Outliner: support delete in the keymap for different data-types #67462

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James · 2019-07-22T18:29:42+02:00

James commented

2019-07-22 18:29:42 +02:00

System Information
Operating system:
Windows 10 Enterprise 1903

Graphics card:

RTX 2080 TI 11GB GDDR6
GTX 1080 TI 11GB GDDR5

  Nvidia Driver 430.86, Studio Driver, SLI Disabled

Blender Version
Broken: blender-2.80rc2-windows64
Worked: (optional)

Short description of error
I want to be able to delete and item in the outline by hitting delete or backspace. But it does not work for some reason. I end up having to use the right click menu to delete. I even tried to make sure the delete shortcut keys were enabled for the outliner and when I re-setup the shortcut it sees the delete key in prefrences. But it still does not work in the outliner. Deleting with the delete key works fine in the 3D window.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Note... I am using the Industry Compatible key map.
Create a cube. Click on cube in outliner and press delete. Cube does not delete as expected.

I admit that I am very new to blender... but this seems like it should work similar to other 3D apps I use.

**System Information** Operating system: Windows 10 Enterprise 1903 Graphics card: - RTX 2080 TI 11GB GDDR6 - GTX 1080 TI 11GB GDDR5 ``` Nvidia Driver 430.86, Studio Driver, SLI Disabled ``` **Blender Version** Broken: blender-2.80rc2-windows64 Worked: (optional) **Short description of error** I want to be able to delete and item in the outline by hitting delete or backspace. But it does not work for some reason. I end up having to use the right click menu to delete. I even tried to make sure the delete shortcut keys were enabled for the outliner and when I re-setup the shortcut it sees the delete key in prefrences. But it still does not work in the outliner. Deleting with the delete key works fine in the 3D window. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** Note... I am using the Industry Compatible key map. Create a cube. Click on cube in outliner and press delete. Cube does not delete as expected. I admit that I am very new to blender... but this seems like it should work similar to other 3D apps I use.

James commented

2019-07-22 18:29:42 +02:00

Added subscriber: @stuckpixel

blender-admin commented

2019-07-22 18:29:42 +02:00

#74567 was marked as duplicate of this issue

blender-admin commented

2019-07-22 18:29:42 +02:00

#74422 was marked as duplicate of this issue

blender-admin commented

2019-07-22 18:29:42 +02:00

#69714 was marked as duplicate of this issue

Alex commented

2019-07-23 10:58:39 +02:00

Added subscriber: @SpectreFirst

Alex commented

2019-07-23 10:58:39 +02:00

It looks like both Delete and Backspace are assigned to both “Delete Collection” and to “Outliner Object Operation – Delete” and object operation comes second, perhaps this is the reason why it doesn’t work? When I assign different keys for these two operations (or disable Delete\Backspace for one of these operations and use, for example, Delete for Collections and Backspace for objects) it seems to work fine.

Sebastian Parborg commented

2019-07-30 16:31:02 +02:00

Added subscribers: @natecraddock, @ZedDB

Nathan Craddock was assigned by Sebastian Parborg

2019-07-30 16:31:02 +02:00

Sebastian Parborg commented

2019-07-30 16:31:02 +02:00

@Zachman do you want to take a look at this? (Or has this already been solved in your GSoC branch?)

Nathan Craddock commented

2019-07-30 19:30:42 +02:00

I will take a look, thanks for the heads up! I'm planning on addressing deleting in these last few weeks of the GSoC.

James commented

2019-08-11 00:11:09 +02:00

I found alex’s workaround to be helpful. But am glad you are still looking into it. Thanks.

William Reynish commented

2019-09-10 17:04:16 +02:00

Added subscriber: @YegorSmirnov

Nathan Craddock was unassigned by Dalai Felinto

2019-12-23 16:33:34 +01:00

William Reynish changed title from ~~Delete Keymap not working in outlner.~~ to Delete Keymap not working in Outlner

2020-01-13 00:13:36 +01:00

Campbell Barton commented

2020-02-10 08:42:08 +01:00

Added subscriber: @ideasman42

Campbell Barton commented

2020-02-10 08:42:08 +01:00

This isn't a bug as the feature was never written or intended to work as described in this report.

Campbell Barton changed title from ~~Delete Keymap not working in Outlner~~ to Outliner: support delete in the keymap for different data-types

2020-02-10 08:46:33 +01:00

Chris Kohl commented

2020-02-28 20:37:26 +01:00

Added subscriber: @ckohl_art

Chris Kohl commented

2020-02-28 20:37:26 +01:00

In #67462#731623, @SpectreFirst wrote:
It looks like both Delete and Backspace are assigned to both “Delete Collection” and to “Outliner Object Operation – Delete” and object operation comes second, perhaps this is the reason why it doesn’t work? When I assign different keys for these two operations (or disable Delete\Backspace for one of these operations and use, for example, Delete for Collections and Backspace for objects) it seems to work fine.

Another workaround is to set one of the operations to activate on Press and the other to activate on Release and then they can both use the same key. Here's the standard ICK with that change and both Delete and Backspace work for all objects and collections.

(NOTE: The "Blender" and "Blender 27x" keymaps don't even have an entry for outliner.object_operation )

> In #67462#731623, @SpectreFirst wrote: > It looks like both Delete and Backspace are assigned to both “Delete Collection” and to “Outliner Object Operation – Delete” and object operation comes second, perhaps this is the reason why it doesn’t work? When I assign different keys for these two operations (or disable Delete\Backspace for one of these operations and use, for example, Delete for Collections and Backspace for objects) it seems to work fine. Another workaround is to set one of the operations to activate on Press and the other to activate on Release and then they can both use the same key. Here's the standard ICK with that change and both Delete and Backspace work for all objects and collections. ![delete.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F8378817/delete.png) (NOTE: The "Blender" and "Blender 27x" keymaps don't even have an entry for outliner.object_operation )

William Reynish commented

2020-03-04 10:35:31 +01:00

Added subscribers: @Debuk, @WilliamReynish