[Paraview] Changing "Representation" toolbar

[Jérôme]

Thanks a lot ! That's exactly what I need !

Regards,

Jerome

2009/1/19 Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>:
> Jerome,
>
> You can use:
>  pqViewManager * viewmgr = qobject_cast<pqViewManager*>(
>    pqApplicationCore::instace()->manager("MULTIVIEW_MANAGER"));
> to get the view manager.
>
> Before even creating your render views, you can simply split the
> frames and create empty frames layed out the way you want. Then create
> the views. pqViewManager will automatically assign those views to
> already existing empty frames.
>
> Utkarsh
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Jérôme <jerome.velut at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks for your answer. It is helpful.
>> Now, I would like to initiate an action when the user presses a
>> toolbar button that divides the GUI into 4 independent view frames (
>> as opposed to "Comparative" where there is only one frame with several
>> renderers).
>>
>> I coded that inside the onAction function:
>>
>> void MyToolbarAction::onAction(QAction* a)
>> {
>>   pqApplicationCore* core = pqApplicationCore::instance();
>>   pqObjectBuilder* builder = core->getObjectBuilder();
>>   pqServerManagerModel* sm = core->getServerManagerModel();
>>
>>   QString actionStr = a->data().toString();
>>   if( actionStr == QString("Configure") )
>>   {
>>      pqServer* server = sm->getItemAtIndex<pqServer*>(0);
>>      if( server )
>>      {
>>         builder->createView( "RenderView", server );
>>         builder->createView( "RenderView", server );
>>         builder->createView( "RenderView", server );
>>      }
>>   }
>> }
>>
>> The problem is that this way splits the current view frame (I think
>> so, but I didn't manage to track the code until the
>> splitVertical/Horizontal functions). And the result is attached
>> (paraview_tile_result.jpg) : this is not a regular tile of the
>> interface.
>>
>> I tried, but it was unsuccessful, to get the ActiveView::instance,
>> then set the ActiveView::current(), and so on. But nothing changed.
>> How can I access the pqView, pqViewManager, pqMainWindowCore instances
>> inside my plugin? I think this is the way to handle the layout of the
>> main window.
>>
>> If I am wrong, what is the best way to get automatically an interface
>> as in paraview_tile_expected.jpg?
>>
>> Thanks a lot !
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jerome
>>
>>
>> 2009/1/16 Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>:
>>> Jerome,
>>>
>>> It's definitely possible using a plugin to create a new toolbar that
>>> acts as both the representation chooser as well as slice selector.
>>> Look at the toolbar plugin example on the Wiki and then look at
>>> pqDisplayRepresentationWidget ( in
>>> Qt/Components/pqDisplayRepresentationWidget.h|cxx) to see the code for
>>> the  current representation toolbar.
>>>
>>> pqDisplayRepresentationWidget is indeed the representation toolbar, so
>>> for simply changing the source code, that's the one you should be
>>> looking at.
>>>
>>> Utkarsh
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 3:28 AM, Jérôme <jerome.velut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I wonder how I can add the "slice" slider of a slice representation in
>>>> the representation toolbar. First, is it possible within a plugin ? If
>>>> not, I can make changes in ParaView source code, but I didn't find how
>>>> the combo box for the representation is added, so I cannot do the same
>>>> !
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot,
>>>>
>>>> Jerome
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>>
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