Bryce Harrington wrote:
On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 08:27:42AM -0600, Aaron Spike wrote:
Johan Engelen wrote:
Still, if someone thinks up a good solution to the, in my opinion profound, usability issue of hidden objects; I would be happy to implement this.
I've thought of a couple things that might help. The first few probably aren't great solutions. All of these things apply equally to locked objects too.
- Remove the hide button from the object properties :-)
- implement a "unhide all" verb
An "unlock all" verb might be worth doing too, if there isn't one already.
What about two options that let you "see hidden objects" and "select locked objects"? That would let you see and select any hidden or locked objects as if they were normal objects. Once an object is selected you can simply uncheck the hide or lock flag as you wish. And when the two options are reset to normal your unchanged objects are again hidden and/or locked. Wouldn't that be easier to fit into a work-flow than the "unhide/unlock *all*" actions?