Tool tab in Properties Editor only tracks the 3D Viewport tools! #71114

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Geoffrey Megardon · 2019-10-26T11:26:14+02:00

Geoffrey Megardon commented

2019-10-26 11:26:14 +02:00

System Information
Operating system: Windows 10
Graphics card: Any

Blender Version
Broken: 2.80

Description of error
If you select a tool in any editor that is not the 3D Viewport, then the tool is not updated in the properties editor's tool tab.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

Go in the UV editing workspace,
Select the tool tab in the editor properties,
Select a tool in 3D Viewport (the tool is updated in the editor properties),
Select a tool in the UV editor (the tool won't be updated in the editor properties).

Suggested Solution

The tool tab is currently tracking the last tool used in 3D Viewport.

Solution 1 is to make the tool tab track the last tool used in any editors.

Solution 2 is to add a dropdown list in the tool tab so that the user can chose whether to track: last used tool, 3D viewport, UV editor, Image Editor, Shader Editor, etc...
Note that Solution 2 makes the tool tab more flexible for multi-monitors situation.

Related Link
I reported it as a papercut here: https://devtalk.blender.org/t/blender-ui-paper-cuts/2596/3402?u=nodragem
Then it was highlighted as a bug here: https://devtalk.blender.org/t/blender-2-8-user-interface-design/505/1448?u=nodragem

**System Information** Operating system: Windows 10 Graphics card: Any **Blender Version** Broken: 2.80 **Description of error** If you select a tool in any editor that is not the 3D Viewport, then the tool is not updated in the properties editor's tool tab. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** - Go in the UV editing workspace, - Select the tool tab in the editor properties, - Select a tool in 3D Viewport (the tool is updated in the editor properties), - Select a tool in the UV editor (the tool won't be updated in the editor properties). **Suggested Solution** The tool tab is currently tracking the last tool used in 3D Viewport. Solution 1 is to make the tool tab track the last tool used in any editors. Solution 2 is to add a dropdown list in the tool tab so that the user can chose whether to track: last used tool, 3D viewport, UV editor, Image Editor, Shader Editor, etc... Note that Solution 2 makes the tool tab more flexible for multi-monitors situation. **Related Link** I reported it as a papercut here: https://devtalk.blender.org/t/blender-ui-paper-cuts/2596/3402?u=nodragem Then it was highlighted as a bug here: https://devtalk.blender.org/t/blender-2-8-user-interface-design/505/1448?u=nodragem

Geoffrey Megardon commented

2019-10-26 11:26:14 +02:00

Added subscriber: @Nodragem

Campbell Barton commented

2019-10-29 11:15:50 +01:00

Added subscriber: @ideasman42

Campbell Barton commented

2019-10-29 11:15:50 +01:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Archived'

Campbell Barton closed this issue

2019-10-29 11:15:50 +01:00

Campbell Barton self-assigned this 2019-10-29 11:15:50 +01:00

Campbell Barton commented

2019-10-29 11:15:50 +01:00

This is currently working as intended.

Closing, since this is a request/design task and the issue tracker only accepts bug reports from users see: https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Not_a_bug

This is currently working as intended. Closing, since this is a request/design task and the issue tracker only accepts bug reports from users see: https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Not_a_bug

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Tool tab in Properties Editor only tracks the 3D Viewport tools! #71114