New: Area Split/Join Pie #7

Demeter Dzadik · 2024-08-17T22:36:53+02:00

Demeter Dzadik commented

2024-08-17 22:36:53 +02:00

This PR adds a new pie menu on the Alt+` (grave key) shortcut, for joining and splitting areas without having to precisely right-click on a border or click-drag on a corner. It does not include the Swap Areas functionality because I don't think I can make that work unless someone changes the C-side implementation to be a modal operator like Join Areas.

Looking for a better shortcut

There is currently a downside to this shortcut choice that it doesn't work in text/python editors because the editor consumes the input. Ctrl+` doesn't have this issue, but that shortcut is already taken in the 3D view by Toggle Manipulators, which seems to take precedence for some reason. The only other way I found around this is to use Ctrl+Alt+Shift+`, but that's too uncomfortable to be useful.

This PR adds a new pie menu on the Alt+` (grave key) shortcut, for joining and splitting areas without having to precisely right-click on a border or click-drag on a corner. It does not include the Swap Areas functionality because I don't think I can make that work unless someone changes the C-side implementation to be a modal operator like Join Areas. <video src="/attachments/3b90298e-27dc-4a40-8ed3-e4a8891e1426" title="NVIDIA_Share_Hh8F2rJTa4.mp4" controls></video> ## Looking for a better shortcut There is currently a downside to this shortcut choice that it doesn't work in text/python editors because the editor consumes the input. Ctrl+\` doesn't have this issue, but that shortcut is already taken in the 3D view by Toggle Manipulators, which seems to take precedence for some reason. The only other way I found around this is to use Ctrl+Alt+Shift+\`, but that's too uncomfortable to be useful.

NVIDIA_Share_Hh8F2rJTa4.mp4

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Demeter Dzadik added 1 commit 2024-08-17 22:36:54 +02:00

New: Area Split/Merge Pie a2569b62ed

Demeter Dzadik merged commit 2950dd310d into main

2024-08-21 02:31:39 +02:00

Demeter Dzadik deleted branch new_editor_split_merge_pie

2024-08-21 02:31:40 +02:00

Demeter Dzadik referenced this issue from a commit

2024-08-21 02:31:40 +02:00

Merge pull request 'New: Area Split/Join Pie' (#7) from new_editor_split_merge_pie into main

xan2622 commented

2024-08-26 19:05:39 +02:00

I have tried this pie (on the latest Blender 4.3 alpha from 2024-08-25 03:57, hash: 6bd515e0d2a2) but for some reason, it doesn't display all the slices that are shown in your mp4 video.

Here is what I see (only "Split Area):

I have tried this pie (on the latest Blender 4.3 alpha from 2024-08-25 03:57, hash: 6bd515e0d2a2) but for some reason, it doesn't display all the slices that are shown in your mp4 video. Here is what I see (only "Split Area): ![blender_Cibxk76xtC](/attachments/d44f44c1-9157-40af-91fd-057c2e0078a6)

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Demeter Dzadik commented

2024-08-27 21:41:57 +02:00

So, I didn't know this while making this pie menu, but it turns out that the area merge/split UX is actually being reworked (feedback thread) in core Blender for 4.3 by Harley Acheson.

So, I'm waiting for that work to be completed before figuring out what to do with this pie menu. In the meantime, the Merge operators have been removed from 4.2, so that's why they aren't showing up. But this is a temporary, in-development state.

My hope is that the new Area Split/Merge operator can ship with a default shortcut, and then this pie menu can be removed.

So, I didn't know this while making this pie menu, but it turns out that the area merge/split UX is actually being [reworked](https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/issues/124915) ([feedback thread](https://devtalk.blender.org/t/interactive-editor-docking-is-now-experimental/35800/64)) in core Blender for 4.3 by Harley Acheson. So, I'm waiting for that work to be completed before figuring out what to do with this pie menu. In the meantime, the Merge operators have been removed from 4.2, so that's why they aren't showing up. But this is a temporary, in-development state. My hope is that the new Area Split/Merge operator can ship with a default shortcut, and then this pie menu can be removed.

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