[vtk-developers] new vtkTextProperty class and changes

[Sebastien BARRE]

At 7/1/2002 02:33 PM, John Biddiscombe wrote:
>Unless I misunderstood. Lisa was hinting that
>
>vtkActor2D--->vtkTextActor and others
>(Property)      vtkTextProperty
>
>this means 2 properties for the textactors...(Doh!)
>
>how about
>
>vtkAbstractActor2d ->vtkActor2D (Normal property)
>                    ->vtkTextActor (TextProperty)
>
>ignore this if I've missed the point

I don't get it :)

Most of the actors we are talking about *need* both a GetProperty() and a 
GetWhateverTextProperty(), since they are composite actors that render 
geometry and text. The geometry color is controlled by the vtkProperty 
(GetProperty()), the text color is now controlled by one (or more) 
vtkTextProperty (GetWhateverTextProperty()).

vtkTextActor is a special case for which the sole purpose is to render 
text, I agree with that, but I think it would be confusing to rename 
GetTextProperty() to GetProperty() for that class. I would rather stay 
consistent among all these kind of "actors that use text". What do you think ?


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Sebastien Barre