Merge branch 'blender2.7'

source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_material.h

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ enum {
 	BKE_MAT_ASSIGN_OBJECT
 };
 
+struct Material **give_current_material_p(struct Object *ob, short act);
 struct Material  *give_current_material(struct Object *ob, short act);
 void assign_material_id(struct Main *bmain, struct ID *id, struct Material *ma, short act);
 void assign_material(struct Main *bmain, struct Object *ob, struct Material *ma, short act, int assign_type);

source/blender/blenkernel/intern/material.c

@@ -512,9 +512,9 @@ void BKE_material_clear_id(Main *bmain, ID *id, bool update_data)
 	}
 }
 
-Material *give_current_material(Object *ob, short act)
+Material **give_current_material_p(Object *ob, short act)
 {
-	Material ***matarar, *ma;
+	Material ***matarar, **ma_p;
 	const short *totcolp;
 
 	if (ob == NULL) return NULL;
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ Material *give_current_material(Object *ob, short act)
 	}
 
 	if (ob->matbits && ob->matbits[act - 1]) {    /* in object */
-		ma = ob->mat[act - 1];
+		ma_p = &ob->mat[act - 1];
 	}
 	else {                              /* in data */
 
@@ -545,12 +545,21 @@ Material *give_current_material(Object *ob, short act)
 
 		matarar = give_matarar(ob);
 
-		if (matarar && *matarar) ma = (*matarar)[act - 1];
+		if (matarar && *matarar) {
-		else ma = NULL;
+			ma_p = &(*matarar)[act - 1];
-
+		}
+		else {
+			ma_p = NULL;
+		}
 	}
 
-	return ma;
+	return ma_p;
+}
+
+Material *give_current_material(Object *ob, short act)
+{
+	Material **ma_p = give_current_material_p(ob, act);
+	return ma_p ? *ma_p : NULL;
 }
 
 MaterialGPencilStyle *BKE_material_gpencil_settings_get(Object *ob, short act)

source/blender/editors/render/render_shading.c

@@ -523,7 +523,6 @@ static int new_material_exec(bContext *C, wmOperator *UNUSED(op))
 {
 	Material *ma = CTX_data_pointer_get_type(C, "material", &RNA_Material).data;
 	Main *bmain = CTX_data_main(C);
-	Object *ob = CTX_data_active_object(C);
 	PointerRNA ptr, idptr;
 	PropertyRNA *prop;
 
@@ -532,6 +531,7 @@ static int new_material_exec(bContext *C, wmOperator *UNUSED(op))
 		ma = BKE_material_copy(bmain, ma);
 	}
 	else {
+		Object *ob = CTX_data_active_object(C);
 		if ((!ob) || (ob->type != OB_GPENCIL)) {
 			ma = BKE_material_add(bmain, DATA_("Material"));
 		}
@@ -546,6 +546,15 @@ static int new_material_exec(bContext *C, wmOperator *UNUSED(op))
 	UI_context_active_but_prop_get_templateID(C, &ptr, &prop);
 
 	if (prop) {
+		if (RNA_struct_is_a(ptr.type, &RNA_Object)) {
+			/* Add slot follows user-preferences for creating new slots,
+			 * RNA pointer assignment doesn't, see: T60014. */
+			Object *ob = ptr.data;
+			if (give_current_material_p(ob, ob->actcol) == NULL) {
+				BKE_object_material_slot_add(bmain, ob);
+			}
+		}
+
 		/* when creating new ID blocks, use is already 1, but RNA
 		 * pointer use also increases user, so this compensates it */
 		id_us_min(&ma->id);