Recently, an initial version of the updated approach to the left click keymap was added to Blender 2.8.
This makes it possible to use the active tools, as well as selection, both with the left mouse button. However, there are a few issues still with how it works. Here's a list of things we should improve:
High Priority
These are issues we should fix before the initial release of Blender 2.80
- T63193: Animation Editor Scrubbing Area
- T63996: Click over a Gizmo to select items underneath it
- T63995: Deselect by Clicking in Empty Area
- 3D View
- UV Editor
- Node Editor
- Sequencer
- Markers
- Dopesheet
- Graph Editor
- NLA
- Clip Editor Clip view
- Outliner
- File Browser
- Dragging in empty areas to box select:
- Node Editor
- Sequencer
- Markers
- Dopesheet
- Graph Editor
- NLA
- Outliner
- File Browser
- Dragging on a selected item should move all selected items:
- Node Editor T63994: Node Editor: Move All Selected Nodes when dragging
- Sequencer
- Markers
- Dopesheet
- Graph Editor T70634: Graph Editor: Reevaluate Key and Handle Selection Behavior
- NLA
- Outliner