Changing parent of object in outliner via drag and drop results in unexpected transformations. #74649

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Alexander Court · 2020-03-11T12:01:36+01:00

Alexander Court commented

2020-03-11 12:01:36 +01:00

System Information
Operating system: Windows 10
Graphics card: Radeon Vega

Blender Version
Broken: official 2.82
Worked: n.a.

Short description of error
If a object is reparented via outliner the transformation of the original parent is not applied. Maybe this is more an usability issue than a bug, but the behaviour is unexpected (compared to e.g. C4D or Unity).

At the moment reparenting in the outliner works like ALT-P -> Clear Parent. I think at least there should be an option for outliner drag and drop reparenting to keep transformations, like:
Shift-Drag: Reparent
Shift-Alt-Drag: Reparent (Keep Transformation)

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Based on the default startup or an attached .blend file (as simple as possible).

Open attached .blend file.
Drag object "Cube" in editor and shift-drop object onto "Empty". Cubes global transformation changes.

parenting.blend

**System Information** Operating system: Windows 10 Graphics card: Radeon Vega **Blender Version** Broken: official 2.82 Worked: n.a. **Short description of error** If a object is reparented via outliner the transformation of the original parent is not applied. Maybe this is more an usability issue than a bug, but the behaviour is unexpected (compared to e.g. C4D or Unity). At the moment reparenting in the outliner works like ALT-P -> Clear Parent. I think at least there should be an option for outliner drag and drop reparenting to keep transformations, like: Shift-Drag: Reparent Shift-Alt-Drag: Reparent (Keep Transformation) **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** Based on the default startup or an attached .blend file (as simple as possible). 1. Open attached .blend file. 2. Drag object "Cube" in editor and shift-drop object onto "Empty". Cubes global transformation changes. [parenting.blend](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F8400560/parenting.blend)

Alexander Court commented

2020-03-11 12:01:36 +01:00

Added subscriber: @spiegelball

Richard Antalik commented

2020-03-11 18:20:10 +01:00

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Confirmed'

blender-admin commented

2020-03-12 10:51:49 +01:00

This issue was referenced by 36b55bee42

This issue was referenced by 36b55bee4247565b3e5a7237672bbdc2237447f0

Philipp Oeser commented

2020-03-12 11:01:35 +01:00

Added subscriber: @lichtwerk

Philipp Oeser self-assigned this 2020-03-12 11:01:35 +01:00

Philipp Oeser commented

2020-03-12 11:01:35 +01:00

At the moment reparenting in the outliner works like ALT-P -> Clear Parent

Well, atm., reparenting in the outliner works like Set Parent To > Object. (without the Keep Transform option).
This is more or less intended behavior, but since there is no way to change afterwards, this sounds like an easy enhancement, see D7120: Fix #74649: Outliner: Cannot set/clear parent with 'Keep Transforms'

> At the moment reparenting in the outliner works like ALT-P -> Clear Parent Well, atm., reparenting in the outliner works like `Set Parent To` > `Object`. (without the Keep Transform option). This is more or less intended behavior, but since there is no way to change afterwards, this sounds like an easy enhancement, see [D7120: Fix #74649: Outliner: Cannot set/clear parent with 'Keep Transforms'](https://archive.blender.org/developer/D7120)

Philipp Oeser commented

2020-03-20 13:28:54 +01:00

Changed status from 'Confirmed' to: 'Resolved'

Philipp Oeser closed this issue

2020-03-20 13:28:54 +01:00

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Changing parent of object in outliner via drag and drop results in unexpected transformations. #74649