Maniphest T67291

Incorrect Areas affected by Timeline Playback settings
Confirmed, NormalDESIGN
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Sam Brubaker (rocketman)
Jul 20 2019, 6:05 AM
Tags
  • BF Blender
  • Animation & Rigging
Subscribers
Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii)
Hjalti Hjálmarsson (hjalti)
Sam Brubaker (rocketman)
Sybren A. Stüvel (sybren)

Description

Version: 2.80 rc2 (Linux 64)

Timeline_bug.blend616 KBDownload

To reproduce:

  1. Open the example file (enable "Load UI" too)
  2. With the mouse cursor in the 3d view, play the animation using Shift + Space (or Alt + A, whatever your keymap is)
  3. Ignore the 3d view. Notice which animation editors show a moving playhead.
  4. Inspect the playback settings in the timeline editor.
  5. Disable "All 3d Viewports" and repeat step 2.
  6. Now Enable "Active Editor Only" and repeat step 2.

With certain settings, the Dope Sheet and Timeline show playback even when the Graph Editor and NLA do not. It's as if these windows think they are 3d viewports!

Event Timeline

Sam Brubaker (rocketman) created this task.Jul 20 2019, 6:05 AM
Sam Brubaker (rocketman) added a project: Animation & Rigging.
Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii) lowered the priority of this task from 90 to 50.Jul 22 2019, 1:39 PM
Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii) added a subscriber: Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii).

I can confirm.
Graphic Editor and Non-Linear Animation are not tagged for redraw.
Maybe the notifier need to specify a few more areas.

Sybren A. Stüvel (sybren) claimed this task.Dec 12 2019, 2:06 PM
Sybren A. Stüvel (sybren) added a subscriber: Hjalti Hjálmarsson (hjalti).Dec 12 2019, 2:49 PM
In T67291#730234, @Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii) wrote:

Graphic Editor and Non-Linear Animation are not tagged for redraw.
Maybe the notifier need to specify a few more areas.

This would imply that the problem is "not enough areas are redrawn", whereas I read it as "too many areas are redrawn".

The behaviour seems to be intentional and almost according to the manual, so I wouldn't consider this a bug. The only difference is that the dope sheet behaves in the same was as the documented behaviour of the timeline.

Having said that, I conferred with @Hjalti Hjálmarsson (hjalti) and we both agree that 'Active Editor Only' should mean just that, and not 'active editor + timeline + dope sheet'. I'll convert this task into a 'To Do', as such a change would need some more input and careful thinking to get it right.

Sybren A. Stüvel (sybren) lowered the priority of this task from 50 to Normal.Dec 12 2019, 2:49 PM
Sybren A. Stüvel (sybren) triaged this task as 50 priority.
Sybren A. Stüvel (sybren) lowered the priority of this task from 50 to Normal.
Sybren A. Stüvel (sybren) edited a custom field.
Sybren A. Stüvel (sybren) moved this task from Backlog to TODOs on the Animation & Rigging board.
Sybren A. Stüvel (sybren) removed Sybren A. Stüvel (sybren) as the assignee of this task.Nov 9 2020, 5:38 PM
Sybren A. Stüvel (sybren) added a subscriber: Sybren A. Stüvel (sybren).
Sybren A. Stüvel (sybren) changed the subtype of this task from "To Do" to "Design".Nov 16 2020, 3:53 PM
Sybren A. Stüvel (sybren) moved this task from TODOs to Design on the Animation & Rigging board.

Reclassifying this task from TODO to Design, as the task is not concrete enough to actually start implementation.
See the 2020-11-12 module meeting notes for more information.