Expand asset drag & drop support to more cases #82661

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Julian Eisel · 2020-11-12T16:25:44+01:00

Julian Eisel commented

2020-11-12 16:25:44 +01:00

Users expect a number of use-cases for asset drag & drop to work. Dropping an asset means appending it currently, but what happens then varies.

The following drag & drop operations should be supported:

	Asset Type	Drop Action	Notes
General UI
----
{icon square-o}	Any	Dropping onto data-block selector: Assign data-block if applicable
{icon square-o}	Scene	Change to dragged in scene
3D View
----
{icon check-square-o}	Object	Add Object in Object mode
{icon square-o}	Object	Add mesh (or strokes, curves, meta-ball element, ...) in edit mode (to the active object?).	Append in edit mode not supported. Postponed for now.
{icon check-square-o}	Object-data	Adds object in object mode using appended object-data
{icon square-o}	Object-data	In edit mode: Same as dropping object in edit mode	Append in edit mode not supported. Postponed for now.
Node Editor
----
{icon check-square-o}	Node Group	Create Node Group node
{icon check-square-o}	Image	Create Texture/Image node
Geometry Nodes
{icon check-square-o}	Object	Create Object Info node
{icon check-square-o}	Collection	Create Collection Info node
{icon check-square-o}	Texture	Create Attribute Sample Texture node
Compositor
{icon check-square-o}	Masks	Create Mask node
Outliner
----
{icon square-o}	Any	Assign to drop target (e.g. assign dragged material to object under cursor on drop)
Text Editor
----
{icon square-o}	Text	Change to dropped text
UV/Image Editor
----
{icon square-o}	Image	Change to dropped image
Dopesheet
----
{icon square-o}	Action/Pose	Change to dropped action (if the context mode allows it, e.g. in Action Editor mode)
NLA
----
{icon square-o}	Action/Pose	TBD
VSE
----
{icon square-o}	Media	Add strip for media type (image, video, sound)
Movie Clip Editor
----
{icon square-o}	Video/Image/Clip	Add clip for media type and change to it

Note that drag & drop support for assets also brings drag & drop support for local data-blocks. So for example by adding drag & drop support for node group assets, dragging a node group from the Outliner to a Node Editor is also added.

Users expect a number of use-cases for asset drag & drop to work. Dropping an asset means appending it currently, but what happens then varies. The following drag & drop operations should be supported: | | Asset Type | Drop Action | Notes | ---- | ----| ---- | ---- | ---- | General UI | | | | | ---- | | {icon square-o} | Any | Dropping onto data-block selector: Assign data-block if applicable | | {icon square-o} | Scene | Change to dragged in scene | | 3D View | | | | | ---- | | {icon check-square-o} | Object | Add Object in Object mode | | {icon square-o} | Object | Add mesh (or strokes, curves, meta-ball element, ...) in edit mode (to the active object?). | Append in edit mode not supported. Postponed for now. | {icon check-square-o} | Object-data | Adds object in object mode using appended object-data | | {icon square-o} | Object-data | In edit mode: Same as dropping object in edit mode | Append in edit mode not supported. Postponed for now. | Node Editor | | | | ---- | | {icon check-square-o} | Node Group | Create Node Group node | | {icon check-square-o} | Image | Create Texture/Image node | | Geometry Nodes | | | | | {icon check-square-o} | Object | Create Object Info node | | {icon check-square-o} | Collection | Create Collection Info node | | {icon check-square-o} | Texture | Create Attribute Sample Texture node | | Compositor | | | | | {icon check-square-o} | Masks | Create Mask node | | Outliner | | | | | ---- | | {icon square-o} | Any | Assign to drop target (e.g. assign dragged material to object under cursor on drop) | | Text Editor | | | | | ---- | | {icon square-o} | Text | Change to dropped text | | UV/Image Editor | | | | | ---- | | {icon square-o} | Image | Change to dropped image | | Dopesheet | | | | | ---- | | {icon square-o} | Action/Pose | Change to dropped action (if the context mode allows it, e.g. in Action Editor mode) | | NLA | | | | | ---- | | {icon square-o} | Action/Pose | TBD | | VSE | | | | | ---- | | {icon square-o} | Media | Add strip for media type (image, video, sound) | | Movie Clip Editor | | | | | ---- | | {icon square-o} | Video/Image/Clip | Add clip for media type and change to it | Note that drag & drop support for assets also brings drag & drop support for local data-blocks. So for example by adding drag & drop support for node group assets, dragging a node group from the Outliner to a Node Editor is also added.

Julian Eisel commented

2020-11-12 16:25:44 +01:00

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blender-admin commented

2020-11-12 16:25:44 +01:00

#84315 was marked as duplicate of this issue

Julian Eisel commented

2021-01-05 11:31:05 +01:00

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Adam Earle commented

2021-01-21 16:47:41 +01:00

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blender-admin commented

2021-02-15 19:35:24 +01:00

This issue was referenced by 604e61d81d

This issue was referenced by 604e61d81d6326e665de6ec81dca2619e2cd5dbc

Julian Eisel changed title from ~~Support More Data-block Types~~ to Expand asset drag & drop support to more cases

2021-04-08 17:21:41 +02:00

Julian Eisel commented

2021-04-08 17:31:45 +02:00

This is a task were I hope to get some help from contributors. Much of this work is simple and you can follow other cases.

Unfortunately each case will require some (sometimes more, sometimes less) slightly different logic. E.g. for the VSE to create strips and assign the dragged media to it. Or in the node editor to create a node group, ensure the tree is in a valid state, run the necessary updates, ... I wouldn't mind if people just send us half-finished patches in these cases, and we can look at the more complicated bits together then.

Also, if there are more places that should support asset drag & drop, please mention them here so we can cover as many places as possible.

This is a task were I hope to get some help from contributors. Much of this work is simple and you can follow other cases. Unfortunately each case will require some (sometimes more, sometimes less) slightly different logic. E.g. for the VSE to create strips and assign the dragged media to it. Or in the node editor to create a node group, ensure the tree is in a valid state, run the necessary updates, ... I wouldn't mind if people just send us half-finished patches in these cases, and we can look at the more complicated bits together then. Also, if there are more places that should support asset drag & drop, please mention them here so we can cover as many places as possible.

Robert Guetzkow commented

2021-04-08 18:05:50 +02:00

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Fabian Schempp commented

2021-04-08 21:58:08 +02:00

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Wouter Stomp commented

2021-07-12 23:19:44 +02:00

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Wouter Stomp commented

2021-07-12 23:19:44 +02:00

Dragging world environments into the 3D view and world node editor should also be supported. And maybe also HDRI’s into the 3D view if they can be sufficiently differentiated from regular images.

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2021-07-14 11:12:34 +02:00

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2021-07-18 14:12:34 +02:00

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2021-10-08 22:00:30 +02:00

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2021-10-09 17:00:18 +02:00

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yonghao lv commented

2021-10-09 17:00:18 +02:00

As the geo nodes becoming more and more important, I recommend to support drag geo node tree into 3d view. Just like dropping world and material (They are both nodetree that support to drop on obj).
I think we can limited the drop obj in mesh type. And drop a geo node group will automatically create geo node modifier and assgin this node group to the modifier

As the geo nodes becoming more and more important, I recommend to support drag geo node tree into 3d view. Just like dropping world and material (They are both nodetree that support to drop on obj). I think we can limited the drop obj in mesh type. And drop a geo node group will automatically create geo node modifier and assgin this node group to the modifier

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2021-10-25 17:55:53 +02:00

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2022-04-15 21:33:37 +02:00

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2022-04-23 14:54:35 +02:00

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Alaska commented

2024-04-07 05:57:57 +02:00

I am removing the Needs Triage label. This is under the general rule that Design and TODO tasks should not have a status.

If you believe this task is no longer relevant, feel free to close it.

I am removing the `Needs Triage` label. This is under the general rule that Design and TODO tasks should not have a status. If you believe this task is no longer relevant, feel free to close it.

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Expand asset drag & drop support to more cases #82661