Page MenuHome
Create Task
Maniphest T77226

Eyedropper does not work from another blender instance
Closed, ResolvedPublicKNOWN ISSUE
Actions

Description

System Information
Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0 64 Bits
Graphics card: GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 445.87

Blender Version
Broken: version: 2.90.0 Alpha, branch: master, commit date: 2020-05-30 11:23, hash: rB63bcee81f624
Worked: (?)

Short description of error
The Eyedropper tool in the shader Editor will not give right colors from another blender instance.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

broken_mat.blend743 KBDownload

Revisions and Commits

rB Blender
D7910rBb94ab93dfb82 Eyedropper: Support get samples from other windows

Related Objects

Event Timeline

Julian Mohr (Jules) created this task.May 31 2020, 3:26 PM
Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii) changed the task status from Needs Triage to Confirmed.Jun 2 2020, 6:57 PM
Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii) changed the subtype of this task from "Report" to "Known Issue".
Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii) added a project: User Interface.
Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii) added a subscriber: Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii).

This has been a known issue for a long time.
It is simply something that was not supported.
But this lack of support should be indicated by the cursors (which is not the case).

I think it deserves an investigation.

Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii) added a revision: D7910: Eyedropper: Support sample other windows.Jun 2 2020, 6:59 PM
Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii) closed this task as Resolved by committing rBb94ab93dfb82: Eyedropper: Support get samples from other windows.Jun 3 2020, 8:46 PM
Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii) claimed this task.
Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii) added a commit: rBb94ab93dfb82: Eyedropper: Support get samples from other windows.
Germano Cavalcante (mano-wii) mentioned this in D15975: Fix T101058: Cryptomatte-Picker unusable on different windows.Sep 15 2022, 5:27 AM