Workspaces: Sharing of workspaces #54628

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Brecht Van Lommel · 2018-04-16T11:12:29+02:00

Brecht Van Lommel commented

2018-04-16 11:12:29 +02:00

We need a good mechanism and UI to save / load / share workspaces.

Brecht Van Lommel commented

2018-04-16 11:12:29 +02:00

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Brecht Van Lommel changed title from ~~Workspaces: sharing of workspaces~~ to Workspaces: Sharing of workspaces

2018-04-16 11:15:04 +02:00

Pablo Vazquez commented

2018-04-17 16:44:22 +02:00

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Pablo Vazquez commented

2018-04-17 16:44:22 +02:00

Currently Workspaces are Datablocks, so I guess the save/load part is done already?

In this context, is Workspace considered an asset? If so then this could be part of the Asset Manager design.

Currently Workspaces are Datablocks, so I guess the save/load part is done already? ![Screenshot from 2018-04-17 15-16-29.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F2768358/Screenshot_from_2018-04-17_15-16-29.png) In this context, is Workspace considered an asset? If so then this could be part of the Asset Manager design.

Brecht Van Lommel commented

2018-04-17 17:51:57 +02:00

In 2.8 we have workspaces in the startup.blend and other regular .blend files, and in a new workspaces.blend. When clicking the (+) icon next to the workspaces in the new topbar, you get a list of workspaces in workspaces.blend, and you can then add one of them to the current .blend. There is currently no way to save a workspaces to the workspaces.blend from the same menu. It's a .blend file so users could open it and add some workspaces in there, but it's in a hidden config folder so users won't find it easily.

In a way this is like a mini asset management for workspaces, and if you can save workspaces to/from a general asset database it seems redundant. So I guess that's the first question to resolve, do we improve the current workspaces.blend mechanism or do we fold it into the asset management system?

In 2.8 we have workspaces in the `startup.blend` and other regular .blend files, and in a new `workspaces.blend`. When clicking the (+) icon next to the workspaces in the new topbar, you get a list of workspaces in `workspaces.blend`, and you can then add one of them to the current .blend. There is currently no way to save a workspaces to the `workspaces.blend` from the same menu. It's a .blend file so users could open it and add some workspaces in there, but it's in a hidden config folder so users won't find it easily. In a way this is like a mini asset management for workspaces, and if you can save workspaces to/from a general asset database it seems redundant. So I guess that's the first question to resolve, do we improve the current `workspaces.blend` mechanism or do we fold it into the asset management system?

Julian Eisel commented

2018-04-17 19:32:15 +02:00

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Julian Eisel commented

2018-04-17 19:32:15 +02:00

Managing the workspaces of the workspaces.blend is actually something I hoped to allow through the new Blender settings design, see #54115.

Managing the workspaces of the `workspaces.blend` is actually something I hoped to allow through the new Blender settings design, see #54115.

Brecht Van Lommel commented

2018-09-20 15:30:55 +02:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Resolved'

Brecht Van Lommel closed this issue

2018-09-20 15:30:55 +02:00

Brecht Van Lommel self-assigned this 2018-09-20 15:30:55 +02:00

Brecht Van Lommel commented

2018-09-20 15:30:55 +02:00

This is handled now in Blender 2.8, without a separate workspaces.blend. Instead users can directly append workspaces from the builtin and user defined startup.blend, as well as any application templates.

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Workspaces: Sharing of workspaces #54628