[Paraview] Input Editor - Cramped Input Port Selection

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Thought others might be interested as well: the mockup was created
using Balsamiq Mocups
http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups

Utkarsh

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 6:11 AM, Christian Werner
<christian.werner at rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> By the way, how did you draw this neat mockup? It looks like it's generated
> but when looking more closely you can spot irregular lines and such that
> indicate that it's done by hand... But if it's done by hand then it must
> have taken you some time... I am impressed... :)
>
> Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
>>
>> I agree, the pipeline preview is confusing and for the most part
>> useless. Unless people object, I'd vote for removing it as well.
>>
>> Attached is a sample mockup. In case of filters like Append which have
>> single input port, but multiple input connections, the use can type in
>> a comma separated list of the inputs in the input field or select
>> multiple items using the pipeline browser in the dialog.
>>
>> Utkarsh
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Christian Werner
>> <christian.werner at rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> As a user, may I present three suggestions, two of which should be very
>>> easy
>>> and still yield an improvement.
>>>
>>> 1) remove the Pipeline Preview: This may be rude because it's somehow
>>> nice.
>>> But then again, you cannot change what happens to the pipeline anyway.
>>> Also,
>>> I don't think one would change his mind about the selection of the inputs
>>> just because the Pipeline Preview shows something unsuspected. Most of
>>> the
>>> time the user knows what he is doing and wants to quickly and easily
>>> select
>>> his inputs. The actual layout works against this intend. The Pipeline
>>> Preview can be included again once a nice layout is found.
>>>
>>> 2) hide the Pipeline Preview and make it visible if the user wants to
>>>
>>> 3) change the layout such that the inputs are shown on top and let QT
>>> manage
>>> the form's height. You normally don't use so many inputs, so this  most
>>> probably would never lead to problems.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Christian
>>>
>>> Paul Edwards wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> One simple fix would be to make sure that the preview window isn't
>>>> selectable.  A lot of my users get confused thinking one box is for
>>>> the input and the other as the source.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>> On 12 March 2010 19:10, Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I cannot agree more. I am going to take a stab and fixing this before
>>>>> 3.8. We've just had too many complaints about this dialog to keep on
>>>>> delaying this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Utkarsh
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Christian Werner
>>>>> <christian.werner at rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I wonder why the input port selection is so cramped in the input
>>>>>> editor.
>>>>>> It
>>>>>> is really bad that you cannot actually read out the selections you
>>>>>> make
>>>>>> without moving the scrollbar. Then, after scrolling, you cannot change
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> other input without scrolling back. This really steals your time. On
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> other hand there is that pipeline preview which is nice to see but
>>>>>> honestly
>>>>>> I'd instantly trade it away for a better overview on my inputs. I have
>>>>>> attached a picture that shows the situation on my PC.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> By the way, doesn't anyone have any idea about my last issue? (no
>>>>>> cell/point
>>>>>> data in imported ITK volumes):
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Create Cell or Point Data out of Image"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>> Christian
>>>>>>
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