[Paraview] Programmatic interaction with the colorScalarBar

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Look at pqServerManagerModel. It fires signals when a representation
is created. The pqServerManagerModel can be accessed from the
pqApplicationCore using
pqApplicationCore::instance()->getServerManagerModel().

Utkarsh

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 10:25 AM, cunrein <cunrein at micron.com> wrote:
> I am using ParaView3.4.0 with Qt4.5.0.  I have solved the 3 colorScalarBar
> issues, but I still have the timer hack in place.  Are there any pq/qt
> triggers available that will tell me when a new pipeLineRepresentation has
> been added?
>
> Thanks, Chris
>
> Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
>>
>> What version of ParaView are you using?
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:16 AM, cunrein <cunrein at micron.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hello List,
>>>
>>> I have a custom object panel for a custom filter plugin, and wish to add
>>> some functionality to it.
>>>
>>> In particular, I wish to programmatically
>>>
>>> 1.  set the colorBy scalar in the variableToolbar
>>> 2.  set the min/max range for the colorScalarBar
>>> 3.  turn on the colorScalarBar legend visibility
>>>
>>> At the time my accept method is run, (when the user clicks accept), the
>>> filter's output has not yet been filled (since the RequestData has not
>>> yet
>>> been issued), and the view has not yet been opened.  Hence I do not have
>>> a
>>> pipeLineRepresentation in hand.  With a very distasteful hack I have used
>>> the timer to trigger a slot method 1 second later, at which time the view
>>> is
>>> filled and the dataRepresentation is available.  I imagine there must be
>>> some Qt or pq trigger fired when a new view has been created or when a
>>> new
>>> pipeLineRepresentation has been added to the pipeLine, but I have not yet
>>> been able to find it.
>>>
>>> If I physically interact with the gui by clicking the 'Toggle Color
>>> Legend
>>> Visibility' QtToolButton in the variableToolbar, the color legend is
>>> displayed and a pqScalarBarRepresentation object is created and available
>>> through the core::ServerManager.  But I cannot figure out how to
>>> programmatically 'click' this QtToolButton.  Once the
>>> pqScalarBarRepresentation is created, performing 1 and 2 above is not too
>>> difficult.  Anybody have any hints for me?
>>>
>>> Thanks, Chris
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