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  • Published 30 Aug 2019

Icon Layout for Overlays Popup

I suggest a redesign of the Popup for Overlays to make easy to use and find the options with a compact menu done with icons.

The buttons will have individual ToolTip description for new users.

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Alberto
30 Aug 2019

4 Comments

Pascal

isn't this too much icons in one place? also that means other popovers have to adhere to this design change and they are context sensitive , i would ask for trying a color coded version but then we'll have a rainbow forest, especially with the flat icons, this needs testing and iteration to make it work.

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Alberto Author

its context sensitive, but in that situation blender needs 40 controls.... but also in that situation works better than actual solution and it easy to find what you want and to train muscle memory

also it's and example of possible solution, with less width the solution could be better and easy to read * @PK_GO *

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WickedInsignia

So much easier to associate with icons than words. Although a combination of the two would be optimal so as not too rely too much on tooltips, this looks really damn nice. +1.

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blenderjoe

Great idea but maybe It would be better to have a

  1. HYBRID of those layouts (icons+ text)
  2. Allso to have an OPTION to select between textish and iconish styles by box select --> in the top part of viewport overlays menu (there is much space for that).

Some people like me find it faster to look on text than two crowded rows of icons with low contrast. :) icons + text would be great :D