[Paraview-developers] pqObjectInspector

Wed Oct 22 16:33:49 EDT 2014

Utkarsh,

When I say the gears are broken ...

If you go to the paraview/settings panel, the tabs with different options
are half empty, until you enter a ‘space’ in the search box, and then
suddenly all the properties appear.

It’s like that on my mac and windows boxes. I only build pvserver on
linux, so didn’t test there. I’m sure other people must have noticed it?

JB

On 22/10/14 20:11, "Utkarsh Ayachit" <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:

>John,
>
>Speaking of the "gear" thingy -- while it's believable there are bugs,
>it's less likely since it's widely used and no one reported any issues
>with it so far. Just to make sure we're clear in our expectations from
>it, let me explain some of the usage details:
>
>1. There are basically 2 types of properties -- advanced and default.
>2. When the "gear" is pressed, all properties including the properties
>labeled default or advanced are shown. When the "gear" is unpressed,
>only the default properties are shown.
>3. The search box is used to search for properties -- all properties,
>including advanced and default, irrespective of the gear state. As
>soon as you start typing, the gear gets disabled to indicate that it
>doesn't matter what "mode" the panel was in, all properties are now
>being searched.
>4. The search matches the text typed with the label used for the
>properties. Only those properties that have label text matching the
>typed text will be shown, if there's non-empty text in the search box.
>
>Utkarsh
>
>
>
>On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 6:41 AM, Dan Lipsa <dan.lipsa at kitware.com> wrote:
>> John,
>> You can submitted your patches to gerrit for review.
>>
>> http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Git/Develop
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 6:28 AM, Biddiscombe, John A. <biddisco at cscs.ch>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dan, Utkarsh
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for the links. (I didn’t want to use a property widget as I need
>>> the apply button feature in my own dock window etc).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I’m of the opinion that the greyed out buttons (for view/display/etc)
>>> should be invisible if the panel mode does not include them.
>>>
>>> Attached is a patch to hide them. #001
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I needed to subclass panel properties to override some methods so that
>>>I
>>> can intercept apply and other methods.
>>>
>>> Attached is a patch which makes a couple of functions virtual and also
>>> adds a preapplied signal emitted before new properties are ‘applied’.
>>>#002,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The gear search thingy seems very broken - I’ll submit a patch if and
>>>when
>>> I find what’s wrong.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> it’d be lovely if these patches could be applied to master.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> (PS. any news of when I can do this via a github #PR and have it part
>>>of
>>> the accepted means of contributing?)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks very much, all seems to be working as before now, (subject to a
>>>few
>>> ongoing tweaks)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> JB
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Dan Lipsa [mailto:dan.lipsa at kitware.com]
>>> Sent: 20 October 2014 16:28
>>> To: Biddiscombe, John A.
>>> Cc: paraview-developers at paraview.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Paraview-developers] pqObjectInspector
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> See also
>>>
>>>
>>> 
>>>http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/Plugin_HowTo#Adding_Customizations_for_Prop
>>>erties_Panel
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Dan Lipsa <dan.lipsa at kitware.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi John,
>>>
>>> Not a direct answer to your question but I found the following wiki
>>>entry
>>> useful in adding/debugging entries in the properties panel.
>>>
>>> See especially the environment variable PV_DEBUG_PANELS
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Properties_Panel
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Biddiscombe, John A.
>>><biddisco at cscs.ch>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I managed to get something working with a pqPropertiesPanel and
>>>creating
>>> my own pqPipelineSource, so properties become visible.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Question:
>>>
>>> My panel has SOURCE_PROPERTIES set, but I get two (of each) greyed out,
>>> save and default buttons for (presumable) the view properties and
>>>display
>>> properties which I don’t need. Can I make them hidden?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> There appears to be a bug in the advanced properties gear button
>>>thingy,
>>> because one you type something in there, everything disappears and
>>>never
>>> comes back! (I noticed in the main preferences, lots of options are
>>>hidden
>>> until you enter a space in the search box, then tons appear - as if by
>>>magic
>>> - could there be something wrong with the property search feature?)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ta
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> JB
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Paraview-developers
>>> [mailto:paraview-developers-bounces at paraview.org] On Behalf Of
>>>Biddiscombe,
>>> John A.
>>> Sent: 17 October 2014 14:48
>>> To: paraview-developers at paraview.org
>>> Subject: [Paraview-developers] pqObjectInspector
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I used to use pqObjectInspector quite heavily, in fact my plugin has a
>>> subclass of it which displays all the properties of my live-viz manager
>>> class inside a window.
>>>
>>> Now that pqObjectInspector has gone, I tried to use a
>>>pqPropertiesPanel,
>>> but it does not have a setProxy method, and only seems to want
>>> pqPipeLinesource objects.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> is there something I can use to display all my stuff and have an
>>> accept/reset button like the old object inspector ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> JB
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> John Biddiscombe,                        email:biddisco @.at.@ cscs.ch
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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