[Paraview-developers] pqObjectInspector

Wed Oct 22 17:06:07 EDT 2014

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Biddiscombe, John A. <biddisco at cscs.ch> wrote:
> 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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>>>>
>>>>
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