I think this came up before and someone (maybe even me) mentioned another solution to this problem.
Imagine having a region object (rectangle probably) that can disable/ enable all the components it contains. This could work for preview, enabled states (not available yet), maybe even auto-baking once I add that feature.. -- David Rutten [email protected] Robert McNeel & Associates On Mar 20, 12:33 pm, fraguada <[email protected]> wrote: > To me the way it works now is just fine, though I find it strange and > interesting that many people (including myself) tried to select a > bunch of things and turn the preview off or on and expected it to work > that way the first time..where is that coming from? To work on > something like this does not seem like it would be of high > priority...and probably best to minimize the confusion and complexity > of the existing components. > luis > > On Mar 20, 7:59 am, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Gerard, Luis, > > > Wouldn't it be terribly confusing to have Preview be the one menu > > option that works across different objects? > > What if you open the menu of a non-selected object, while there is a > > selection? Should I then toggle preview for all selected objects AND > > the non-selected one? > > > -- > > David Rutten > > [email protected] > > Robert McNeel & Associates > > > On Mar 19, 10:00 pm, fraguada <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Gerard, > > > I too think it would make sense to select many, right-click, and have > > > them previewed or not. > > > > For now, you can select them and hit ctrl-shift-q to turn them all off > > > at once, or ctrl-q to show them OR in the Solution Menu, "Selected > > > Preview On/Off," but you prob knew that already... > > > > luis > > > > On Mar 19, 9:30 pm, Gerard Petersen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > David, > > > > > Often I need to preview multiple objects at once. As I try to organise > > > > my canvas they're often in a column so selection with a window is > > > > easy. When I also would be able to switch preview on/off for multiple > > > > objects I can work much faster. > > > > Intuitively I often select with a window several objects, hoover above > > > > one of them, right-click and switch on preview.........but only that > > > > object is shown then. > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Gerard > > > > > RhinoCentre
