[IGSTK-Developers] Adding and removing vtk Widgets to the view

[Torleif Sandnes]

>
> I think you are mixing two different concepts.  Widgets are  
> interactor observers.
> Although they contain 3D object representations internally, they  
> are not
> 3D object representation by themselves.   Take a look at their class
> hierarchy
>
> http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtk3DWidget.html
> http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkAbstractWidget.html
>
> The actor list  in the View class stores object representations not  
> interactor
> observers.  You can only add actors to this list.
>
> If you are interested in adding and removing a widget in your  
> application, you have to
> do it separately. For example, invoking disable method  (SetEnabled 
> ( 0 )  ) on the widget
> will remove the internal representation of the widget from the  
> renderer..

Hi Andinet.

Thanks for clearing this up for me! I did indeed mix these concepts.

Torleif