Grease Pencil - Draw - Vertical Scroll Bar for the Brushes Drop Down Selection Box #111089

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funty · 2023-08-13T14:18:38+02:00

funty commented

2023-08-13 14:18:38 +02:00

TLDR:
Please implement a vertical scroll bar for the Brushes Drop Down Selection Box, which can be used with stylus/mouse support, so we don't have to drop the stylus/mouse every time we want to select a brush when more than 24 brushes are in the list.

Full Description:
Thanks for the amazing Grease Pencil brushes. Absolute pleasure to work with.

From my experience, the design of the navigation in the Brushes drop down is hard to get used to, when we have more than 24 brushes (which is not hard to reach in Grease Pencil). Its unlike any program I have ever used in Windows or Linux. The right and left arrow keys are not used. The top and down arrow keys are used to navigate right and left. And the revelation of brushes more than count of 24 is sequential. There is no vertical scroll bar. So you are forced to drop your stylus/mouse and use the top/down arrow keys to find the right brush, which is not intuitive either as mentioned above.

The search does not alleviate this either, as again you have to put your stylus/mouse down and type on the keyboard, wasting time. Also the search box does not show up for any resolution below 1080p, on the right side property window. It does show up in the tool settings area though.

Implementing stylus/mouse support with vertical scrollbar and standard right/left arrow to select right to left brushes, and top/down arrows to select previous/next row, would make this much more easier.

At the least, please implement a vertical scroll bar which can be used with stylus/mouse support, so we don't have to drop the stylus/mouse every time we want to select a brush when more than 24 brushes are in the list.

Thank you.

TLDR: Please implement a vertical scroll bar for the Brushes Drop Down Selection Box, which can be used with stylus/mouse support, so we don't have to drop the stylus/mouse every time we want to select a brush when more than 24 brushes are in the list. Full Description: Thanks for the amazing Grease Pencil brushes. Absolute pleasure to work with. From my experience, the design of the navigation in the Brushes drop down is hard to get used to, when we have more than 24 brushes (which is not hard to reach in Grease Pencil). Its unlike any program I have ever used in Windows or Linux. The right and left arrow keys are not used. The top and down arrow keys are used to navigate right and left. And the revelation of brushes more than count of 24 is sequential. There is no vertical scroll bar. So you are forced to drop your stylus/mouse and use the top/down arrow keys to find the right brush, which is not intuitive either as mentioned above. The search does not alleviate this either, as again you have to put your stylus/mouse down and type on the keyboard, wasting time. Also the search box does not show up for any resolution below 1080p, on the right side property window. It does show up in the tool settings area though. Implementing stylus/mouse support with vertical scrollbar and standard right/left arrow to select right to left brushes, and top/down arrows to select previous/next row, would make this much more easier. At the least, please implement a vertical scroll bar which can be used with stylus/mouse support, so we don't have to drop the stylus/mouse every time we want to select a brush when more than 24 brushes are in the list. Thank you.

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YimingWu commented

2023-08-14 05:00:36 +02:00

This is probably a limitation of current UI system. Pop-ups does not support/use scrollbars to navigate atm, it was derived from menu pop-ups, and traditionally menu works by having up and down arrows when they are too long.

Tagging interface module to see if they have any ideas.

This is probably a limitation of current UI system. Pop-ups does not support/use scrollbars to navigate atm, it was derived from menu pop-ups, and traditionally menu works by having up and down arrows when they are too long. Tagging interface module to see if they have any ideas.

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Grease Pencil - Draw - Vertical Scroll Bar for the Brushes Drop Down Selection Box #111089