Can't successfully select multiple objects between two outliners #71613

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Manu Järvinen · 2019-11-15T16:56:02+01:00

Manu Järvinen commented

2019-11-15 16:56:02 +01:00

System Information
Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.17763 64 Bits
Graphics card: Radeon RX Vega M GH Graphics ATI Technologies Inc. 4.5.13543 Core Profile Context 25.20.15003.5010

Blender Version
Broken: version: 2.82 (sub 1), branch: master, commit date: 2019-11-14 09:44, hash: 8ff9eb97fb

Short description of error
Sometimes in a scene there's so many objects that you want to have two outliners open in order to select specific files. However, selecting an object in one outliner and CTRL+selecting another object in another outliner is not possible.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

Have two objects in a scene
Have two outliners open
Select one object in an outliner
CTRL-Select the other object in the other outliner
The selection of the first object is lost, which is undesired

**System Information** Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.17763 64 Bits Graphics card: Radeon RX Vega M GH Graphics ATI Technologies Inc. 4.5.13543 Core Profile Context 25.20.15003.5010 **Blender Version** Broken: version: 2.82 (sub 1), branch: master, commit date: 2019-11-14 09:44, hash: `8ff9eb97fb` **Short description of error** Sometimes in a scene there's so many objects that you want to have two outliners open in order to select specific files. However, selecting an object in one outliner and CTRL+selecting another object in another outliner is not possible. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** - Have two objects in a scene - Have two outliners open - Select one object in an outliner - CTRL-Select the other object in the other outliner - The selection of the first object is lost, which is undesired ![two_outliners.gif](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F8092321/two_outliners.gif)

Manu Järvinen commented

2019-11-15 16:56:02 +01:00

Added subscriber: @ManuJarvinen

Stanislav Blinov commented

2019-11-15 17:29:32 +01:00

Added subscriber: @Stan_Pancakes

Stanislav Blinov commented

2019-11-15 17:29:32 +01:00

Perhaps worth mentioning that in 2.80 and before, extending selection via different outliners does work (though it's shift+click there, of course).

Jacques Lucke commented

2020-01-08 16:05:46 +01:00

Added subscribers: @natecraddock, @JacquesLucke

Jacques Lucke commented

2020-01-08 16:05:46 +01:00

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Confirmed'

Jacques Lucke commented

2020-01-08 16:05:46 +01:00

I can reproduce the issue.

dupoxy commented

2020-01-08 17:06:14 +01:00

Added subscriber: @dupoxy

Nathan Craddock commented

2020-01-08 22:06:31 +01:00

Added subscriber: @ideasman42

Nathan Craddock commented

2020-01-08 22:06:31 +01:00

This is by design. In my discussions with @ideasman42 during development, we decided that users rarely have more than one outliner open at a time so outliner-to-outliner syncing is not something very needed. But we decided if the need arose, it could be implemented.

That being said, I did have this working at one point, and it should be simple to re-implement if desired.

Edit: more than one outliner

This is by design. In my discussions with @ideasman42 during development, we decided that users rarely have more than one outliner open at a time so outliner-to-outliner syncing is not something very needed. But we decided if the need arose, it could be implemented. That being said, I did have this working at one point, and it should be simple to re-implement if desired. Edit: **more than one** outliner

Campbell Barton commented

2020-01-09 09:58:29 +01:00

Changed status from 'Confirmed' to: 'Archived'

Campbell Barton closed this issue

2020-01-09 09:58:29 +01:00

Campbell Barton self-assigned this 2020-01-09 09:58:29 +01:00

Campbell Barton commented

2020-01-09 09:58:29 +01:00

Closing since this is working as intended.

While we can support different behavior, there should be a practical use case.

Closing since this is working as intended. While we can support different behavior, there should be a practical use case.

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Can't successfully select multiple objects between two outliners #71613