Tooltip for the Drag tool setting #92475

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Julien Kaspar · 2021-10-25T14:45:45+02:00

Julien Kaspar commented

2021-10-25 14:45:45 +02:00

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Recently for Blender 3.0 the "Drag" option in the header tool settings was included for most active tools. This allows right click select users to make use of this feature by using the option "Right Mouse Selection Action = Selection Tool" in the keymap preferences.
The issue is that these options still have no tooltip so it can be hard to understand how or why to use this feature.

Proposal

We need a simple tooltip with the following information:

General information
Sub Tooltip (From what it is currently set to)
Shortcut of the Pie Menu for quick access
Context sensitive information based on keymap settings (right or left click select)

So this would be:

Action when dragging anywhere in the editor with left click: Select Box
Select items using box select.
Shortcut: Alt + W

Or when right click is used in the keymap preferences:

Action when dragging anywhere in the editor with right click: Select Box
Select items using box select.
Shortcut: Alt + W.

The tooltip for the setting "Active Tool" needs to be changed.
It currently says:

Action when dragging in the viewport: Active Tool

Ideally this would be changed to something that fits the other options.

Another thing to keep in mind is that the tooltip Tweak for tweak on right click select is still "Set the location of the 3D Cursor".
This is since recently wrong and needs to be updated.

Also there are never shortcuts for pie menus mentioned in tooltips so far, even though they are heavily used.
Pie menu shortcuts that also aren't mentioned are for example: Tab for modes, Z for shading, . for Pivot Point and , for Orientation.
This can be handled as a separate task: #92478

## Issue Recently for Blender 3.0 the "Drag" option in the header tool settings was included for most active tools. This allows right click select users to make use of this feature by using the option "Right Mouse Selection Action = Selection Tool" in the keymap preferences. The issue is that these options still have no tooltip so it can be hard to understand how or why to use this feature. ![Screenshot_2021-10-25_12-47-05.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F11488620/Screenshot_2021-10-25_12-47-05.png) ### Proposal We need a simple tooltip with the following information: - General information - Sub Tooltip (From what it is currently set to) - Shortcut of the Pie Menu for quick access - Context sensitive information based on keymap settings (right or left click select) So this would be: > Action when dragging anywhere in the editor with left click: Select Box > Select items using box select. > *Shortcut: Alt + W* Or when right click is used in the keymap preferences: > Action when dragging anywhere in the editor with right click: Select Box > Select items using box select. > *Shortcut: Alt + W*. ## Related issues The tooltip for the setting "Active Tool" needs to be changed. It currently says: > Action when dragging in the viewport: Active Tool Ideally this would be changed to something that fits the other options. Another thing to keep in mind is that the tooltip Tweak for tweak on right click select is still "Set the location of the 3D Cursor". This is since recently wrong and needs to be updated. Also there are never shortcuts for pie menus mentioned in tooltips so far, even though they are heavily used. Pie menu shortcuts that also aren't mentioned are for example: `Tab` for modes, `Z` for shading, `.` for Pivot Point and `,` for Orientation. This can be handled as a separate task: #92478

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