[Paraview-developers] ParaView XML plugin - help with alignment

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Oops, sorry yes, it should have been `panel_widget`. And you'll need
to create a custom pqPropertyWidget subclass to do this. There's no
property-widget that does this in ParaView.

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Chiranjib Sur <sur.chiranjib at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Utkarsh,
> Thanks for your quick reply.
>
> I already created the property group (like the following) but the checkboxes
> are appearing vertically one below the other. I need to display those side
> by side.
>
> <PropetyGroup label="foo" panel_visibility="MyCustomWidget">
>    <Property name="CheckBox1" />
>    <Property name="CheckBox2" />
> </PropertyGroup>
>
> I see that in your example, you have used panel_widget instead of
> panel_visibility.
> Is this the trick to achieve what I am looking for?
>
> Thanks again,
> Chiranjib
>
> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 7:51 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit
> <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
>>
>> The only way currently is to create a custom widget. Create a custom
>> property group widget and then grouping the two properties as follows:
>>
>> .....
>> <PropetyGroup label="foo" panel_widget="MyCustomWidget">
>>    <Property name="CheckBox1" />
>>    <Property name="CheckBox2" />
>> </PropertyGroup>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Chiranjib Sur <sur.chiranjib at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > I am writing a XML plugin for paraview and I am adding boolean type GUI
>> > parameters (appear as checkbox in the property panel) in the following
>> > way
>> >
>> > <IntVectorProperty name="Checkbox 1"
>> >                      command="setProperty1"
>> >                      number_of_elements="1"
>> >                      default_values="1">
>> >     <BooleanDomain name="bool"/>
>> > </IntVectorProperty>
>> >
>> >
>> > <IntVectorProperty name="Checkbox 2"
>> >                      command="setProperty2"
>> >                      number_of_elements="1"
>> >                      default_values="1">
>> >     <BooleanDomain name="bool"/>
>> > </IntVectorProperty>
>> >
>> >
>> > They appear in the GUI like the following
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I want to align them side by side, so that they appear like this
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > How do I do that?
>> >
>> >
>> > Later using the pqServerManager proxy, I need to know what values are
>> > set
>> > for the checkboxes.
>> >
>> > Any expert clues?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance.
>> > Chiranjib
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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