Maniphest T58891

Editor Type Button "User Preferences" is a black hole
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Julian Eisel (Severin)
Authored By
user1 (user1)
Dec 6 2018, 9:51 PM
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  • BF Blender: 2.8
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Julian Eisel (Severin)
user1 (user1)

Description

System Information
Operating system: Linux Mint 19 Tara
Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce GT 630

Blender Version
Broken:
2.80 (sub 35), branch: blender2.8, commit date: 2018-12-05 23:00, hash: c0a71b8369a

Short description of error
When i change the window type of a window to "User Preferences", i can't change again, because there is no exit button. The only way to get rid of the window is by dragging another window type onto it - or by closing Blender.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Switch a window to "User Preferences". Gotcha! Black hole user preferences :)

Worst case: Drag outliner onto Properties and 3D onto outliner. Now you have only the top bar and a 3D window. Turn the 3D window into user preferences. Hehehe...

Related Objects

Mentioned Here
T54115: Redesign User Preferences
rBc0a71b8369a1: Fix problem with unused color slot in framebuffer on some bugged AMD GPUs

Event Timeline

user1 (user1) created this task.Dec 6 2018, 9:51 PM
user1 (user1) updated the task description.Dec 6 2018, 10:03 PM
user1 (user1) updated the task description.
Julian Eisel (Severin) changed the task status from Unknown Status to Archived.Dec 6 2018, 10:58 PM
Julian Eisel (Severin) claimed this task.
Julian Eisel (Severin) added a subscriber: Julian Eisel (Severin).

There actually are other ways out of it, like the Shift+Fxx shortcuts (e.g. Shift+F5 for 3D View).

Technically, this is not a bug since this works just the way it was designed. However, a bigger redesign is done in T54115 and the editor switch button is being discussed there as well.

Closing this report.

user1 (user1) added a comment.Dec 6 2018, 11:42 PM

I just noticed that the "exit" is at the window bottom. So it's just bad design. Sorry for the irritation. Task closed ;)

user1 (user1) changed the task status from Archived to Resolved.Dec 6 2018, 11:42 PM
Julian Eisel (Severin) changed the task status from Resolved to Archived.Dec 7 2018, 12:41 AM

The task status is for our internal management of reports. Resolved is only used for valid reports that were fixed by changes in code.
Changing back to Invalid.