Improve organization of Paint Mode tool settings #62490

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William Reynish · 2019-03-12T13:44:03+01:00

William Reynish commented

2019-03-12 13:44:03 +01:00

When using the paint modes, we have a Tools section in the Properties.

Currently it looks like this:

The problem is that it's incredibly disorganized.

The color palette swatches are far away from the palette picker
The color gradient appears far away from the Use Gradient checkbox
The lock icons next to the Strength and Radius icons have nothing to do with locking anything at all
The brush picker itself is overly large, and the current, fixed images don't update when you change brush settings

So, here's how we could re-organize the Paint Mode Tool Properties:

Sub-sections opened:

Organize things more logically.
Keep palette picker and the palette itself together.
Keep Gradient checkbox and gradient controls together
Improve the brush preview and make it dynamic (harder)
Improve the color wheel and color foreground/background controls
Color wheel slider is much too narrow currently - make it wider and easier to hit.
Remove the lock icons and add a separate panel with descriptive options instead.

When using the paint modes, we have a Tools section in the Properties. Currently it looks like this: ![Screenshot 2019-03-12 at 13.58.04.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F6809872/Screenshot_2019-03-12_at_13.58.04.png) The problem is that it's incredibly disorganized. - The color palette swatches are far away from the palette picker - The color gradient appears far away from the Use Gradient checkbox - The lock icons next to the Strength and Radius icons have nothing to do with locking anything at all - The brush picker itself is overly large, and the current, fixed images don't update when you change brush settings So, here's how we could re-organize the Paint Mode Tool Properties: ![Screenshot 2019-03-12 at 13.39.41.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F6809833/Screenshot_2019-03-12_at_13.39.41.png) Sub-sections opened: ![Screenshot 2019-03-12 at 13.40.03.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F6809836/Screenshot_2019-03-12_at_13.40.03.png) - Organize things more logically. - Keep palette picker and the palette itself together. - Keep Gradient checkbox and gradient controls together - Improve the brush preview and make it dynamic (harder) - Improve the color wheel and color foreground/background controls - Color wheel slider is much too narrow currently - make it wider and easier to hit. - Remove the lock icons and add a separate panel with descriptive options instead.

William Reynish commented

2019-03-12 13:44:03 +01:00

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