More views that "duplicate" parts of tree view?

vhristov

Hi,

I was unable to find a similar feature request, but if one exists, please excuse me.

The suggestion I have is to add more views that "duplicate" what is already presented in the tree view (just like animations and skins views).

I don't have a complete idea what these view can exactly do, but the idea is to have views for the following:

constrains
draw order
events
images
audio

My initial idea was to have these separate views to reduce the amount of scroll up and down in the tree view when searching for a given "item", but I believe they can have extra functionality (like pinning in skin view).
For example:

constrains can be selected (for rotate/translate) or configured
draw order can be reoreder
events can be keyframed

What do you think?
I know the idea is not polished but I have the feeling it could potentially speed up working in larger skeletons

P.S.
I don't use audio at all with spine, so the above suggestion to have them as separate views is more for completeness than anything else.

Nate

It's a good idea, we've considered it. The issue is here:
https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/spine-editor/issues/322

We want to complete a few other items first, like folders to help managing the draw order. It would be more work to separate draw order into a view, and then add folders.

There are some other related ideas, like being able to create a new view for any objects properties, or to otherwise have multiple properties visible at once. There's an issue for storing selections permanently, for easier selection and manipulation:
https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/spine-editor/issues/409

For now probably the best tip is to use pageup and pagedown to navigate your selection history. That can reduce the amount of scrolling the tree a LOT. If you have something selected and need to briefly work on something else, afterward you can easily go back to your recent selection without any scrolling.

vhristov

Nate wrote
It's a good idea, we've considered it. The issue is here:
https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/spine-editor/issues/322

Oops. Sorry, I didn't see this.

Nate wrote
For now probably the best tip is to use pageup and pagedown to navigate your selection history. That can reduce the amount of scrolling the tree a LOT. If you have something selected and need to briefly work on something else, afterward you can easily go back to your recent selection without any scrolling.

I didn't know about this. I'll give it a try. Thanks!