I believe the space bar, being such a prominent and easy to reach key in most keyboards, should be reserved for something really important and frequently used.
Quite frankly I wouldn't mind at all if it was kept as the current search menu, it is an easy way to reach most operators not immediately available in the UI.

In D3400#79143, @Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii) wrote:

In D3400#79122, @Duarte Farrajota Ramos (duarteframos) wrote:

Some targets are already somewhat confusing (like Closest, which takes the point from the bound box instead of the object).

This is absolutely great, I've been following Germano's work on improving the snap system and it is most welcome improvement. This was probably one of my last remaining gripes with Blender.

The visual feedback of manipulators will make life a lot easier for newcomers and "eyeballed" modeling.

I think this was originally declined by the developers because it tampered too much with the transform code, which was said to be delicate already.
Wondering if something like this could somehow integrate with the new work being done on T54661: Manipulator Widgets Design instead.

In T54963#500023, @Ludvik Koutny (rawalanche) wrote:

I agree that consistency is good, but I am not sure there are that many users associating deselection key with modifier key for inverse of the action. My reasoning for this is that Shift key is very commonly used for addition to selection, not only in CG software, but in common mainstream software.

In T54987#501541, @Tomas (Rusculleda) wrote:

Hi! I'd like to point out that the § symbol is absent from many popular keyboard layouts

Not sure if this fits entirely in this task, but since there seem to be changes in the way input values are treated, Would it be very hard to support ignoring leading zeroes?
Currently if one accidentally types 05 or 003 in a value box it fails to set the property, and the input is ignored and reset to previous value.

In T54951#500286, @William Reynish (billreynish) wrote:

The auto-collapse thing also exists, but you have to hold down a modifier key. We could make it more discoverable somehow.

I'm really loving the style and overall design; vertical tabs and search filtering make a lot more sense.

In T54963#499959, @Mantas Kuginis (MantasKuginis) wrote:

In most 3D industry applications, animation packages, even in file managers, LMB click and drag on empty area = initiates Marquee/ Border select.
LMB click and drag on active area = Gives user ability to Move selected items by dragging

If I may add I'd like to suggest a consistent use of modifier keys.
Currently in Blender the Alt key has become sort of a "reverse" or "opposite" operator for many keys like H hies Alt+H unhides, P Parents, Alt+P unparents, R Rotates, Alt+R clears rotation, you get the idea...

Really like the whole direction this is taking.
One suggestion if I may: If feasible make progress bars bigger, possibly filling the whole available width.
Especially for blocking actions like rendering, or baking simulations, while few other info needs to be displayed.
Or optionally make the progress bar a background thing over which other icons and info are overlayed.

This is looking better and better, 2.8 Outliner is finally going to become what it should have always been, great work!

I can confirm that this happens with any newly added NURBS objects including non "2D" ones like a sphere or wedge.
Pressing Ctrl+J to join them always collapses all shapes into a squashed 2D object.

I see thanks for the clarifications agree with it all.

Really like the direction this is taking. :) A few thoughts from a user point of view:

Any news about this @João Araújo (genio84) ?

This is looking promising, love the direction it is taking. Just two suggestions for right click menu:

Hum my memory might have been a little fuzzy on that, but if I recall correctly some operators (like Add>Cylinder) had some form of primitive "on-canvas properties pop up" though not all of them, and and they had no interactive preview.

I have mentioned it before

In T53139#467056, @Julian Eisel (Severin) wrote:

• Would the popup invoked by "More..." only contain advanced operator settings or all of them (current F6 popup)?

No strong opinion here.

Select Tools (Circle, Lasso, Border)
Allows for circle select to exit after each stroke - so the user can adjust the view (common request).

Hum I see now, I do have a multi-monitor setup and make heavy use of multiple layouts for each monitor window, hand't though of that.
If that is the only use then I agree with Julian, maybe they could just be mostly hidden from the user and handled automagically by Blender in the background.

In T50845#462076, @xan2622 (xan2622) wrote:

The user can simply create a clone of the current workspace if he/she wants an alternative layout.
I haven't really found the need to create other screen layouts (especially because workspaces also do the job).

In T50845#462044, @xan2622 (xan2622) wrote:

a simple button would be enough.

It may be working but it is not committed to master nor included in any official release.
This is indeed a useful improvement though, would be nice to have for 2.8. Is that feasible?

Yes I understand, I feared as much. May this eventually work well for 2.8 then.

Maybe this makes a fine candidate for @Campbell Barton (campbellbarton)'s custom manipulators at T51844

In D2751#65481, @mathieu menuet (bliblubli) wrote:

Very helpful for review. It's a pleasure to see a student with so long commitment.

I'd vote for tucking it away in the right-click menu too. Less visual clutter, no accidental deletions, and it could help make the pulldown menus more visually consistent.

I know this is a work in progress and not finished at all, but I'll leave a few unsolicited suggestions if I may; purely from a mere user point of view:

Cool, lets get this into 2.8! :)

Whooaa! Thanks for changing this behavior. It has always bothered me, but since I don't use it very often I just thought I was the minority here, and it was required for everyone else's workflow.

Oh, sorry, here you go.

Could not recreate here under Windows 7 64 bots Blender 2.78, making duplicates real for both groups defined in the provided file worked as expected.

In T51844#441270, @Campbell Barton (campbellbarton) wrote:

@Duarte Farrajota Ramos (duarteframos) - ok, see what you're getting at, still some Q's remaining.

• Would this be object-mode, edit-mode... both?
• How would this co-exist with the transform manipulator?

Ah true, didn't think it all the way through about when/where to show said manipulators.

Some humble suggestions

Better snapping system is a very important and necessary for a lot of people doing more kind of "precision" or "hard edge" modelling work.
The proposal at T45734: Grab, rotate, scale with basepoint holds some really promising results that I would love eventually see implemented, one way or another.

In D2445#61567, @João Araújo (genio84) wrote:

4. I have renamed "Extend" to "Intersect" and "Batch Extend" to "Extend".

I was about to report this too. With particles set to Hair type or Emitter type, and 1 particle per face, on an arrayed plane, matching the particle count to the exact number of faces produces a similar behavior.

I use Blender daily, but I don't frequently make animations so take it with a grain of salt, I don't have a strong opinion here.
Quite frankly I am one of the 'guilty' users that never used the Animation Player, in fact up until now I was not even aware of its existence or what it did exactly, though I've heard about it before.
If no GSOC student takes it, maybe this could eventually boil down to: Do people really use it? and Are there any decent third party/external alternatives?

I don't find Blender's tooltips bad at all, they are actually quite good. Just some times missing, one specific example of this is for most Cycles nodes properties and sockets tooltips.

Well they all look especially awesome, particularly the "Slight Fresnel on the wires." one. Congrats to you devs for the awesome work, can't wait for 2.8!

In D2566#60039, @Julian Eisel (Severin) wrote:

this is more meant to make it easier for people to do these changes and submit them for master inclusion. (...) It could be a great way to improve our tooltips based on the new guidelines. And everybody could help doing it, not just devs ;)

For context this comes as a from followup for a Blender Stack Exchange question.

From a user point of view I would not mind tucking them away into the popup at all, in fact I would encourage it.
I don't mind the additional clicks required, adding or removing Scenes/Layouts/Workspaces should not be that common task that it requires being always visible, I would value much more the saved space and cleaner UI. It would also add the benefit of allowing removing items other the just the current one.

Totally support this idea. Ideally I in place of a stadalone "Collections Editor" it would all be done through a reworked Outliner with proper support and navigation.
Having a "Collections" mode in the Outliner where one could drill down the all the available Layers, Collections all the way down to individual Object would be my dream scene organization tool.

In D2445#58183, @Sergey Sharybin (sergey) wrote:

Steps: With this file run Trim tool (i do it from spacebar menu) and the error will appear: Cyclic splines needs at least two intersections

In D2445#58197, @João Araújo (genio84) wrote:

I see. The problem with that solution is that the approximation to a "real fillet" (best approach to a circle) can only be as good as the artists' eye. Chamfers become trivial though, but I'm guessing I will no longer be able to allow you to control the angle.

In D2445#58166, @João Araújo (genio84) wrote:
I overlooked that comment. Believe me when I say I tried to do it! But for some reason the input would not accept negative values! I'll give it another shot.

In D2445#57872, @Sergey Sharybin (sergey) wrote:
Not really happy about two extra options for such a little thing here. Can at least get rid of revered direction and allow negative values for the extrude?

Very welcome improvement, certainly handy!