick 'Select All' prior to get the full range -- better than not being
able to set this based on selection)
- mention this for all in the tooltip
- also reword to 'Set Preview Range to Selected' since using the term
'Auto' impilies this would change on selection change.
Maniphest Tasks: T91743
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12651
Own mistake when making NLA overridable, instead of assuming things
about the ID owner of the animation data being processed, properly
return and use the one found by `ED_actedit_animdata_from_context`.
Currently the Drivers Editor shows this (the blue thing can be dragged
to change frame):
{F10647661}
But the Drivers Editors X axis is the output of the driver [which can be
further tweaked by the curve] not time(frame).
So it seems better to not mix them here, it is just confusing to have
two different units on one axis.
Especially since what we really want to look at in X (the drivers output
value) can be in a totally unrelated range compared to frames, so e.g.
we might be interested in a drivers range from 0.0 to 1.0 and a
framerange of 100 to 200, so putting this on one axis just does not make
sense. Better to use a separate timeline for this.
Note 2.79 also did not do this.
Maniphest Tasks: T91157
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12392
Change data structure of keylists. Reducing the balancing overhead and therefore increases performance.
| **Function** | **Master** | **Patch** |
|`draw_summary_channel`| 0.202105s| 0.083874s |
When adding items to the keylist it will store it in a linked list. This linked list is
accompanied with the length (key_len) and a `last_accessed_column`. last_accessed_column is a cursor
that improve the performance when adding new items as they are mostly ordered by frame numbers.
last_accessed_column is reset when a new fcurve/mask/... is added to the keylist.
Before searching or array access. the listbase needs to be converted to an array.
`ED_keylist_prepare_for_direct_access`. After that the caller can use
`ED_keylist_find_*` or `ED_keylist_array*` functions.
The internal array can also be accessed via the `ED_keylist_listbase` function.
The items inside the array link to the previous/next item in the list.
Reviewed By: sybren
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D12052
The overlay was drawn twice on top of each other making it hard to see,
hard to theme, and making it more prominent in the wrong areas (before
frame 0, not even start frame). The comment in the code was also wrong
since it said "frame one" but it was 0.
Checked with the Animation module team that it's better to use start/end
frame range instead of frame 0.
There is a TODO note to de-duplicate this section eventually so I left it there.
This fix is currently done for Grease Pencil and Mask modes, but it should
also be fixed for the regular Dopesheet mode (in line 244 if anyone wants to do it).
When in NLA tweak mode, the action unlink button in the Dopesheet /
Action Editor should be a mere shortcut to exiting tweak mode [nothing
else].
Instead, it was also clearing the action fully, not returning to the
previous edited action before going into tweak mode.
Now dont "flush" by clearing the action, instead exit tweakmode, clear
the scenes SCE_NLA_EDIT_ON flag (if this isnt done some NLA operators
like pushdown were not immediately available because their poll checked
this flag) and send appropriate notifier to have everything update nicely.
Part of T87681 (Bug 4/5/6).
Maniphest Tasks: T87681
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D11052
For T78995 we want to change the data structure of keylists to
improve performance. (Probably a Vector with bin-search capabilities).
This patch hides the internal structure of the keylists behind `AnimKeylist`
structure. This allows us to change the internals without 'breaking' where it is
being used.
The change adds functions to create, free, find and walk over the
keylist.
Reviewed By: sybren
Maniphest Tasks: T78995
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D11974
Add overlay option to disable grid drawing.
Reuse drawing code from other editors (timeline editor)
Add argument `display_minor_lines` to function
`UI_view2d_draw_lines_x__discrete_frames_or_seconds`
This way minor line drawing can be disabled and so it doesn't cause
too much visual noise. Also spacing seems to be too fine, so VSE uses 3x
what is defined in preferences.
Reviewed By: fsiddi, Severin
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D11790
Confusingly, BKE_scene_frame_get did not match the frame number as expected by
BKE_scene_frame_set. Instead it return the value after time remapping, which
is commonly named "ctime".
* Rename BKE_scene_frame_get to BKE_scene_ctime_get
* Add a new BKE_scene_frame_get that matches BKE_scene_frame_set
* Use int/float depending if fractional frame is expected
Clear the runtime data structs instead of individual members,
this simplifies adding new runtime members as there are at least
two places they would need to be cleared.
Resolves error in D8883.
If a new action is created (e.g. by inserting keyframes), the header was
not garuanteed to display the right action.
Notifiers were fine here, redraw took place, the editors action was just
not set soon enough for the drawing.
Now make sure this is set correctly by ensuring the animation context is
right (same as the other editor regions do before drawing).
Maniphest Tasks: T86809
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D10796
The "Paste Flipped" operator was missing its own tooltip.
This patch adds the tooltip by implementing the `get_description` callback for
`GRAPH_OT_paste` and `ACTION_OT_paste`.
Reviewed By: sybren
Maniphest Tasks: T87037
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D10859
These functions with many arguments can be unwieldy. Aside from the obvious issues
with rewriting the list of arguments and the opportunities for error and frustration
that presents, the long list of arguments make these systems hard to change. So when
an argument should be added, someone might skip that and add some hack instead.
So, as proposed in T73586#1037210, this patch instead uses a "params" struct for
each of these callbacks.
- Use param argument for `ARegionType.listener`
- Remove unused window field in region listener
- Use param argument for `SpaceType.listener`
- Use params struct for `ARegionType.message_subscribe`
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D9750
Partially reverts 2250b5cefe.
Removing the user count and fake user count icons was controversial (which was
expected) and there are a few further changes needed, that won't make it in
time for the release, see D9946.
While there is a design to bring back the user count and fake user indicators,
a new design idea was proposed that the UI team wants to follow. This came too
late for the 2.92 release, the new design is targeted at the 2.93 release now.
Meanwhile, UI team decision was to simply revert the design changes.
The new design is being worked on in https://developer.blender.org/T84669.
Note that this commit does not revert some internal changes done in
2250b5cefe. Namely the introduction of `ed_util_ops.c` and data-block
operators in there. These will still be needed in the new design.
confirmation
Deleting keyframes in the dopesheet or graph editor always required
confirmation, even if used ouside of the "Delete" menus.
Now add a "confirm" option [same as for deleting objects], which can be
disabled for immediate keyframe deletion.
This will also change the default behavior and bring this in line with
how object deletion works so there is one shortcut for bringing up the
menu/confirmation and another shortcut to delete immediately without
requiring confirmation / another click:
- Blender Default keymap: "X" for menu, "Del" for immediate
- Industry Compatible: "Backspace" for menu, "Del" for immediate
Maniphest Tasks: T70316
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D9651
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
The previous design is rather old and has a couple of problems:
* Scalability: The current solution of adding little icon buttons next to the
data-block name field doesn't scale well. It only works if there's a small
number of operations. We need to be able to place more items there for better
data-block management. Especially with the introduction of library overrides.
* Discoverability: It's not obvious what some of the icons do. They appear and
disappear, but it's not obvious why some are available at times and others
not.
* Unclear Status: Currently their library status (linked, indirectly linked,
broken link, library override) isn't really clear.
* Unusual behavior: Some of the icon buttons allow Shift or Ctrl clicking to
invoke alternative behaviors. This is not a usual pattern in Blender.
This patch does the following changes:
* Adds a menu to the right of the name button to access all kinds of operations
(create, delete, unlink, user management, library overrides, etc).
* Make good use of the "disabled hint" for tooltips, to explain why buttons are
disabled. The UI team wants to establish this as a good practise.
* Use superimposed icons for duplicate and unlink, rather than extra buttons
(uses less space, looks less distracting and is a nice + consistent design
language).
* Remove fake user and user count button, they are available from the menu now.
* Support tooltips for superimposed icons (committed mouse hover feedback to
master already).
* Slightly increase size of the name button - it was already a bit small
before, and the move from real buttons to superimposed icons reduces usable
space for the name itself.
* More clearly differentiate between duplicate and creating a new data-block.
The latter is only available in the menu.
* Display library status icon on the left (linked, missing library, overridden,
asset)
* Disables "Make Single User" button - in review we weren't sure if there are
good use-cases for it, so better to see if we can remove it.
Note that I do expect some aspects of this design to change still. I think some
changes are problematic, but others disagreed. I will open a feedback thread on
devtalk to see what others think.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D8554
Reviewed by: Bastien Montagne
Design discussed and agreed on with the UI team, also see T79959.
Approximately 33 changes of capitalization to conform to MLA title style.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D9796
Reviewed by Julian Eisel
Using 'is/means/equal' words in place of equal sign in descriptions.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D9799
Reviewed by Hans Goudey
Also makes NLA tracks and strips overridable.
User can either edit existing strips in existing NLA tracks (but not add or remove them), and/or add new NLA tracks after those comming from the linked data.
Most of the work was as usual checking operators and adding protections against illegal operations in override context.
Note that since we can only rely on indices to deal with local added tracks, we forbid any local track being before any linked/original track.
Maniphest Tasks: T72629
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D9611
Move the "Show Group Colors" toggle from a per-editor option to a single
user preference in the Animation preferences. The Grease Pencil
animation channel side panel allows picking a channel color; this now
shows a message when channel colors are disabled.
The old "Show Group Colors" toggle had to be set per editor, and was on
by default. This meant that disabling group colors would require an
action for every file, for every editor. It is very hard to select a
color that works both as bone color in the 3D Viewport (needs to be
bright there) as well as the channel list (needs to be dark there), most
animators turn channel list colors off.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D9391
Add "Selection to" as prefix for those menu items that move the selected
keyframes to something, for both the Key → Snap menu and the Shift+S pie
menu.
No functional changes.
This was missed in rB477d983c2e8ab298cbf638d5aadd77fad9c2f677
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D9304
Split up `ANIM_deselect_anim_channels()` into
`ANIM_anim_channels_select_set()` and
`ANIM_anim_channels_select_toggle()`.
`ANIM_anim_channels_select_set()` is equivalent to the old
`ANIM_deselect_anim_channels(..., false, ACHANNEL_SETFLAG_xxx)`.
`ANIM_anim_channels_select_toggle()` is equivalent to the old
`ANIM_deselect_anim_channels(..., true, ACHANNEL_SETFLAG_ADD)`.
`ANIM_deselect_anim_channels(..., true, ACHANNEL_SETFLAG_CLEAR)` was
also called once. The `true` parameter suggested the "toggle" behaviour
was intended, but the `ACHANNEL_SETFLAG_CLEAR` argument prevented any
toggling. This is now replaced with `ANIM_anim_channels_select_set(ac,
ACHANNEL_SETFLAG_CLEAR)` to make this explicit.
No functional changes, just a cleanup in order to better understand how
the selection works.
Those were only shallow wrappers around `BKE_id_copy`, barely used (even
fully unused in some cases), and we want to get rid of those ID-specific
helpers for the common ID management tasks. Also prevents weird custom
behaviors (like `BKE_object_copy`, who was the only basic ID copy
function to reset user count of the new copy to zero).
Part of 71219.
