I've made a poll http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?295865-Hiding-3D-cursor-use-cases-%28poll%29 Most probably auto-hiding in some modes won't draw any objections, though I'm curious what the results of the poll turn out to be. I'll try to make a patch that hides 3D cursor based in Paint/Sculpt modes in the meantime :-)
On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Ton Roosendaal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > A lot of editing still depends on a 3d cursor to exist, hiding it completely > is not good feature, unless it bypasses every call that uses the 3d cursor. > > For us now, a useful hiding for 3d cursor is in special edit modes like paint > or sculpt (assuming it is not used). > > -Ton- > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Ton Roosendaal - [email protected] - www.blender.org > Chairman Blender Foundation - Producer Blender Institute > Entrepotdok 57A - 1018AD Amsterdam - The Netherlands > > > > On 9 Jun, 2013, at 14:18, Dima Glibitsky wrote: > >> Hi, thanks for the quick reply :) >> Perhaps the main question is, then, if there are any cases when users >> want to hide the cursor in the Object mode. I'll try to ask that on >> the BlenderArtists. >> I can imagine that some CAD-like addons might use the option to >> disable the default cursor to display something more advanced instead >> (e.g. local coordinate axes/planes). In this case, non-coders won't >> have to know about the existence of this setting. >> >> On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Ton Roosendaal <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> If painting and sculpting doesn't require use of the 3d cursor, it can be >>> just hidden by the mode itself? Options and more buttons don't make using >>> Blender easier. We have too many already :) >>> >>> -Ton- >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------- >>> Ton Roosendaal - [email protected] - www.blender.org >>> Chairman Blender Foundation - Producer Blender Institute >>> Entrepotdok 57A - 1018AD Amsterdam - The Netherlands >>> >>> >>> >>> On 9 Jun, 2013, at 13:27, Dima Glibitsky wrote: >>> >>>> Adds a View3D setting to hide 3D cursor. >>>> >>>> In python: SpaceView3D.show_cursor >>>> In C: V3D_HIDE_CURSOR (#defined as 16 for v3d->flag) >>>> >>>> This feature has been long requested by some users, the main >>>> motivation being that 3D cursor distracts them during the >>>> sculpting/painting process: >>>> http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?243932-Hiding-3D-Cursor >>>> http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?266381-Turn-off-3d-cursor >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5SqZz9PTlQ >>>> >>>> Patch tracker page: >>>> projects.blender.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=35685 >>>> The patch: http://www.pasteall.org/42942/diff >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Bf-committers mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bf-committers mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> _______________________________________________ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
