Script Editor may get some updates as we adopt the design system but a full ground up rewrite like we did with menus, ribbons, toolbars, etc. is way off on the horizon.
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It kind of depends on what you mean. We’ve already migrated most of the old actions to the new actions system. So technically, anything you could do in the old UI is accessible via toolbar customization. We can’t fully release the new UI until we’re sure everyone can continue to do their work. So in the next week or so, we’ll be releasing the customization UI and watching to see if we’ve done a good job of doing that.
That said, we absolutely moved some stuff around and there will be some folks upset that they need to re-learn where things are or change their muscle memory a bit. We will get blamed for changing things that didn’t need changing but we’re working towards a bigger picture here where Studio gets a lot more flexible and powerful — we can’t keep cramming new tools and functionality into ribbon tabs and buttons. We’ve done a lot of internal testing with this new UI and everyone that spends a day or two getting used to it, keeps it on.
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Curious will we be able to change the scaling of the ui? Ive been using the ui and its way too big for my screen.
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Will it be possible, with this new UI, to easily change the color, size of the buttons etc? Someone said that it would be possible since this is written in Lua. Would be super nice if you could customize it in that way - whether if it’s a config file or having to do some scripting stuff for it.
When I turned it on it wouldn’t work until I did a fresh install of Studio as it kept closing when I opened it.
@MeshOfPaul relesed a new plugin today with an option to use new style as used in the mockup images does it match the new system??
its using react and uses an table to define each color so changing the colors is easy
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I actually don’t know! We are still waiting for final color palettes to come from our design team.
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It will be technically possible but I don’t have an ETA.
This initial release, we’re focused on customizing the ribbon tabs and toolbars since that enables people’s workflows. We will be making design updates through the rest of this year.
But yes we are using Lua and Stylesheets so in theory we could open up the ability to override/themes/etc. Just a matter of priority.
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Right now you can do some light customization: hiding text labels or setting the ribbon to auto hide.
In the closer future when we do actual design updates, we are considering supporting different “density modes” (compact, medium, etc.)
In the further future, I’m hoping we get the chance to introduce deeper customization where you can be more specific. We do have some challenges with icon scaling and other things that make this less straightforward than it may seem.
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Is the space between the new ribbon left alignment due to some plans for allowing us to customize the left side as well? Because it doesn’t look really great with the extra space between.
That space is completely variable depending on your window width and number of tabs. The play test control area is also variable depending on your test mode. If you left align your tabs, it will still preserve the space needed for the testing controls:
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My tabs are left-aligned in here:
In 667, it was the same as you posted, in 668, it now has this extra space between. I just find it weird lol.
My screenshot is from 669. Also: there’s numerous flags associated with the upcoming release so if you’re overriding flags, there’s a strong chance you’re missing quite a few.
Absolutely. I’ll probably let production version do its thing without any flag overrides after the feature fully gets released, though until then I’ll be a hunter.
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You probably already know this, but in case you don’t, this thing looks pretty out of place in the new UI. Is this being worked on?
The reason is both because the fact that the background of the tabs is completely square (which I like the most), but the other stuff is round.
There is also a little border on the old one, but in the new one there is none.
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is it just me or are a bunch of the binds just not working correctly? please tell me there’s a way to revert because this is clearly unready.
Turn the beta feature off. FILE → Beta features and scroll down
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Binds? Like shortcuts?
Those shouldn’t be affected at all so if you have more specific information that would be helpful.
yeah binds like focus and delete just seem to no longer properly work whenever you move the object or other similar actions, sorry I don’t know what exactly triggers it but it’s spontaneous and random. seems to mostly occur for me with objects such as models, perhaps it’s an issue with the selection? the menu with left click works fine for it but not using the binds.
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Okay making this reply just cuz I wanna know if I’m the only one who thinks this:
Is it just me that think that it’s annoying that there’s nothing to the left of these buttons to make them go more to the right? (Unlike the old one, there was clipboard stuff)
Like you have to move your mouse longer to get to them.