[Paraview] Selection of Multiple distinct cells/points

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Interesting idea. Feel free to add a feature request for that. We can
definitely look into it.

Utkarsh

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 4:10 AM, Christian Werner
<christian.werner at rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> What about switching views with TAB? There is that blue border on the
> "active" widget. It sort of tempts you to first activate the other view
> before doing anything there.
>
> Best regards,
> Christian
>
> Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
>>
>> It's because of the way selections on table views in Qt work. Short of
>> having Qt folks fix the behavior I don't see any non-hackish way of
>> dealing with it.
>>
>> Utkarsh
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Christian Werner
>> <christian.werner at rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I see, if I "carefully" select the spreadsheet view then nothing is lost.
>>> It
>>> would be nice that clicking on the blank part doesn't clear your
>>> selection,
>>> but I see that this probably isn't easily realised. Somehow, I got used
>>> to
>>> just click into emtpy space to activate a widget, although I know that
>>> going
>>> straight to the buttons or just use the mousewheel works as well.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Christian
>>>
>>>
>>> Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) Have your objects in a 3D view and don't select anything. Then split
>>>>> your
>>>>> view and start a spreadsheet view. Select points in your 3D and switch
>>>>> back
>>>>> to spreadsheet view. Selection is gone.
>>>>> 2) In the 3D view and select some points. Open up a spreadsheet view.
>>>>> Switch
>>>>> between those two Views. Selection is gone.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How are you making the spreadsheet view active? Are you clicking in
>>>> the blank part or the part showing data in the spreadsheet view? That
>>>> clears the selection in the spreadsheet view. You should click on the
>>>> titlebar or scrollbar or the headers.
>>>>
>>>> Utkarsh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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