Appended group not selected #50334

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Jurgen · 2016-12-28T14:19:29+01:00

Jurgen commented

2016-12-28 14:19:29 +01:00

occurs since v2.78, works in 2.77

scenario:

file, append (shift f1)
select other blender file
select "groups"
select a group
check the "select" icon
click "append from library"

expected outcome: added group and its shild objects should be selected
outcome: nothing is selected

occurs since v2.78, works in 2.77 scenario: - file, append (shift f1) - select other blender file - select "groups" - select a group - check the "select" icon - click "append from library" expected outcome: added group and its shild objects should be selected outcome: nothing is selected

Jurgen commented

2016-12-28 14:19:29 +01:00

Changed status to: 'Open'

Jurgen commented

2016-12-28 14:19:29 +01:00

Added subscriber: @JurgenH-4

Bastien Montagne commented

2016-12-29 10:51:36 +01:00

Added subscriber: @mont29

Bastien Montagne commented

2016-12-29 10:51:36 +01:00

I can’t confirm this here, for me both 2.77 and 2.78 show same behavior (non-selected objects from appended group). Which is consistent imho, you cannot select a group, only either its objects, or, in case you enable the 'Instance Group' option, the object instancing the group (which does happen in both 2.77 and 2.78).

Jurgen commented

2016-12-29 11:03:13 +01:00

Thanks for your feedback. But can you reconsider?

Why would it not be possible to select a group? (all its children)
You can do exactly that by going to Groups view in the Outliner view.

I find it weird to say that the select option in the append screen would not apply to groups, if that as such is in fact possible. It is even selected by default, but its not working.

And it is in particular impractical when using the append functionality in Python scripts. You have no idea which group/objects were appended, because auto renaming occurs when appending the same group twice. (.001, etc) When these objects would be selected you can easily access them, even when they got renamed.

Thanks for your feedback. But can you reconsider? Why would it not be possible to select a group? (all its children) You can do exactly that by going to Groups view in the Outliner view. I find it weird to say that the select option in the append screen would not apply to groups, if that as such is in fact possible. It is even selected by default, but its not working. And it is in particular impractical when using the append functionality in Python scripts. You have no idea which group/objects were appended, because auto renaming occurs when appending the same group twice. (.001, etc) When these objects would be selected you can easily access them, even when they got renamed.

Bastien Montagne self-assigned this 2016-12-29 11:55:19 +01:00

Bastien Montagne commented

2016-12-29 11:55:19 +01:00

OK, so not a regression from 2.77. But yes, on second thoughts I agree it makes more sense to also select group's objects in that case, will check on this.

blender-admin commented

2016-12-29 12:17:23 +01:00

This issue was referenced by 934b3f3682

This issue was referenced by 934b3f3682520727ee48eec8be01d46147f8927d

Bastien Montagne commented

2016-12-29 12:19:41 +01:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Resolved'

Bastien Montagne closed this issue

2016-12-29 12:19:41 +01:00

Jurgen commented

2016-12-29 12:35:24 +01:00

Wow, thanks for fixing this so quickly

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Appended group not selected #50334