That'd be great, just note that the way the active face is drawn is a bit inflexible/cumbersome to change in our code.
Its been suggested to draw different colors but this conflicts with solid-mode material view where the material color would make it hard to distinguish a face based on a color tint - this is why I used stipple, I'm aware its a bit ugly. On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 2:47 AM, Jonathan Williamson <jonat...@cgcookie.com> wrote: > That all makes perfect sense then, thanks for filling me in. If no one has > any obligations, I would like to put together a quick design mockup to change > how the active element is displayed in the viewport so as to be much less > distracting? > > -- > Jonathan Williamson > Education Manager and Instructor > CG Cookie, Inc > http://cgcookie.com > > > On Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 10:25 PM, Campbell Barton wrote: > >> Sorry for late response on this, I dont think the original question >> was answered. >> >> The reason to have this persistent is because of UV mapping - the >> image displayed on the UV/Image editor is always from this face. >> >> This is very similar to active object or active pose bone - you don't >> want the UV image to flicker about or display nothing when adjusting >> the vertex selection for eg. >> >> For a similar reason we have active-unselected Object's and Bones - >> the buttons window context would flicker too much otherwise. >> >> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Nathan Vegdahl <ces...@cessen.com >> (mailto:ces...@cessen.com)> wrote: >> > > I'd vote for this to appear only on Face Select Mode, >> > >> > >> > When doing certain weighting/VertexGroup tasks, being able to see >> > which vertex is "active" is quite useful. >> > >> > --Nathan >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 3:06 PM, PabloVazquez.org <venom...@gmail.com >> > (mailto:venom...@gmail.com)> wrote: >> > > > I think it serves as the "active" selection and is used in tools such >> > > > as for example pivot point set to active. >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > it does, but if you switch to another Select Mode, these white dots >> > > still appear even though the "active" selection is now a vertex or an >> > > edge. >> > > >> > > I'd vote for this to appear only on Face Select Mode, and being able >> > > to theme it properly (alpha wise at least, right now it really pops up >> > > from all the (when selected) orange faces. >> > > >> > > Cheers! >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Pablo Vazquez >> > > CG Artist >> > > Blender Foundation Certified Trainer >> > > E-mail: cont...@pablovazquez.org (mailto:cont...@pablovazquez.org) >> > > Website: http://www.pablovazquez.org >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 09:49, Antony Riakiotakis <kal...@gmail.com >> > > (mailto:kal...@gmail.com)> wrote: >> > > > Hi, >> > > > >> > > > I think it serves as the "active" selection and is used in tools such >> > > > as for example pivot point set to active. While I can see that it may >> > > > be annoying it also indicates information used in some of the tools. >> > > > No strong opinion on that, maybe it can be turned on-off like the >> > > > manipulator? >> > > > _______________________________________________ >> > > > Bf-committers mailing list >> > > > Bf-committers@blender.org (mailto:Bf-committers@blender.org) >> > > > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> > > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Bf-committers mailing list >> > > Bf-committers@blender.org (mailto:Bf-committers@blender.org) >> > > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> > > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Bf-committers mailing list >> > Bf-committers@blender.org (mailto:Bf-committers@blender.org) >> > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> > >> >> >> >> >> -- >> - Campbell >> _______________________________________________ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> Bf-committers@blender.org (mailto:Bf-committers@blender.org) >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers -- - Campbell _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
