Maniphest T69510

Box Select does not update properties
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Assigned To
Brecht Van Lommel (brecht)
Authored By
Bart Brudz (BartB)
Sep 4 2019, 11:00 PM
Tags
  • BF Blender
  • User Interface
Subscribers
Bart Brudz (BartB)
Brecht Van Lommel (brecht)
Campbell Barton (campbellbarton)
Philipp Oeser (lichtwerk)
William Reynish (billreynish)

Description

System Information
Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.18362 64 Bits
Graphics card: Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 Intel 4.5.0 - Build 24.20.100.6287

Blender Version
Broken: version: 2.80 (sub 75), branch: master, commit date: 2019-07-29 14:47, hash: rBf6cb5f54494e
Broken: version: 2.81 (sub 4), branch: master, commit date: 2019-08-29 17:15, hash: rB33cd0535a0d3

Short description of error
When selecting one an object with box select the properties does not update, even if only one object was selected.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

  1. Select one object by clicking it
  2. Select other object by box selecting it - >properties does not update

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Event Timeline

Bart Brudz (BartB) created this task.Sep 4 2019, 11:00 PM
Philipp Oeser (lichtwerk) lowered the priority of this task from 90 to 80.Sep 5 2019, 11:02 AM
Philipp Oeser (lichtwerk) added a project: User Interface.
Philipp Oeser (lichtwerk) added subscribers: William Reynish (billreynish), Campbell Barton (campbellbarton), Philipp Oeser (lichtwerk).

This is because box selection doesnt set objects active.
This has always been the case, so pretty sure this would not be considered a bug.

Note there have been similar reports:
T68647: objects selected using box select cannot be moved to collection if there is no active object
T68975: lack of active object after using selection tools blocks menus
And I guess (at least for operators), we are slowly transitioning to not rely on an active object.
For the Properties Editor, we need an active object though.

Not sure if this has been discussed before, but the only other alternative would be to set an [arbitrary really] object active from the box selection [probably a no-go, could be considered if only a single object is selected?]
CC @William Reynish (billreynish)
CC @Campbell Barton (campbellbarton)

Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) changed the task status from Unknown Status to Unknown Status.Oct 3 2019, 12:45 AM
Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) claimed this task.
Brecht Van Lommel (brecht) added a subscriber: Brecht Van Lommel (brecht).

Maybe one day the design of active vs. selected objects will be changed, but this is not a bug.