Reevaluate and rework categories #84860

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Julian Eisel · 2021-01-19T11:57:05+01:00

Julian Eisel commented

2021-01-19 11:57:05 +01:00

The current categories are taken right from the link/append filtering options of the File Browser. There are a few issues with that:

The order seems arbitrary.
Some of the categories are confusing (what is the "Environment" category? Why does it contain brushes, workspaces, lights and such?)
#83983 (Asset browser camera data-block not visible)
All nodes will be under "Shading". Doesn't make sense for geometry nodes for example. This needs to be smarter.

Might be nice if we could dynamically generate the categories, so that only categories for available assets are visible (and maybe a default one if there are no assets).

The current categories are taken right from the link/append filtering options of the File Browser. There are a few issues with that: * The order seems arbitrary. * Some of the categories are confusing (what is the "Environment" category? Why does it contain brushes, workspaces, lights and such?) * #83983 (Asset browser camera data-block not visible) * All nodes will be under "Shading". Doesn't make sense for geometry nodes for example. This needs to be smarter. Might be nice if we could dynamically generate the categories, so that only categories for available assets are visible (and maybe a default one if there are no assets).

Julian Eisel commented

2021-01-19 11:57:05 +01:00

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Julian Eisel changed title from ~~Better Categories~~ to Reevaluate and rework categories

2021-01-19 11:58:41 +01:00

Sybren A. Stüvel commented

2021-01-19 12:57:14 +01:00

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Sybren A. Stüvel commented

2021-01-19 12:57:14 +01:00

Another complexity (aka feature request): Actions can be either a normal action or a Pose Library action. It could very well be desired to have a category "Animation" (i.e. non-pose actions) and a category "Poses" (pose library actions). This means that selecting by ID type wouldn't be enough.

Hans Goudey commented

2021-01-25 16:22:27 +01:00

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Hans Goudey commented

2021-01-25 16:22:27 +01:00

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

Hans Goudey commented

2021-01-25 16:22:27 +01:00

Another more "dynamic" category that I've been curious about supporting for a long time: presets for the bevel custom profile selector.

I imagine this could use the existing preset system, or just the data from the widget. But maybe a subset of curve IDs would be preferable like Sybren mentioned.

Not that it's an immediate priority, I'm just sharing this so that maybe the design can take it into account.
If the design supported this I would be interested in adding it myself, it's one of the leftover large feature requests from my GSoC project.

Another more "dynamic" category that I've been curious about supporting for a long time: presets for the bevel custom profile selector. I imagine this could use the existing preset system, or just the data from the widget. But maybe a subset of curve IDs would be preferable like Sybren mentioned. Not that it's an immediate priority, I'm just sharing this so that maybe the design can take it into account. If the design supported this I would be interested in adding it myself, it's one of the leftover large feature requests from my GSoC project.

Julian Eisel commented

2021-07-26 18:55:43 +02:00

Changed status from 'Confirmed' to: 'Resolved'

Julian Eisel closed this issue

2021-07-26 18:55:43 +02:00

Julian Eisel self-assigned this 2021-07-26 18:55:43 +02:00

Julian Eisel commented

2021-07-26 18:55:43 +02:00

The new design replacing this is the catalogs system: https://code.blender.org/2021/06/asset-browser-workshop-outcomes/#catalogs.

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