[Paraview] paraviewweb, linked views, mouse handler

[Sgouros, Thomas]

Ok, thanks. I'll give that a try.

 -Tom

On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 5:44 PM, Sebastien Jourdain <
sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com> wrote:

> You need ParaView 5.5.2 or master as I said last time, I fixed some stuff
> on the python side to properly register animation on a given view.
> Or you may have patched your ParaView. But for sure, you need Python code
> along with the pvw change I made.
>
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 1:12 PM Sgouros, Thomas <thomas_sgouros at brown.edu>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 10:43 AM, Sebastien Jourdain <
>> sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Tom,
>>>
>>> - The mouse handler seems to listen only to one view...
>>>
>>> I though the example in https://github.com/Kitware/paraviewweb-examples
>>> was taking care of that. Or maybe I don't understand what you mean here.
>>>
>>
>> I'm not really sure if it is or it isn't. It may be an illusion created
>> by the other problem, but I don't know how to tell for sure which view is
>> listening.
>>
>>
>>
>>> - The behavior I observe is that one of the views moves...
>>>
>>> That could be possible but are you using the latest ParaView/master?
>>> Normally any registered view should receive a stream of images. With the
>>> fix I've done last time for the multi-view.
>>>
>>>
>> The example you wrote behaves this way for me, too, even when I link the
>> views (see patch attached). One moves with the cursor and the other only
>> moves when you lift up the mouse button. Change the sphere to something you
>> can see move better and you'll see. I'm using the ParaViewWeb 3.2.2 that
>> you made. Or are you talking about Paraview itself? That's at 5.5.0rc3.
>> Were there relevant changes since then?
>>
>>
>>
>>> - When I make one of the views invisible...
>>>
>>> Do you still have a css / size issue when you make it available again?
>>> You need to inspect the DOM to see where that component is present (area of
>>> active).
>>> Then does interacting on that area is not enough to get the images, or
>>> interacting does not work because the "active" area has a size 0x0?
>>>
>>>
>> I did fix the css / size issue that was pestering me last week. Your
>> explanation has the air of plausibility, but I don't completely understand
>> how this would work. Can you suggest how I would find the size of the
>> active area?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>  -Tom
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 6:38 AM Sgouros, Thomas <thomas_sgouros at brown.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All:
>>>>
>>>> I'm working on a ParaViewWeb client talking to a pvpython server that
>>>> shows two linked renderviews. The link works, and it all looks great, but
>>>> there remain a couple of oddities I can't seem to squeeze out:
>>>>
>>>>  - The mouse handler seems to listen only to one view, and I can't seem
>>>> to control which one it pays attention to. How can I demand it listen to
>>>> one or the other?
>>>>
>>>>  - The behavior I observe is that one of the views moves with the mouse
>>>> on a click and the other catches up when I release it. They do not move
>>>> together, although this is close enough. Is this the expected behavior?
>>>>
>>>> A possibly relevant data point: On the machine where the pvpython
>>>> server is running, there is a little undecorated window that appears, and
>>>> the view that I see in there is the one that moves with the mouse. But I
>>>> can't seem to control which view is visible there. Most of the time it
>>>> seems to be the one I draw second, but not all the time. What is this
>>>> window and what can it tell me?
>>>>
>>>> One other issue:
>>>>
>>>>  - When I make one of the views invisible (by simply not rendering it
>>>> in the parent React object) I can't get it to render when it reappears. The
>>>> render function is being invoked, but nothing appears. If I refresh the
>>>> whole page, it appears again.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
>>>>  -Tom
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