Carlosan Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Make Left Tool Panel dockable and resizable as another windows Trello card -----------------------------------------------------------Left Tool Panel Tabs Trello card for votinghttps://trello.com/c/ChbtlDVZ 0001628: Left Tool Panel Tabshttp://3d-coat.com/mantis/view.php?id=1628 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor ajz3d Posted September 22, 2014 Contributor Share Posted September 22, 2014 (edited) I find scrolling with mouse wheel or dragging the scroll list with pen much more comfortable than clicking my way through various tabs. Edited September 22, 2014 by ajz3d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor Malo Posted September 22, 2014 Contributor Share Posted September 22, 2014 I know this vertical panels from Blender and i dont like it. To much clicking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor TimmyZDesign Posted September 22, 2014 Contributor Share Posted September 22, 2014 More important than the tabs is making that left panel dockable. That would be very useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javis Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 I like the vertical tabs, it conserves much needed screen realestate. You've got my vote. An aside, it should be an option of course, for those that prefer to scroll endlessly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member popwfx Posted September 22, 2014 Advanced Member Share Posted September 22, 2014 How do you vote against something on Trello? Is it only a thumbs up or no vote? I generally like tabs, but in all the UI design I've dealt with, rotated text is not very usable, if you have to have thin tabs like that in those vertical tabs in that screenshot, then you should instead put icons with HORIZONTAL tool tips on the tabs. Rotated vertical text in a UI is a no go for me and I strongly suggest against instituting this paradigm in 3DC. That being said, I like the concept, just not the rotated text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javis Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 There is no voting against, you just don't vote. I use Modo, so vertical text is nothing to me. Though, I can also read backwards (R to L), upside-down, vertically and horizontally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member RobertH Posted September 23, 2014 Member Share Posted September 23, 2014 You can already collapse/expand tools under a tool heading section by clicking the triangle to the left of the heading. Perhaps right clicking the triangle would expand the current section of tools, but collapse all the other sections? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor AbnRanger Posted September 23, 2014 Reputable Contributor Share Posted September 23, 2014 I know this vertical panels from Blender and i dont like it. To much clicking. Same here. Hate the idea, quite frankly. However, it would be a GREAT idea to make the panels (ie., TOOL OPTIONS, BRUSH OPTIONS, LAYER PANELS, etc) minimized to vertical tabs. This would work just like the panels expand/minimize in Photoshop....with a row of icons. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member popwfx Posted September 23, 2014 Advanced Member Share Posted September 23, 2014 Same here. Hate the idea, quite frankly. However, it would be a GREAT idea to make the panels (ie., TOOL OPTIONS, BRUSH OPTIONS, LAYER PANELS, etc) minimized to vertical tabs. This would work just like the panels expand/minimize in Photoshop....with a row of icons. I prefer this option as well. The way photoshop lets you have icon callout panels that either auto-collapse or collapse on command is nice. The icon usage (with hover tooltip for text) is a good use of space too. If they were permanently dockable like Photoshop too with a double click on the tab to collapse the section that would be cool too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor AbnRanger Posted September 23, 2014 Reputable Contributor Share Posted September 23, 2014 I prefer this option as well. The way photoshop lets you have icon callout panels that either auto-collapse or collapse on command is nice. The icon usage (with hover tooltip for text) is a good use of space too. If they were permanently dockable like Photoshop too with a double click on the tab to collapse the section that would be cool too. Icons would be nice, but I could do with just vertically-aligned tabs...but work the same way Icon callouts do in PS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 give me some visual references, i can try another design Ty all ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member RobertH Posted September 25, 2014 Member Share Posted September 25, 2014 (edited) Hey Carlosan, My method (right clicking the Collapse/Expand triangle next to the tool section header) would not be visually different than the current implementation. It would behave like alt+clicking the Eyeball in the VoxTree, and just like Photoshop works with layer visability. Very clean. Edited September 25, 2014 by RobertH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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