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  • Published 18 Aug 2022

Easier User theme customization suggestion

I was just fiddling around with the theme customization and its very complicated and I think it might keep some users from creating the theme layouts they'd prefer. I know there are some themes available online but it feels like some parts of those themes are what you'd like and some parts aren't and its just frustrating trying to find the perfect fit. So I came up with an idea I think could be useful to help out some folks who are determined to create their perfect theme color palettes that could also save them some time theming and give them more time modeling.

So you know how there's a color picking eyedropper that's been a thing for color wheels and color selection in general in all forms of color manipulation and software? What if in Blender, it could be implemented in the theme customization options?

So for example, lets say you want to change a specific color on a specific bar. At the current stage, you'd be scrolling through dozens of various settings for all kinds of bars, icons, windows, etc., trying to find that one specific thing you're looking for to change its settings. I love that blender allows users to customize just about everything but it can be daunting at its current stage and I feel like most users give up on creating their perfect theme.

So, my idea is what if a button was added to the blender themes preferences window where you click it and its just an eyedropper icon, what this button does once clicked is it allows you to select the exact icon, window, bar, text, whatever, that you'd like to customize in the main blender view and once that selection of that item you want to customize is made with the eyedropper enabled, it takes you directly to that theme customization option for the color and other settings in the themes preferences? Maybe with some kind of outline on the thing you selected so you can see exactly the choice you selected for further clarification while you mess around with the customization settings in the preferences?

Perhaps once that selection is made, you could make a radio button near the eye dropper with options to either show every color that's the same value as the selection you made in other windows, bars, etc., in the themes section so you can modify all the colors at the same time or just to only show the specific color for the selection you've made?

I feel like that would be a huge leap forward in blender customizations for themes and many users will be happy with that and the slightly overwhelming selection options will become easier to manage for the everyday user. I should also mention that I am not an experienced programmer so this is not my area of expertise but I figured id bring it up as I think it could be a nice improvement overall. Thank you very much for reading my essay and sorry for it actually being an essay. Just wanted to make sure it's understood what I am proposing. :)

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naps
18 Aug 2022

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Lauloque

Basically the Theme Editor Addon but out of the box.

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naps Author

I guess its true what they say that whatever idea you come up with. someone's already thought of it. it's a shame that a feature that should be built-in is a paid addon but it is what it is, it was worth a shot though either way. thanks for the consideration and keep up the good work!