Front view Y axis keybinding is reversed #106416

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Iwan-El-Sayed · 2023-04-01T08:05:11+02:00

Iwan-El-Sayed commented

2023-04-01 08:05:11 +02:00

System Information
Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.19044-SP0 64 Bits
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 528.49

Blender Version
Broken: version: 3.5.0, branch: blender-v3.5-release, commit date: 2023-03-29 02:56, hash: 1be25cfff18b
Worked: Never?

Short description of error
Front view key binding should give us +Y view, now it gives us -Y view. The negative Y axis is now key binded for the front view instead of the back view.

From #120441:

Front view is not actually Front view but "Looking forwards view"
Back view is not actually Back view but is "Looking backwards view"

To maintain consistency and stick to the convention Front and Back views should be swapped so that;

When Front view is selected the viewport switches to "looking backwards" which displays the Front side on the object (Y+)
When Back view is selected the viewport switches to "looking forwards" which displays the Back side of the object (Y-)

There are many threads on the internet from many users who are baffled by the viewport views and this discontinuity is the reason.
It's a mix and match of conventions.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

Press numpad 1, viewport switched to -Y view. (Should be +Y)
Press cntrl + numpad 1, viewport switched to +Y view. (Should be -Y)

**System Information** Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.19044-SP0 64 Bits Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 528.49 **Blender Version** Broken: version: 3.5.0, branch: blender-v3.5-release, commit date: 2023-03-29 02:56, hash: `1be25cfff18b` Worked: Never? **Short description of error** Front view key binding should give us +Y view, now it gives us -Y view. The negative Y axis is now key binded for the front view instead of the back view. From #120441: > Front view is not actually Front view but "Looking forwards view" > Back view is not actually Back view but is "Looking backwards view" > > To maintain consistency and stick to the convention Front and Back views should be swapped so that; > > When Front view is selected the viewport switches to "looking backwards" which displays the Front side on the object (Y+) > When Back view is selected the viewport switches to "looking forwards" which displays the Back side of the object (Y-) > > There are many threads on the internet from many users who are baffled by the viewport views and this discontinuity is the reason. > It's a mix and match of conventions. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** - Press numpad 1, viewport switched to -Y view. (Should be +Y) - Press cntrl + numpad 1, viewport switched to +Y view. (Should be -Y)

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labels 2023-04-01 08:05:12 +02:00

Iwan-El-Sayed changed title from ~~Front view Y axis~~ to Front view Y axis keybinding

2023-04-01 08:08:06 +02:00

YimingWu commented

2023-04-01 08:14:24 +02:00

I'm not sure if this behaviour is intended as I'm not using it frequently. Tested from 3.6 back to 2.93, the behaviour is consistent. Could you give us more information as in when did it break?

The current behaviour of the key binding:

np1: -Y (is this reversed?)
np3: X
np7: Z

User interface guys should take a look at this.

I'm not sure if this behaviour is intended as I'm not using it frequently. Tested from 3.6 back to 2.93, the behaviour is consistent. Could you give us more information as in when did it break? The current behaviour of the key binding: np1: -Y (is this reversed?) np3: X np7: Z User interface guys should take a look at this.

YimingWu changed title from ~~Front view Y axis keybinding~~ to Front view Y axis keybinding is reversed

2023-04-01 08:17:56 +02:00

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Front view Y axis keybinding is reversed #106416