Resource browser woes

[grant_PD]

The resource browser could use a cleanup.

I'd like to order it the way I want it, or at least have the main window like an OS browser so I can see the contents as folders. That way I don't have to scroll to the bottom for the thing I invariably need.

The attached picture shows what some of my most valuable hatches look like in preview. They are completely useless as previews. I need to be able to see the thumbnail to a scaling of my choice for this to work.

[PVA - Admin]

For the preview aspect of the request, would this be a permanent setting, such as a scaling slider for the Hatches section of the resource browser that could be set at something like 125% and then left alone?

Or would be be smoother and more intuitive for simply scrolling the mouse in and out over a given hatch to scale the preview for that particular thumbnail up and down accordingly, keeping that setting until changed by the user?

[zoomer]

I'm used to have the scaling sliders elsewhere and find them quite useful.

Preview normally happens in a side Window by clicking once or a new

Window by double click.

Mouseover sounds pretty good too but am not sure if that may be disturbing.

Probably by a little delay ?

[PVA - Admin]

Perhaps hover-over could trigger a much larger preview to pop up onscreen temporarily, then it would vanish after clicking or mousing away?

[PVA - Admin]

Submitting the sortability request separately now.

[zoomer]

A)

Mouseover > Pling Popup

Mouse away > Floop Popup disappears

or

B)

Mouse click on Thumbnail > Pling Popup or Window

Mouse click on Popup > edit settings etc.

Mouse click on screen > Floop Popup disappears

or both ?

Does this make sense ?

[PVA - Admin]

It does! Especially the Floop and Pling

[zoomer]

Oh, I can live without the OS X to Dock Animations

[twk]

Not to hijack the thread, just adding on to resource browser redesign thoughts.

Would be great to have search box at the top to type in what you're looking for and have the list of items in the folder filter out according to your search string. If you have a look at C4d's way of filter items in it's object manager that's kind of what i'm getting at. At the ability to show or not show certain resources, eg show or hide hatch group, symbol group, texture group.etc

Not sure if I should open up another topic, but this search string function would be helpful in the navigation pallette as well, in the classes tab especially, and viewports tab.

Edited December 10, 2014 by TuiWalker