WIP: Area Editor Cycling #105161

Harley Acheson · 2023-02-24T04:12:17+01:00

Harley Acheson commented

2023-02-24 04:12:17 +01:00

Operator to cycle through an Area's previous Editors. As in instant
Back and Forward through editors in the same screen area.

Possibly an anti-feature, unwanted, or dumb. But this seems fairly useful.

Currently you can change any area from one Editor type to another, usually by using the Editor menu at the header's top-left. Our keymap also allows directly changing to specific editors by pressing Shift + Fx, ie Shift-F5 for 3D Viewport.

But what if you could just click "back" to get back to the previous one? With this patch you can. Alt-F1 gives you the previous editor, while Alt-F2 moves you to the next in the list.

This could open up new ways of using Blender. You could choose to use less - but larger editors - and just jump between them as if they were tabs within an area. It also fits nicely with docking - #104665 - because that allows dragging one area onto another, and this allows flipping between both instantly.

The code might be a bit suspect, mostly just copied from portions of ED_area_newspace. Would need close review from someone who knows this area well.

Once applied this uses Alt-F1 for back, and Alt-F2 for forward - but just for testing this. I'm sure someone (else) could find a better way to invoke these.

Operator to cycle through an Area's previous Editors. As in instant _Back_ and _Forward_ through editors in the same screen area. --- Possibly an anti-feature, unwanted, or dumb. But this seems fairly useful. Currently you can change any area from one Editor type to another, usually by using the Editor menu at the header's top-left. Our keymap also allows directly changing to specific editors by pressing Shift + Fx, ie Shift-F5 for 3D Viewport. But what if you could just click "back" to get back to the previous one? With this patch you can. Alt-F1 gives you the previous editor, while Alt-F2 moves you to the next in the list. This could open up new ways of using Blender. You could choose to use less - but larger editors - and just jump between them as if they were tabs within an area. It also fits nicely with docking - #104665 - because that allows dragging one area onto another, and this allows flipping between both instantly. The code might be a bit suspect, mostly just copied from portions of ED_area_newspace. Would need close review from someone who knows this area well. Once applied this uses Alt-F1 for *back*, and Alt-F2 for *forward* - but just for testing this. I'm sure someone (else) could find a better way to invoke these.

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Harley Acheson commented

2023-02-24 04:50:18 +01:00

@blender-bot build

Harley Acheson force-pushed AreaCycle from 46ca8511bb to 9ec75411d6

2023-05-18 18:58:51 +02:00

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Nate Rupsis commented

2023-05-25 22:04:46 +02:00

This is pretty neat!

As someone who doesn't just navigation all that often, I won't comment on the utility if it (I'm sure others will love it!)

A few things to note while testing it out:

the "BACK" (ctrl+f1) didn't seem to work for me. The forward (ctrl + f2) worked as intended.
Ctrl + f2 in the 3D view port brings up the batch rename operator. I'm sure this will mostly be used inside windows other than the 3D viewport, but I found it kinda annoying having that operator pop up.

This is pretty neat! As someone who doesn't just navigation all that often, I won't comment on the utility if it (I'm sure others will love it!) A few things to note while testing it out: 1) the "BACK" (ctrl+f1) didn't seem to work for me. The forward (ctrl + f2) worked as intended. 2) Ctrl + f2 in the 3D view port brings up the batch rename operator. I'm sure this will mostly be used inside windows _other_ than the 3D viewport, but I found it kinda annoying having that operator pop up.

Harley Acheson added 2 commits 2023-08-23 23:13:38 +02:00

2e3b91c0e0 Merge branch 'main' of projects.blender.org:blender/blender into AreaCycle

4b820bcc93 Updated to the current state of main. Changing keymap to Alt-F1, Alt-F2

Harley Acheson commented

2023-08-23 23:21:36 +02:00

@nrupsis - the "BACK" (ctrl+f1) didn't seem to work for me. The forward (ctrl + f2) worked as intended.

I have update this PR, mostly for all the C++ changes, and also changed the keymap to use Alt-F1 and Alt-F2 instead

> @nrupsis - the "BACK" (ctrl+f1) didn't seem to work for me. The forward (ctrl + f2) worked as intended. I have update this PR, mostly for all the C++ changes, and also changed the keymap to use Alt-F1 and Alt-F2 instead

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