[Paraview] layout question, pvpython

[Sgouros, Thomas]

Thank you, you're very kind. I'm all about functional workarounds these
days. It leads to another question of course, but that's a ParaViewWeb
question, so I'll make it another post.

Thank you,

 -Tom


On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 4:06 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit <
utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:

> Attached is a script that demonstrates what I meant. Note, this is just a
> workaround and not a graceful solution :).
>
> Utkarsh
> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 3:37 PM Sgouros, Thomas <thomas_sgouros at brown.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > Alas, indeed. Just as I thought I was starting to understand what's going
> on. Was I just misled because there is a trace output that has this in it?
>
> > # get layout
> > layout1 = GetLayoutByName("Layout #1")
> > # split cell
> > layout1.SplitHorizontal(0, 0.5)
>
>
> > Without layout support, can I use pvpython to present two render views
> and link them with a camera link? Can you suggest what direction might
> succeed?
>
> > You may have suggested this already, but I'm not sure the hint about
> view.GetRenderWindow().SetPosition(x, y) is enough for me. I don't really
> get how that's a way forward. What are you suggesting I use that function
> to do?
>
> > Thanks,
>
> >   -Tom
>
> > On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 3:04 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit <
> utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
>
> >> Tom,
>
> >> Alas, there's no layout support in pvpython. There indeed is a layout
> proxy
> >> (vtkSMLayoutProxy), but they rely on the Qt ParaView components to
> layout
> >> the windows. The proxy itself is the "model", if you will.  And it works
> >> when you execute the layout related updates in the Python shell in the
> >> ParaView UI.
>
> >> A clumpsy way to set a window's position in Python is:
> >> > view.GetRenderWindow().SetPosition(x, y)
>
> >> You can use that to lay out the windows, short of doing something more
> >> elaborate with a GUI library.
>
> >> Utkarsh
>
>
>
>
> >> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 2:34 PM Sgouros, Thomas <
> thomas_sgouros at brown.edu
>
> >> wrote:
>
> >> > Hi All:
>
> >> > I've become accustomed to throwing around render view objects in
> >> pvpython, swapping them in and out of the view with simple.Show() and
> >> simple.Hide(). Now I have to learn about layout objects. Can someone
> >> suggest the best way to think about these? Are they containers into
> which I
> >> can drop one or more render views and move them around, or are they more
> >> like molds into which I can pour a render view and then use the layout
> as
> >> handles with which to manipulate the views?
>
> >> > Where can I find a list of the methods of a layout object? Or would it
> be
> >> better to call it a layout proxy?
>
> >> > Thank you,
>
> >> >   -Tom
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