[Paraview] Custom display panel for a source or filter

[Paul Edwards]

I can now change the display panel for all sources/filters relating to a
view.  Is there a way to set the display panel depending on the source or
filter?

Thanks for all the help so far,
Paul

On 03/01/2008, Clinton Stimpson <clinton at elemtech.com> wrote:
>
> Paul Edwards wrote:
> > Does this mean that I don't need to edit the main Paraview code?
> That's correct.  You can do this in a plugin.
> > Do you have any examples of a plugin which does this?
> The closest example is ParaView3/Examples/Plugins/GUIView.  But what you
> want is different enough that it may not help much.
> > If not, I would be happy to make one, but I'm still a little confused
> > as to how to implement it.  So far I have a plugin for the server and
> > one for the client, adding a reader and panel to paraview.  Below is
> > my CMake file:
> >
> > 8<----------------------------------------------------------------
> > FIND_PACKAGE(ParaView REQUIRED)
> > INCLUDE(${PARAVIEW_USE_FILE})
> >
> >
> > QT4_WRAP_CPP(MOC_SRCS pqMyPanel.h)
> > QT4_WRAP_UI(UIC_SRCS pqMyPanel.ui )
> >
> > ADD_PARAVIEW_OBJECT_PANEL(IFACES IFACE_SRCS CLASS_NAME pqMyPanel
> >                           XML_NAME MyReader XML_GROUP sources)
> >
> >
> > ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN(MyReaderSMPlugin "1.0"
> >                     SERVER_MANAGER_XML vtkMyReader.xml
> >                     SERVER_MANAGER_SOURCES vtkMyReader.cxx)
> > ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN(MyReaderGUIPlugin "1.0"
> >                     GUI_INTERFACES ${IFACES}
> >                     GUI_RESOURCE_FILES pqMyReader.xml
> >                     SOURCES pqMyPanel.cxx ${MOC_SRCS} ${UIC_SRCS}
> > ${IFACE_SRCS})
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------->8
> >
> > Is there a macro to add a display panel so the file can be auto
> > generated, or do I need to create my own subclass for pqPlugin and
> > manually add it as one of the interfaces?
> As Utkarsh said, you create your own implementation of
> pqDisplayPanelInterface, not pqPlugin.
> There's an ADD_PARAVIEW_DISPLAY_PANEL macro that you can follow as an
> example.  Since you need to make your own pqDisplayPanelInterface,  you
> can't call that macro.
> Your implementation of pqDisplayPanelInterface needs to be give to
> ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN's GUI_INTERFACES argument so it can put it in the
> pqPlugin implementation it creates.
>
> Clint
>
> > On 03/01/2008, *Utkarsh Ayachit* <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com
> > <mailto:utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi Paul,
> >
> >     In your plugin, you need to implement the pqDisplayPanelInterface
> >     (just
> >     what the pqStandardDisplayPanels in pqDisplayProxyEditorWidget.cxx
> >     does)
> >     and the register it with the plugin manager. If you look at
> >     pqDisplayProxyEditorWidget::updatePanel, you'll see that it checks
> for
> >     all pqDisplayPanelInterface implementations registered and asks
> >     them to
> >     create the panel for the source.
> >
> >     Utkarsh
> >
> >
> >     Robert Maynard wrote:
> >     >
> >     > Last time I asked the same question, I was told I would have to
> >     include
> >     > the xmlName of my class to the conditional statement, and
> recompile
> >     > paraview to get custom display panels like TextSource to work.
> >     >
> >     > On Jan 3, 2008 9:12 AM, Paul Edwards <paul.m.edwards at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:paul.m.edwards at gmail.com>
> >     > <mailto: paul.m.edwards at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:paul.m.edwards at gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >     >
> >     >     I am trying to provide a custom display panel for a plugin I
> >     have
> >     >     created.  The plugin is for a new source which is a subclass
> of
> >     >     vtkMultiBlockPLOT3DReader (the plot3d file is generated from
> >     inputs
> >     >     selected in the object panel) and I would like to customize
> the
> >     >     display options for my users.
> >     >
> >     >     I can see this is done for "TextSource" and
> >     "TimeToTextConverter"
> >     >     but when looking through the code (pqObjectBuilder.cxx, line
> >     400)
> >     >     there is a conditional statement to check specifically for
> these
> >     >     sources.  Does this mean that it is not possible from a
> >     plugin? (Or
> >     >     am I looking in the wrong place here?)
> >     >
> >     >     Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance,
> >     >     Paul
> >     >
> >     >     PS Great software ;)
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