Add Driver : Clicking the pickers (object / input variable) dont work #58341

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Félix · 2018-11-30T18:10:53+01:00

Félix commented

2018-11-30 18:10:53 +01:00

Blender Version
Broken:2.80, 4c31bed6b4, blender2.8, 2018-11-30

Short description of error
Clicking the object picker in the Add Driver should enter object picking mode, but does nothing.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Based on the default startup :

Select the Cube
Right click on Location/X and Add a Driver
Into Object field, click on the picker

In #58341#702152, @angavrilov wrote:
This happens because ui_context_rna_button_active within operators and poll functions invoked for the popover UI elements can't find the actual UI control in the popover, and instead returns the property UI control through the context menu of which the popover was invoked. It seems there is a big issue with context and region management in some popovers, and may require a fix in the UI core rather than a specific operator.

Edit: Note that this issue is different from the picker attached to the Add Input Variable - that one is simply not (re-)implemented yet to work with the new way Add Driver works.

Even though Object picker vs Input Variable picker are slightly different issues, will keep them together here since from a user perspective this is so tightly related.

**Blender Version** Broken:2.80, 4c31bed6b46, blender2.8, 2018-11-30 **Short description of error** Clicking the object picker in the `Add Driver` should enter object picking mode, but does nothing. ![Peek 2019-07-09 10-48.gif](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F7578645/Peek_2019-07-09_10-48.gif) **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** Based on the default startup : - Select the **Cube** - Right click on **Location/X** and **Add a Driver** - Into **Object field**, click on the **picker** > In #58341#702152, @angavrilov wrote: > This happens because `ui_context_rna_button_active` within operators and poll functions invoked for the popover UI elements can't find the actual UI control in the popover, and instead returns the property UI control through the context menu of which the popover was invoked. It seems there is a big issue with context and region management in some popovers, and may require a fix in the UI core rather than a specific operator. > > Edit: Note that this issue is different from the picker attached to the Add Input Variable - that one is simply not (re-)implemented yet to work with the new way Add Driver works. Even though `Object` picker vs `Input Variable` picker are slightly different issues, will keep them together here since from a user perspective this is so tightly related.

Félix commented

2018-11-30 18:10:53 +01:00

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Jacques Lucke commented

2018-11-30 18:54:08 +01:00

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Jacques Lucke commented

2018-11-30 18:54:08 +01:00

Can confirm. On the first click it unfolds the object list, after a click on the icon does nothing.

Brecht Van Lommel commented

2019-04-05 14:41:35 +02:00

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Alexander Gavrilov commented

2019-06-17 10:23:39 +02:00

Added subscriber: @angavrilov

Alexander Gavrilov commented

2019-06-17 10:23:39 +02:00

This happens because ui_context_rna_button_active within operators and poll functions invoked for the popover UI elements can't find the actual UI control in the popover, and instead returns the property UI control through the context menu of which the popover was invoked. It seems there is a big issue with context and region management in some popovers, and may require a fix in the UI core rather than a specific operator.

Edit: Note that this issue is different from the picker attached to the Add Input Variable - that one is simply not (re-)implemented yet to work with the new way Add Driver works.

This happens because `ui_context_rna_button_active` within operators and poll functions invoked for the popover UI elements can't find the actual UI control in the popover, and instead returns the property UI control through the context menu of which the popover was invoked. It seems there is a big issue with context and region management in some popovers, and may require a fix in the UI core rather than a specific operator. Edit: Note that this issue is different from the picker attached to the Add Input Variable - that one is simply not (re-)implemented yet to work with the new way Add Driver works.

Pedro A. commented

2019-06-17 10:33:23 +02:00

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Campbell Barton self-assigned this 2019-06-17 13:42:33 +02:00

Michael Soluyanov commented

2019-07-09 09:57:23 +02:00

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Michael Soluyanov commented

2019-07-09 09:57:23 +02:00

Property picker doesn't work too:

Property picker doesn't work too: ![Peek 2019-07-09 10-48.gif](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F7578645/Peek_2019-07-09_10-48.gif)

Campbell Barton was unassigned by Dalai Felinto

2019-12-23 16:35:47 +01:00

Dalai Felinto commented

2019-12-23 16:35:47 +01:00

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Germano Cavalcante changed title from ~~Add Driver : Clicking the picker doesn't work and unfolds objects list~~ to Add Driver : Clicking the picker doesn't work

2020-01-28 15:30:07 +01:00

Philipp Oeser commented

2020-01-28 15:45:37 +01:00

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Philipp Oeser commented

2020-01-28 15:45:37 +01:00

While we are at it: could someone confirm that #55147 (Eyedropper cursor icon missing when adding drivers (e.g. When using All/Single from Target)) is not relevant anymore?

Julian Eisel commented

2020-02-03 15:32:04 +01:00

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Julian Eisel commented

2020-02-03 15:32:04 +01:00

Pop-up handling is in a bad state right now (in fact, it was always full of issues). Opened #73565 to track the situation, not sure how to deal best with this yet, related code is a big mess.

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Richard Antalik commented

2020-12-09 12:04:00 +01:00

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Philipp Oeser changed title from ~~Add Driver : Clicking the picker doesn't work~~ to Add Driver : Clicking the pickers (object / input variable) dont work

2020-12-30 16:03:54 +01:00

Philipp Oeser commented

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