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User:Harleya

Harley Acheson

Volunteer Developer


Interests

User Interface, pixel-perfect layout, spelling, grammar, fonts, icons, images, input, internationalization, translation, accessibility.

Unapproved

  • Unicode Codepoint Entry. (D13447)
  • Show User Fonts combined with System Fonts. (D13293)
  • A File Loading Dialog. (D10484)
  • Nicer Operator Confirm Dialog (D10955)
  • Improved Font previews (D12032)
  • Close After Area Duplicate (D11093)
  • Scrollbars that dynamically change width. (D6505)
  • Highlight currently-selected Enum (D6655)
  • Various changes to Topbar menus. (D8706). User poll on the subject
  • Collapse wide enum lists to single column if not enough space. (D6362)
  • Directional Box Selection (D10525)
  • Improved Poll function for FILE_OT_rename (D10554)
  • Changes to Camera View Guides and Borders (D11900)
  • Use Fonts in File Browser Font Lists. (D12606)
  • Change position of Measure/Ruler text. (D10128)
  • Adding meta-data, like video sizes and FPS, to thumbnails. (D9454)
  • Experimenting with ideas for Camera View. (D9506)
  • Windows File Ownership (local and domain) in case we need that one day. (D9403)
  • Improved Contrast for 3DView Overlays (D11967)

3.2

  • Add "OneDrive" Shortcut to Windows System List (D11133)
  • UI: Allow AltGr Key + C,V,X Text Input (D13781)
  • IME Cleanup: Unused GHOST_TEventImeData Member (D11799)
  • BLF: Reduction of use of BLF_DRAW_STR_DUMMY_MAX (D13793)
  • BLF: UI_fontstyle_draw Usage (D13794)
  • Fix T85706: wm_window_make_drawable update DPI (D10483)
  • Win32: Initialize GHOST_WindowWin32 Members (D13886)
  • Win IME: Ideographic Full Stop to Decimal Point (D13903)
  • Fix T93626: Win IME Chinese Numpad Decimal (D13902)
  • Fix T62651: Win32 Multiple Adapters Warning (D13885)
  • BLF: blf_glyph_cache_free Made Static (D13395)
  • BLF: Save fixed_width value in cache (D13226)
  • BLF: Removal of blf_font_draw_ascii Declaration (D13624)
  • BLF: Default Size as Float (D13230)
  • BLF: Cleanup blf_glyph_cache_find & blf_font_size (D13374)
  • BLF: Enable Filtering of woff and woff2 Fonts (D13822)

3.1

  • Preferences / File Paths / Fonts now starts with an initial default path for Mac & Linux, as already done for Windows. (D12802).
  • Open File Browser in thumbnail view when browsing for fonts. (D13040).
  • Font point sizes can now be set using floating-point values. (D8960).
  • Improved feedback while doing interactive (live) area splitting (T94071).
  • Fix T93368: Dragging Blends Without Previews (D13383).
  • Fix T89587: Don't Change Line Width For Previews (D13717)

3.0

  • Improved mouse cursor feedback during Area Split and Join at unsupported locations. (3b1a16833b).
  • Optionally use a capture of the entire main window as the blend preview thumbnail. (58632a7f3c).
WorkspaceThumbs.png
  • Increased resolution of blend file thumbnails. (bf0ac711fd).
BlendThumbnailSizeComparison.png
  • Area maintenance "Close" can now be scripted. (9290b41381)
  • Less jiggling of contents when moving nodes. (400605c3a6).
  • Resizing areas now snap (with Ctrl) to more consistent locations. (e5ed9991ea).
  • Substantial speed increases for interface text drawing. (d5261e973b, 0d7aab2375)
  • Allow use of specialty and legacy fonts like Wingdings and Symbol. (ae920d789e).
  • Show Descriptive Font Names, not file names. (8aa1c0a326, b5bfb5f34c).
FontDisplayNames.png
  • Corner action zones allow joining any neighbors. Improved Header Context Menu. (8b049e4c2a, c76141e425).
BisectWithJoin.png
CloseOperator.png
  • If saving a file using CloseSave dialog, do not close if there is an error doing so, like if read-only. (cfa20ff03b).
  • Capture object thumbnails at an oblique angle for better preview of the shapes. (ecc7a83798).
PreviewOrientation.png
  • Do not create thumbnail previews of offline files, to avoid slow listings of Windows OneDrive folders. (ee5ad46a0e).
OfflineFiles.png
  • Improved positioning of menu mnemonic underlines, especially when using custom font. (0fcc063fd9).
  • "Render" Window now top-level (not child) on Windows platform, back to behavior prior to 2.93. (bd87ba90e6).
  • Improved placement of child windows when using multiple monitors with any above any others (Win32). (d75e45d10c).
  • Windows users can now associate current installation with Blend files in Preferences. (bcff0ef9ca).
Blend File Association.png
  • 3DView Statistics Overlay now shows Local statistics if you are in Local View (c8e331f450).
  • Improved scaling of File Browser preview images. (cb548329ea).
PreviewScaling.png
  • Do not resize temporary windows (Preferences, Render, etc) if they are already open. (643720f8ab).
  • Win32: Improved placement of windows when using multiple monitors that differ in DPI and scale. (999f1f7504).
  • Easier Area Resizing (84dcf12ceb).
  • Open File Browser with Thumbnails for Fonts (9cfffe8468).
  • Change File Manager "Favorites" to "Bookmarks" (a79c33e8f8).

2.93

  • Transform arrow cursor improvements in shape and in response to line width changes. (b4b02eb4ff).
TransformArrowComparison.png
  • Navigation Gizmo changes. Better indication of negative axes, consistent use of color and size to indicate orientation, ability to be resized. (ded9484925).
NavigateGizmoHighlight.png
  • Position Gizmo tooltips below their bounds so as to not obscure themselves. (cf6d17a6aa).
GizmoTooltips.png
  • Use ellipsis character when truncating strings no matter how narrow. (de3f369b30).
  • Windows OS - Allow any input language, regardless of translated display language. (f2781e1c7c).
  • Windows OS - Show child windows on top of parent windows. (261fa052ac).
  • Temporary windows no longer take over the space of other windows. (492e64c7bc).
  • Improved contrast for Status Bar report messages. (694bc4d040).
Status Bar Reports.png
  • Window / "New Window" now opens with a single editor. (be9842f65b).
  • Blender thumbnails now saved without "Camera View"-style Passepartout. (9c395d6275).
  • Improved positioning of child windows, relative to parents, when using multiple monitors. (d447bd3e4a).

2.91

  • Categorized List Menus get slight change in format with nicer headings. (aa244a7a68).
Categorized Menu.png

2.90

  • Scene statistics available in 3D viewport with an (optional) "Statistics" Viewport Overlay. (fd10ac9aca).
Statistics Overlay
  • Status Bar now showing only version by default, but context menu can enable statistics, memory usage, etc. (c08d847488).
Status Bar Context Menu
  • About Blender dialog added to the App menu to contain information like build, branch, and hash values. This declutters the Splash Screen and highlights only the release version. (5b86fe6f33).
About18.png
  • Area borders given much larger hit area to make them easier to resize. (4e8693ffcd)
Increased Border Hit Area
  • Support for Windows Shell Links (shortcuts) in File Browser. Extended Mac Alias usage. Better display of linked items. (1f223b9a1f)
Shortcuts and Aliases
  • Option to print text in bold or italics style, synthesized from a single base UI font. (b74cc23dc4)

2.83

  • Support for file attributes and hidden files. (1fb62d1272)
  • Show icons for special folder locations. (1af8e0cc6c) (a622e29a25)
  • Improve toolbar width snapping (ac7eb71089)
  • Change Area Duplicate Icon (452834f1e3)
  • On Windows, restore app from minimized when closing from taskbar (22ca8b8aee)
  • Dynamically enable and disable Edit Menu items based on whether currently applicable (b707504973)
  • Visual changes to Info Editor (aa919f3e82)
  • Improved keyboard symbols for menus and status bar, following platform conventions. (dc3f073d1c) (f051d47cdb)
  • Overflowing text lines now use ellipsis character to indicate line continuation. (63d5b974cc)
  • Larger Alert icons for dialogs (a210b8297f)
  • Language Selection on "Quick Start" Splash screen (a210b8297f)

2.82

  • Custom Face Orientation Colors, defined in the theme
Screenshot 2020-01-23 at 12.37.04.png
  • Various small tweaks to how the Text Editor looks (8c6ce74239)
  • The File Browser now uses special new icons for Volumes and System Lists (7c2217cd12)