In this quick Blender 2.5 video tip we demonstrate how to extend the functionality of the spacebar with the Dynamic Spacebar Menu addon. The addon is included with Blender 2.55 allows easy access many commonly used tools and features. Right under your mouse.
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Thanks! It’s nice to have that.
Thanks Jonathan
Hi,Jonathan,
Thanks for leading to dynamic spacebar menu activation procedure.
I activated it in Blender 2.55 and it works as you explained and helpful.
That’s a great tip! I have seen it before, but tend to forget that it exist, and in stead hunt around in the interface for the command I’m looking for. I will try hard to remember, and use, the space bar meny from now on, though.
RK
now thats a great tip and an awesome addon.
That’s awesome, thanks for the tip.
That is a helpful tip. Nice to be able to add something to the scene with spacebar like I am used to, but was just getting used to using shift+A.
very nice tutorial . I got my dynamic space bar menu now . Thank you Jonathan .
That is just WAY better than the default setting, plus i don’t have to do stupid “shift+a” anymore.
Thanks for that!
It’s funny that it’s actually an improved version of what was in blender already(2.49).
Great tip, thanks
Nice. I like these quick tips.
Great tool, maybe it’s possible to combine the two quick menus in one menu.
Instead of putting a search button, you can put a search textfield. The moment you type a word in the textfield it replace the menu with the search content. It’s just an idea.
now I just need to remember the key-shortcuts for changing modes…
I never could get used to Shift-A after using the spacebar for so many years. And now it’s new and improved! Thanks for pointing this out, Jonathan.
Cool feature, very handy indeed.
Currently I have no Blender here but does double-tapping spacebar bring you directly to the search menu? I guess it would because this menu still shows spacebar as the hotkey for the search menu. If it doesn’t this would definitely be worth a feature request.
No it doesn’t. I like the idea someone else mentioned of having the search entry in the dynamic menu being a actual search field.
-Jonathan
That’s indeed a pity. But yeah, as I said this would be worth filing a feature request. The idea of having a search field directly on this menu instead of double-tapping spacebar sounds even better. Then as soon as you start typing the rest of this menu has to disappear for showing the search results.
To avoid confusion the word “spacebar” as command for the search field should of course vanish from the menu.
Good News!!!
Now we have not only the space bar back, but the hability to reach many Menus starting in one key.
Great Tip, man!
Thank you, Thank you. This will save me soooo much time, as I sometimes just can’t remember with something is. Wonderful tip.
Nice tip! thanks.
A quick question if someone know… how do you add an avatar picture you the comment? I can’t find it anywhere, and when I was logged as citizen I couldn’t find it either.
Very cool! It reminds me of Wings3D, where all main context sensitive operations are shoved into a right click menu, so you don’t need to look for where the button is on the UI, or have to remember the shortcut key.
I’m 3DS and Maya user. I still miss the quad menu.
However this is really neat.
Thanks, Jonathan.
This will be a real time saver.
When is a tutorial on the integration of Yafaray in blender 2.55 luxrender like?
Awesome! Nice tip! Thanks!
There’s a bug in this addon, when you hit File > New you have to untick and retick it in User Preferences for it to work again. Bug has been reported.
This doesn’t work for me. I enabled the add on and I still get the search box when I hit the space bar.
Sadly the plug-in doesn’t seem work if you have the may preset or a 3ds preset activated? Dose somebody have an idea how a navigation preset and this plug-in can be run simultaneously?
Why isn’t this the standard… or why did it ever change? This is so much better than shift A.
this add-on just made my day!!