Incorrect color around selected vertices #76739

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opened 2020-05-14 11:14:35 +02:00 by Gilberto Rodrigues · 8 comments
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Broken: 2.8x
Worked: 2.79b

Short description of error
When a vertex is selected. The color highlight on the edges around it is wrong, it's desaturated, washed out, hard to see. Then if you change the viewport to X-ray or wireframe, that highlight color changes to the correct color from the theme. In 2.79 it does not change, it's always correct.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Open blender
Go to edit mode
Select a vertex
See that the highlight in the edges around the vertex is darker and desaturated, not the color selected in the theme.
Change the viewport shading to wireframe
Now the highlight has changed to the right color and matches the theme and has better visibility, it should have been the same in solid view.

**Blender Version** Broken: 2.8x Worked: 2.79b **Short description of error** When a vertex is selected. The color highlight on the edges around it is wrong, it's desaturated, washed out, hard to see. Then if you change the viewport to X-ray or wireframe, that highlight color changes to the correct color from the theme. In 2.79 it does not change, it's always correct. **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** Open blender Go to edit mode Select a vertex See that the highlight in the edges around the vertex is darker and desaturated, not the color selected in the theme. Change the viewport shading to wireframe Now the highlight has changed to the right color and matches the theme and has better visibility, it should have been the same in solid view.
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The drawing follows the select mode (vertex, edge and face). When edge selection mode is active the edges are shown with the themed color. When only vertex selection is active. the edges are shown a bit darkened. This was done so the user sees better in what mode the user is in, especially with the 1-2-3 shortcuts.

#67637 (Selected edges hard to see with wireframe display in 2.80) added the difference for XRay.
Making this report invalid as it works as intended.

The drawing follows the select mode (vertex, edge and face). When edge selection mode is active the edges are shown with the themed color. When only vertex selection is active. the edges are shown a bit darkened. This was done so the user sees better in what mode the user is in, especially with the 1-2-3 shortcuts. #67637 (Selected edges hard to see with wireframe display in 2.80) added the difference for XRay. Making this report invalid as it works as intended.
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To me it just isn't worth it "knowing better" what mode we're in if we can barely see the selection. The points in vertices locations were always a good enough indication of vertex mode. And if it really was the case, then why did they remove the dots in the middle of faces in face mode? If anything, they made it harder to know what selection mode we're in. Also, why not make these same design changes in the UV editor to be consistent? Good that they acknowledged and fixed it for xray and wireframe views, but it is even harder to see in solid mode then it was to see in modes that were fixed... This is a bad and inconsistent design decision. I know you all are very busy, but it's just wrong to not acknowledge mistakes.

To me it just isn't worth it "knowing better" what mode we're in if we can barely see the selection. The points in vertices locations were always a good enough indication of vertex mode. And if it really was the case, then why did they remove the dots in the middle of faces in face mode? If anything, they made it harder to know what selection mode we're in. Also, why not make these same design changes in the UV editor to be consistent? Good that they acknowledged and fixed it for xray and wireframe views, but it is even harder to see in solid mode then it was to see in modes that were fixed... This is a bad and inconsistent design decision. I know you all are very busy, but it's just wrong to not acknowledge mistakes.
Gilberto Rodrigues self-assigned this 2020-05-14 12:31:44 +02:00
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Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Archived'

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

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You can turn the center face dot back on by checking the "center" checkbox in the overlays drops down menu

You can turn the center face dot back on by checking the "center" checkbox in the overlays drops down menu
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Today I discovered that all this time I could have just simply toggled "Edge" in the overlays panel inside edit mode to get the edges highlighted in vertex mode like they were in 2.79. Why didn't anybody tell me that? 😃

Today I discovered that all this time I could have just simply toggled "Edge" in the overlays panel inside edit mode to get the edges highlighted in vertex mode like they were in 2.79. Why didn't anybody tell me that? 😃
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