No MMB zoom/pan in half of shader editor #61020

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Zsolt Stefan · 2019-01-30T14:31:58+01:00

Zsolt Stefan commented

2019-01-30 14:31:58 +01:00

System Information
Operating system: Windows 10
Graphics card:

Blender Version
Broken: Blender 2.80, Build 2019-01-28, 957b4547ae
Worked: Blender 2.79

Short description of error
This drove me crazy a few days ago. I just couldn't zoom or pan with the middle-mouse-button in the shader editor. Then I finally found the problem. It is not possible to use the MMB underneath the buttons of the toolshelf (the three buttons Select, Annotate, Links Cut). This area is transparent, left click and right click works, you can select and move nodes. But not zoom or pan.

This seems to be a general problem in Blender, but it doesn't disturb in the 3D view, as the 3D-view window is wide compared to the toolshelf, and the toolshelf is filled with buttons anyway. But in the shader editor, on a full-HD display, depending on how my window layout is, the blocked area is about 40-60%, while only the very top is populated with the very few (three) buttons. See picture attached, the whole area circled in red is blocked, without any visual cue.
The "non-blocking UI" blocks AND there is no visual way to see why. I can imagine how frustrating a small UI glitch like this might be for new or casual users.

If the toolshelf is transparent, then I believe the blocked area shouldn't extend below the lowest button.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

Make a new window, set it to shader editor.
Open the tool shelf if not already open, make it wide enough to see the text Select / Annotata / Links Cut.
Try to zoom/pan with the MMB.

**System Information** Operating system: Windows 10 Graphics card: **Blender Version** Broken: Blender 2.80, Build 2019-01-28, 957b4547aeeb Worked: Blender 2.79 **Short description of error** This drove me crazy a few days ago. I just couldn't zoom or pan with the middle-mouse-button in the shader editor. Then I finally found the problem. It is not possible to use the MMB underneath the buttons of the toolshelf (the three buttons Select, Annotate, Links Cut). This area is transparent, left click and right click works, you can select and move nodes. But not zoom or pan. This seems to be a general problem in Blender, but it doesn't disturb in the 3D view, as the 3D-view window is wide compared to the toolshelf, and the toolshelf is filled with buttons anyway. But in the shader editor, on a full-HD display, depending on how my window layout is, the blocked area is about 40-60%, while only the very top is populated with the very few (three) buttons. See picture attached, the whole area circled in red is blocked, without any visual cue. The "non-blocking UI" blocks AND there is no visual way to see why. I can imagine how frustrating a small UI glitch like this might be for new or casual users. If the toolshelf is transparent, then I believe the blocked area shouldn't extend below the lowest button. ![Blender280_shader_editor_no_scrolling_02.PNG](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F6453683/Blender280_shader_editor_no_scrolling_02.PNG) **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** - Make a new window, set it to shader editor. - Open the tool shelf if not already open, make it wide enough to see the text Select / Annotata / Links Cut. - Try to zoom/pan with the MMB.

Zsolt Stefan commented

2019-01-30 14:31:58 +01:00

Added subscriber: @ZsoltStefan

Brecht Van Lommel commented

2019-01-30 14:36:19 +01:00

Closed as duplicate of #59789

Brecht Van Lommel closed this issue

2019-01-30 14:36:19 +01:00

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No MMB zoom/pan in half of shader editor #61020