Design and implement components to edit material values (vectors etc)

[tonihele]

Design and implement components to edit material values (vectors etc). I think we are mainly missing editors for matrices and vectors. And int & float arrays and array vectors. It is difficult for a new comer to understand how to input these values. Like the decimal separator is always "." and what is a vector separator etc...

Challenge is to design components that provide ease to use but also efficient for those who'd just prefer to write the value quickly.

These are distributed from com.jme3.gde.materials.multiview.widgets.WidgetFactory.

[neph1]

Would make it easier if we could get some reference design. How do others do it?

[tonihele]

Yes, that is a very good question. Maybe vectors could use similar to the colors. Separate text fields for the separate vector components. Also the very least we could add validation to the components. Like floats are supposed to be given with "." separator and all that. Prevent wrong inputs and guide for the right format. Also for vector if we end up having it in single input. I did look about masks, but I dont think those are usable in our cases. Shame.

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[neph1]

Here's Unity for some inspiration.

Having sliders for floats is not a bad idea. There's plenty of space.
Maybe make inserting values into Vector4f manually an extra step. They take up the most space.

[neph1]

I've begun with a slider for floats that are bound 0-1.

Edit: So regarding this. Is it really just Metallic, Roughness, Glossiness? Maybe not worth it.

[neph1]

Should we just remove the option to set values for the color? The selector allows fine grained editing of RGB values.