Pose Library: Update to use the asset shelf (when enabled) #104546
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#104831 UI: Asset Shelf (Experimental Feature)
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Motivation
A dedicated region to display poses was already on the wish-list during initial discussions for the new asset based pose library design. To minimize development time, it was decided to use the sidebar for the start instead. Problem is that this space is used for bone pickers, selection set access and all kinds of other features, typically from add-ons. So this is precious space for all kinds of important functionality, and animators end up scrolling and switching tabs a lot, slowing down the workflow.
Introducing: The Asset Shelf
The asset shelf being introduced for 4.0 addresses this in a design that is applicable throughout Blender. It is designed to provide fast, context (like mode and tool) based access to assets, at first in the 3D View, possibly in other editors as well. Unlike the UI in the sidebar, it also provides asset catalog based navigation.
Note: It was decided to not include an asset library selector and to always use the All asset library for now. With catalog based navigation that may be fine, but it's an option to bring back the asset library selector still.
It is intentionally easy for add-ons to register an own asset shelf for a given context. It works similar to registering a panel, menu or operator type. To customize behavior like clicking and dragging, the design allows add-ons to override the desired keymap items. Operators can query the active asset through context.
Technical documentation: https://developer.blender.org/docs/asset_system/user_interface/asset_shelf/
The Ellie Pose Library asset bundle can be updated to show the asset shelf instead.
Experimental Feature:
The asset shelf is still an experimental feature (enable Preferences > Interface > Developer Extras and Preferences > Experimental > Asset Shelf) It will probably be made non-experimental soon. The updates to the pose library add-on use the old UI in the sidebar if the asset shelf is disabled. Toggling the option toggles between the UIs flawlessly.
WIP: Update Pose Library add-on to use the asset shelfto Update Pose Library add-on to use the asset shelfUpdate Pose Library add-on to use the asset shelfto Pose Library: Update to use the asset shelfPose Library: Update to use the asset shelfto Pose Library: Update to use the asset shelf (when enabled)