Material menu length problem - regression #49766

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Alma Talp · 2016-10-17T22:17:13+02:00

Alma Talp commented

2016-10-17 22:17:13 +02:00

Hello,

I use long material and object names in Blender with a reason (Win7 64 bit) on Blender 2.74.
Yesterday a realized that 2.78 fails to display long material names (see screenshot), instead of 30 it displays only 26 characters what makes my former naming rules unusable (technically only 23 characters could be used because of the '...'.
Ideal working method would be to extend the menu length to actual material name length, but displaying minimum 40 characters.

I don't know who made these change, is it possible to contact him directly?

Thanks

Alma

Hello, I use long material and object names in Blender with a reason (Win7 64 bit) on Blender 2.74. Yesterday a realized that 2.78 fails to display long material names (see screenshot), instead of 30 it displays only 26 characters what makes my former naming rules unusable (technically only 23 characters could be used because of the '...'. Ideal working method would be to extend the menu length to actual material name length, but displaying minimum 40 characters. I don't know who made these change, is it possible to contact him directly? Thanks Alma ![blender_error.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F380179/blender_error.png)

Alma Talp commented

2016-10-17 22:17:13 +02:00

Changed status to: 'Open'

Alma Talp commented

2016-10-17 22:17:13 +02:00

Added subscriber: @AlmaTalp

Bastien Montagne commented

2016-10-17 23:15:53 +02:00

Added subscriber: @mont29

Bastien Montagne commented

2016-10-17 23:15:53 +02:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Archived'

Bastien Montagne closed this issue

2016-10-17 23:15:53 +02:00

Bastien Montagne self-assigned this 2016-10-17 23:15:53 +02:00

Bastien Montagne commented

2016-10-17 23:15:53 +02:00

Can you please stop about this now? this width change has already been fixed, as you should be well aware of…

Alma Talp commented

2016-10-18 09:22:41 +02:00

Hello Bastien, of course I can, but I still didn't get answer whar wull happen, will the problem be fixed, how, by who or not, etc.?

Technically the last info I got was that the automatic length will not work and it is in the GUI team's hand. No one told anything about it from GUI team side.

So: what will happen with the problem, when and how?

Thanks

Hello Bastien, of course I can, but I still didn't get answer whar wull happen, will the problem be fixed, how, by who or not, etc.? Technically the last info I got was that the automatic length will not work and it is in the GUI team's hand. No one told anything about it from GUI team side. So: what will happen with the problem, when and how? Thanks

Alma Talp commented

2016-10-18 09:30:56 +02:00

Another thing:

Both of us working on adding something to Blender; I'm definitely not spamming, it seemed to me obvious to open a case in the GUI section for the problem as you told it is in the GUI team's hand now.

Another thing: Both of us working on adding something to Blender; I'm definitely not spamming, it seemed to me obvious to open a case in the GUI section for the problem as you told it is in the GUI team's hand now.

Bastien Montagne commented

2016-10-18 10:31:52 +02:00

Once again: the width issue has been fixed (in 49c2dbc5db), fix will be in 2.78a release.

Once again: the width issue **has been fixed** (in 49c2dbc5db), fix will be in 2.78a release.

Alma Talp commented

2016-10-18 10:48:39 +02:00

Thanks, Bastien.
Restoring the 2.77 width is still 3 character less than the original 30 ('...'); or does it mean that width will be expanded to 33 to get the original usability? Because it would be more logical to do the second as the first does not solve the problem I wrote about.

Thanks

by the way, I happily assist with beta-testing for this issue for the coder if he is interested in real world environment.

Thanks, Bastien. Restoring the 2.77 width is still 3 character less than the original 30 ('...'); or does it mean that width will be expanded to 33 to get the original usability? Because it would be more logical to do the second as the first does not solve the problem I wrote about. Thanks by the way, I happily assist with beta-testing for this issue for the coder if he is interested in real world environment.

Alma Talp commented

2016-10-22 12:55:21 +02:00

Hello Bastien,

I worked with 2.78 yesterday and I realized that all of the menus has changed, not just 2.78 (mesh selection popup, image selection popup in UV/Image editor, etc.)

Just thought to write it. I doubt implementing '...' had any useful usage; also addin an 'extra label/tooltip'-style popup over the original popup would help a lot with the full name (like other tooltips work)

All the best

Alma

Hello Bastien, I worked with 2.78 yesterday and I realized that all of the menus has changed, not just 2.78 (mesh selection popup, image selection popup in UV/Image editor, etc.) Just thought to write it. I doubt implementing '...' had any useful usage; also addin an 'extra label/tooltip'-style popup over the original popup would help a lot with the full name (like other tooltips work) All the best Alma

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Material menu length problem - regression #49766