Dev:Doc/Projects/UI/ui-targets

UI Updates in Development

Below is a list of things actively being worked on for 2.70 and things that are hoped to be completed in time for 2.71 and 2.72. This is not necessarily a complete list, but it details many of the larger goals that have been discussed and mostly agreed upon.

2.70 UI Targets

General

• UI consistency, including style uses, naming, etc
• Improved tool naming
• Improved tooltips

Default Settings, Keymap, and Theme

• Move Default Theme and Keymap to Python presets, allowing easier changes: https://developer.blender.org/T37585
• Update default theme colors for better mesh visibility: https://developer.blender.org/T37419
• Update default User Preferences - https://developer.blender.org/T37518
• Alternate selection preset with LMB default: https://developer.blender.org/T37420

Toolbar

• Implement vertical tabs to allow better organization and use of space. This reduces and/or removes the need for scrolling - https://developer.blender.org/T37601
• Update and reorganize toolbar for all applicable editors to better present available tools

Tool/Operator Changes

• Support units in numerical input during modal operations - https://developer.blender.org/rB87cc890aef53c4660448b1125dc0c40a187ae1f2
• Improve modal callouts for operators - https://developer.blender.org/T37699

Misc Changes

• Made many operators correctly link to their WIKI documentation entry. Previously they were generically linked to a category (such as modeling for extrude). Many more operators are still missing their direct links.
• Added new text shortening process to make longer names more readable - https://developer.blender.org/rB3c6b5b72a497dd5cdb05e3c35c4117a4e8f5daf2

Addons

• Update all /addons and /addons_contrib for toolbar tabs as necessary

2.71 UI Targets

Interface

• Improved tooltip design: https://developer.blender.org/T37478
• Improved File Browser: https://developer.blender.org/T37982

Keymap

• New simpler keymap that allows quick learning and easier customization (current keymap kept as an option)
• Improved consistency in current keymap across editors and modes

2.72 UI Targets

Tool Changes

• Improved Tool Workflow: https://developer.blender.org/T37554

Object Handling

• Allow multi-object editing such that users may select multiple objects and edit properties on them at the same time