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96 lines
4.7 KiB
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**Scene Workspaces** creates an alternative workspaces topbar, allowing you to filter and reorder workspaces, scene by scene.
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Basically, you can decide which workspace you want to link to each scene.
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> Scene Workspaces is based on simple custom properties at scene level.
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Scene Workspaces can be particularly useful in projects with multiple scenes with different needs/purpose.
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### Make yourself comfortable
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You can customize Scene Workspaces from add-on preferences:
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- **Show only with multiple scenes** *(default: off)*
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*Show the topbar (and eventually the checkbox) only when the project has multiple scenes.
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Basically, Scene Workspaces disappear as long as you have one scene only.*
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- **Auto initialize Scene Workspaces** *(default: on)*
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*Automatically add all available workspaces to the current scene, if empty.
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If available workspaces match one of the 5 default templates, they will be automatically ordered on initialization. Otherwise, workspaces will be ordered alphabetically.*
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- **Show Checkbox** *(default: on)*
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*When active, shows a checkbox to switch between Scene Workspaces and the default topbar.*
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*This checkbox will directly affect the next preference.*
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- **Use Scene Workspaces topbar** *(default: on)*
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*Switch between Scene Workspaces topbar and the default topbar.*
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- **Use Compact Mode** *(default: on)*
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*Also avaliable from the workspace menu.*
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*Compact Mode ON*
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*Compact Mode OFF*
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### Topbar menus
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What you can usually to do by right-clicking on a workspace (and more) it's avaliable by clicking the near options button.
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The first options are the ones from Scene Workspaces:
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- **Toggle Compact Mode** *(preference)*
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- **Unlink workspace from scene**
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- **Rename** *(for all scenes)*
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- **Reorder to front** *(only for this scene)*
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- **Move left** *(only for this scene)*
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- **Move right** *(only for this scene)*
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- **Reorder to back** *(only for this scene)*
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- **Previous workspace** *(using scene order) `Shift + Ctrl + Page Up`*
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- **Next Workspace** *(using scene order) `Shift + Ctrl + Page Down`*
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> **Note**
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> Default options like `Reorder to Front`, `Reorder to Back` will only affect the global workspaces, and not the Scene Workspaces topbar.
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> *Instead, use the ones marked with `(scene only)` or use the panel instead.*
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> Also, default options `Previous Workspace` and `Next Workspace` will follow the global workspaces order, and not the scene order.
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> *Instead, use the ones marked with `(scene)` or the relative shortcuts (default ones + Shift).*
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---
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You can link other workspaces to the current scene, using the menu with the workspace icon:
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or by clicking the active workspace, if it's not currently linked
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You can also copy the linked workspaces from another scene, using the menu with the duplicate icon:
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### Panel Management
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You can always reorder, rename, link and unlink the Scene Workspaces, using the panel `Properties > Scene > Scene Workspaces`.
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*At the top, you can select and reorder, rename or unlink any workspace.*
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*At the bottom, you can link the missing workspaces to the current scene.*
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### Templates
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You can use the add-on [Custom Templates](https://extensions.blender.org/add-ons/custom-templates/) to prepare templates with your Scene Workspaces already configured.
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## Why this add-on?
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In Blender, workspaces are common across scenes.
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At the same time, you may need different workspaces in different scenes, depending on the purpose of the scene.
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*For example, you may want a scene with workspaces optimized for modelling and another Scene optimized for Video Editing, in the same project.*
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**Scene Workspaces** make this possible with the custom topbar and a custom property for each scene.
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---
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For more info, checkout the project's [README](https://projects.blender.org/Francesco-Bellini/scene_workspaces_addon/src/branch/main/README.md). |