Damir, if you want to start a discussion about selection please do it in another thread
cheers Daniel Salazar patazstudio.com On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:15 AM, Damir Prebeg <blend.fact...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ton, > > Yes, I know that I can select an outliner item with right click but > that's not what I want to point out. You say that LMB in Blender means > action. But isn't selection of an object some sort of action? > > Problem for Beginner(TM) is not only that Blender uses RMB for > selection, problem is that we have different mouse behaviors for > different window types in the same application. I see that every time > when I try to teach somebody basics of Blender. They all have problem > with "stupid jumping red-white circle with cross in the middle". > > When I've started with Blender it was pretty hard for me to get use to > that right click selection so I always switched to LMB. I use tablet > now so beside other tablet problems that's not an issue for me any > more. > > To cut the... If we want RMB to be default selection button, let's > make it default in all window types. But personally, I sill don't see > any reason whatsoever not to use LMB as every other app on the market. > > On 28 February 2012 20:22, Ton Roosendaal <t...@blender.org> wrote: >> Hi, >> >>>> And Beginner(TM) doesn't understand why he have to use RMB to select >>>> object in 3D View and LMB to select that same object in Outliner. Why? >> >> The outliner can show anything, from scenes to bones and renderlayers. >> Every item in this outliner is selectable with RMB. This allows operations >> on it. >> >> Using the LMB in blender means "Action". That's in the outliner many things, >> like enter editmode (on mesh icon) or drag stuff away from it, or open/close >> hierarchies, or selection of objects. >> >> This selection operation is just like using a button. It can be anything in >> fact, it's a generic system (hardcoded now) that can be extended freely. >> Could be keymap or python once... >> >> -Ton- >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation t...@blender.org www.blender.org >> Blender Institute Entrepotdok 57A 1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands >> >> On 28 Feb, 2012, at 13:54, Carsten Wartmann wrote: >> >>> Am 28.02.2012 09:17, schrieb Damir Prebeg: >>>> When Beginner(TM) finally accepts RMB, he tries to border/circle >>>> select objects and he press B/C and RMB to select more objects... >>>> ups... wait... you can't use RMB to border/circle select objects, you >>>> have to use good old LMB to do that. Why? >>> >>> Yes. >>> >>>> And Beginner(TM) doesn't understand why he have to use RMB to select >>>> object in 3D View and LMB to select that same object in Outliner. Why? >>> >>> And why you border select in the Filewindow with LMB! And select with LMB. >>> >>> In old Blenders this was also RMB (like in 3D View). >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> Carsten >>> -- >>> Carsten Wartmann: Autor - Dozent - 3D - Grafik >>> Homepage: http://blenderbuch.de/ >>> Das Blender-Buch: http://blenderbuch.de/redirect.html >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Bf-committers mailing list >>> 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 > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > 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