Voxel Remesher resizing improvments #98150

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Issue

There have been reports like #98095 that show a clear issue with the "Edit Voxel Size" operator in Sculpt Mode.
It is far too easy to accidentally get too very small voxel size and be unable to increase it again.

Solution

There is actually a way to do it, but it is not communicated in the UI.
You can hold Ctrl to change the voxel size in a constant speed (as an alternative to the default relative speed) and hold Shift to make more precise changes.

Since the voxel size generally doesn't go higher than 1 meter, the behaviour of holding down Ctrl is already very optimal.
For smaller precise changes to the voxel size users can hold down Shift.
If that becomes too difficult, you likely reached a density that isn't usable anymore or results in Blender freezing.

Modal operators generally support their own keymap entries, which are added to the status bar when the modal operator is used.
So the following modal shortcuts should be added:

Left Mouse or Enter for Confirm
Right Mouse or Esc for Cancel
Shift for Precision Mode

To Do

So the tasks from this need to be:

[D14975: Voxel Remesh Size Edit - Constant Size by default](https://developer.blender.org/D14975)
Use modal shortcuts for the status bar

(NOTE) This task is part of the community & sub tasks of the workboard. Anyone is free to pick up this task and contribute. For any questions or needed reviewers, please tag @JosephEagar and @JulienKaspar or use [blender.chat](https://blender.chat/channel/sculpt-paint-texture-module). ### Issue There have been reports like #98095 that show a clear issue with the "Edit Voxel Size" operator in Sculpt Mode. It is far too easy to accidentally get too very small voxel size and be unable to increase it again. ### Solution There is actually a way to do it, but it is not communicated in the UI. You can hold `Ctrl` to change the voxel size in a constant speed (as an alternative to the default relative speed) and hold Shift to make more precise changes. Since the voxel size generally doesn't go higher than 1 meter, the behaviour of holding down `Ctrl` is already very optimal. For smaller precise changes to the voxel size users can hold down `Shift`. If that becomes too difficult, you likely reached a density that isn't usable anymore or results in Blender freezing. Modal operators generally support their own keymap entries, which are added to the status bar when the modal operator is used. So the following modal shortcuts should be added: - `Left Mouse` or `Enter` for Confirm - `Right Mouse` or `Esc` for Cancel - `Shift` for Precision Mode ### To Do So the tasks from this need to be: - [x] [[D14975](https://archive.blender.org/developer/D14975): Voxel Remesh Size Edit - Constant Size by default](https://developer.blender.org/D14975) - [ ] Use modal shortcuts for the status bar

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Needs Developer To Reproduce'

Added subscribers: @JulienKaspar, @JosephEagar

This issue was referenced by 5946ea938a

This issue was referenced by 5946ea938a07bf95c7682af919ee33c715e1fa42

Changed status from 'Needs Developer To Reproduce' to: 'Resolved'

Added subscriber: @Limarest

Changed status from 'Resolved' to: 'Confirmed'

I'm reopening the task since the status bar entry also still need to be updated.

Changed status from 'Confirmed' to: 'Resolved'

Closing this now. The main issues have been fixed. Further improvements for the status bar are a wider issue in Blender.

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Voxel Remesher resizing improvments #98150

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