UI; The floating preferences window has been redesigned

https://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-blender-cvs/2018-November/116752.html

With a new location for the preferences, it only seems to make sense that Julian would sit down and redesign the thing.

  • Rename “User Preferences” window to “Settings” in the UI.
    We’ll likely put workspace settings in there, separate from the global
    user settings
    . System settings should become separate from user
    settings in future to allow settings for specific hardware.
  • Add sidebar region for navigation (scrolls independently).
    Addresses space problems, so we can add more categories as needed now.
  • Increase size of Settings window to compensate new navigation bar.
  • Group sections into User Preferences and System.
    > Icons for section groups by Andrzej Ambroz. Thanks!
  • Bumps subversion for file compatibility.

As it has been committed to master, this will be something that will be encountered during the Beta.

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I’m eager to test the last changes. Someone should kick the buildbot now haha.

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i tested it, and it’s really looking elegant some areas could use grouping or divided in more columns to reduce scrolling, but i think this is just the first draft :+1:

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Julian is now looking at implementing a panel-based design (to note, only a rough design with no commit attached).

Unless the floating window itself becomes a bit smaller in area, I’m not sure how much tangible benefit this will have. As long as the alignment is proper, there would be plenty of empty space that results.

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now that’s more like it.

Does it stay on top?

Hahaha, that would be the independence day.

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I’m interested in seeing how they plan to tackle the hotkey editor more than anything else in the Settings. If hotkey entries are also going to get generically panelized, there will be scrolling for days - mark my words :joy:

Please let it hang up top on Blender. I need a floating window so bad for UV texturing/Material editing.
Thanks.

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