Hi Tommy-
Inconsistencies should be fixed where possible. Some displays have
ViewManagers (cross section control), others don't (Data Probe/Time
Series). So any of those that have ViewManagers should have a tab in
the control's properties and quick access through the View menu. Those
that don't have ViewManagers should only have menus for changing
properties in the View menu.
I'm not adverse to removing the tabs from the Properties dialog. I
added access in the View Menu because it was quicker than bringing up
the Properties dialog.
However, be advised that some users are used to having certain
functionality in certain places since it's been there for years. Does
it really cause a problem to have it in both places?
I think there are much bigger performance and new functionality items
that should be addressed before mucking around with menus and tabs.
But that's your call these days.
Don
On 7/16/14, 4:53 PM, Tommy Jasmin wrote:
On 6/30/14, 12:00 PM, Don Murray (NOAA Affiliate) wrote:
On 6/30/14, 10:30 AM, Bob Carp wrote:
Hello IDV Developers -
This email is in regards to redundant Properties menu items in the
Displays tab of the Dashboard for display types that display in this tab
(through the View and Edit menus).
For example, here are displays where you can get to the same properties
through both View and Edit:
* Hovmoller, Vertical Cross Sections, Time/Height, Data Transect
* For example, under Edit>Properties for Hovmoller, there is a
'Hovmoller View' tab. This same tab is also under the Edit menu.
Here is the display where you can get to the Displays properties through
only Edit:
* Skew-T
Here are displays where you can get to the Displays properties through
only View:
* Data Probe/Time Series, Vertical Profile
For consistency purposes, we are proposing that the Edit>Properties for
the Displays properties should be removed, and the Displays properties
should only be under View. Here are our reasons for this change:
* There are already a lot of menu items in the Displays tab, so this
would help clean things up a bit
* Some display types (Data Probe/Time Series and Vertical Profile) can
only have properties under View since you can have multiple
charts/profiles in the same Displays tab. If under Edit, there
would only be one properties window to control all of the
charts/profiles. Under View, the properties of each chart/profile
can be accessed independently of each other. Therefore, having all
Displays properties controlled through View would help things as far
as consistency.
* We have had a user tell us that they expect the Edit menu in the
Displays to only control the Main Display, as it does for other
display types that don't end up in the Displays tab (e.g. contour
plan view displays).
We wanted to pass this around to the IDV developers to see if others
agree with our proposed approach to this. Do you agree that removing
the redundant Properties menus is a good thing, or do you like having
the ability to do the same thing in multiple places?
Yes - the latter. Having more ways to skin a cat is a feature of the
IDV. Different users use the menus in different ways.
Don
Don - sorry so slow on the reply, meant to and this just slipped away.
I'm not opposed to the general statement regarding IDV behavior, but
in this particular case doesn't it seem since there are inconsistencies?
- some displays are View -> Properties ONLY
- some displays are Edit -> Properties ONLY
- some are both
Wouldn't it be best to change the code so all display props are accessed
consistently?
--
Don Murray
NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CU-CIRES
303-497-3596
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/don.murray/
