New Gumball is devastatingly bad. Here are some proposals how to fix it

I still think that having the option to choose between ā€œmanually draggingā€ and ā€œnumerical inputā€ as the remembered value is the best way to go. They both have their own strength.

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you actually do and i honestly think its best as it is now actually. it will never delete the last value by itself. if you have to drag an object manually be aware that it overrides the last value and if you so urged to move it manually then for crying out loud just enter the numeric value again, it is not that you are juggling between numeric and manual at each single step.

but ok ok, if you so much hate the manual repeat as @gustojunk , then why not having a check box - remember manual drag

I like both ways of remembering the last used value, but as you can see some other people prefer either the value remembered after a manual dragging with Gumball (which is a tool with handles specifically designed for manual dragging) or the one remembered after typing an exact number in the box (the ā€œMoveā€ tool is designed especially for that purpose). :slight_smile: This is why I think that everyone will be happy if there is an option to choose which method to use.

i am totally with you, i for my part honestly use the numeric values more often as the manual repeat value, so yeah i relate very little to the OP. but it is not a big deal to remember its ability and to deal with it accordingly, at least just not enough to make a rant anyway. entering a value one more time if so happened it really is not a big deal. but whateverā€¦ have a good slide into the new year Bobi keep it up :slight_smile:

tab is already used for subd smooth/ box toggle.

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For me too this solution was the best. Now it no longer remembers the dragged value. It was useful for certain situations that she was remembered.

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Dragged value is ok if itā€™s not to an ā€œaccuracyā€ of 15 DIGITS! Impossibly small. Canā€™t think of a good reason for it. Convince me. Thatā€™s around the diameter of a proton!

yes please, i also wanted to write that up for quite a while. a quick Ā± button or similar.

you are too late, the new release already has this handy function eradicatedā€¦ i think i will not update anymore and keep the old versionā€¦ :flushed: :man_shrugging:

Yes please! There is an obvious way to do it as well - hold shift when clicking the gumball (which I think is currently unassigned) to make it transform the positive/negative reverse of whatever is in the text box!

You can please all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but you cannot please all of the people all of the timeā€¦

actually not at all. the sun shines only for half of the world at a time. you can argue that it keeps shining anyway, but the people will not conceive it as such. even Buddha might not have been in bliss all of the time, without dynamics there is no existence, if you dont feel a difference you are most likely dead.

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Adding an option to choose which distance to remember for the Gumball would please everyone.

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i think it would have to be something like remember manual drag to be included, an option for either might not be a good idea.

Post #69 shows an image with the best possible solution, because it grants the user a full freedom about that option. :slight_smile:

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I think that was a given. Didnā€™t he spent his life trying to find it?

i hope so, i am not a specialist though, but that is something which everybody should be doing, eternal bliss might never be achievable, but never to stop making it better is definitely something worth striving for.

Iā€™m happy to show you the Gumball of Rhino 9 which has optional extra handles for Drag strength while maintaining the original ones for the full strength. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: Since they are customizable, the user could show or hide any of them separately. For example, the user could opt to show only the Drag strength handles for Move, while those for Rotate and Scale remain hidden. Also, the user could choose whether the Drag strength handles are always visible (no need to activate the ā€œDrag strengthā€ tool) or only temporarily shown while the ā€œDrag strengthā€ tool is active.

While dragging, rotating or scaling in a certain direction or plane, it would be nice to temporarily hide the majority of other handles to make the Gumball look minimalistic and allow better visibility over the adjusted object or sub-object.

Optionally, the numerical value of the Drag strength could be displayed next to the active (grabbed) handle while manipulating the selected object. This is a convenient reminder to help the user remember the currently set value. To change the drag strength value, the user should open the native ā€œDrag strengthā€ panel. After closing it, the Drag strength handles remain visible on the Gumball.

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Is there any chance to see the improvements shown in the post above in the official Rhino 8 release?

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