Numpad Emulator is this worth doing.

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Hi
I have started to code an addon that emulates the numpad.
This would simply sit as a small toolbar in the toolshelf as a small group of buttons.
IMHO this should improve the workflow,
in that it allows the right hand to stay on the mouse instead of the moving to the numpad.
I know about 3D_Navigation addon however this only implements specific default numpad operations.
My original idea was to simply trigger the keypress events of the numpad, this is not practical as it needs to be done at C level and is os specific.

Basically the addon will read all the user-prefs associated with the numpad and trigger those instead.
If none are set then it would use the defaults.

My question is simply is this a useful idea or am I just coding for myself.
Thanks Greg

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All of the numpad ops are available in the menus already, seems a bit redundant to add a keyboard emulator to trigger them.
I use B on a laptop that doesn’t have a numpad and don’t really miss it.( It does emulate it with a meta key combo, but is awkward, easier just to use the menus)

IMO