Show Component Name when right-clicked

[RogerInHawaii]

When you right-click on a component you get a whole lot of editing/operational options.

It would be really nice if it also showed the NAME of the component that's been clicked on, so that it's very clear what any selected action is being applied to. I realize that you can see the component highlighted, but showing its name would also be helpful, especially when you have numerous objects of the same type.

In addition, there are times when you just need to know the name of a given object, like when you're writing a script and need to refer to some object by name. It means you have to right click on the object, select Show In Browser, and then look over to the browser to see what its name is. If the name were simply shown along with all the other action options it would make it just that much easier.

Or maybe even just hovering over an object could cause its name to pop up.

[lichtzeichenanlage]

Find in browser is not working for you?

[RogerInHawaii]

Oh, sure, I can Right-Click AND THEN use Find In Browser, which re-adjusts the browser window so that the selected item is now visible and I can look over there to find which one has now been highlighted to read its name, but that action ALSO makes the menu that had popped up from the Right-Click to go away. So, NO, that's not a sensible solution. I right-clicked on it because I wanted to do some ACTION on it, and I want to see its NAME appear in the menu that pops up so that can be sure that I'm operating on the correct object.

I ALSO suggested that simply hovering over an object should cause its name to appear. Both of my suggestions are for making it easier for users to identify what it is they're operating on.

Your response is just snarky.

And I would point out that THIRTY ONE users have voted for this suggestion, so it would seem that there are plenty of people who think it's a perfectly fine idea.

[lichtzeichenanlage]

Hovering is a much cleaner solution than polluting a tool menu with content. From a UI perspective this doesn't makes sense for me. Showing tools in the menu is the clean way to do it. I pretty much like, that AD keeps concerns separated. It's just a good design practice

The problem with both solution is, that you're talking about components, but Fusion 360 preferable selects bodies. Are you aware of this point?

If you think 31 users is a high percentage of Fuson 360 users, you .... ahh - doesn't matters unless there is no down votes possible...

[RogerInHawaii]

Polluting a tool menu?? Really?

The purpose of a user interface and the objective of a User Interface Designer is to make it easy, effective, and efficient for the user. It is not to maintain some idea of interface object purity. If putting the name of the component at the top (above) a menu of actions that will be applied to that component makes it easier for the user then it may well be a good design decision.

As for Fusion 360 giving preference to the selection of bodies, then what should be shown at the top of the menu of actions would be the name of the Body AND the name of the Component of which it is a body.

And as for my pointing out that 31 users have indicated a "like" for the suggestion, I have no doubt that it represents a very small percentage of ALL users, but it might well be a large percentage of users who actually take the time to look through and read and respond to the submissions in the Ideas Forum. A calculation could be done of the number of Likes compared to the number of Views and then THAT compared to the average over all submissions of Like/Views to get a reasonable evaluation of how important it is to the users.

The worst thing that a User Interface Designer can do is not listen to the Users.

[lichtzeichenanlage]

• Unless Fusion 360 doesn't show content in any menu, starting with this is a kind of pollution for me. Because of this your idea is kind of broken for me. Some example why it only would pollute the menu
  • What would you show if no components are available
  • What would you show if the body is in 3d level of a component tree
  • What would you show if you have selected several bodies or components?

• The worst thinka UI designer can do is to listen to each and every user

But opinions are fine. You have yours, I have mine and AD will do what they want. 

[lichtzeichenanlage]

And just to point one point out again: Fusion 360 shows information about what you have selected. You just have to select it the proper way. In Fusion 360 you have to double-click the body in the canvas to select a component.

If you don't double click, you're selecting a face or an edge. 

Depending of what you have selected (face, edge, component etc.) the context menu changes.

That's a signature of a good UI. Context sensitive operations in the menu, information int the message area. 

[Anonymous]

I think the partial (but sufficient) answer is clicking on the part, and looking in the lower right hand side of the screen, for the part name as was indicated by   lichtzeichenanlage     Advisor in the circular disk example.