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0006728ParaView(No Category)public2008-04-07 10:522009-05-13 13:59
ReporterFilip Sadlo 
Assigned ToClinton Stimpson 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionfixed 
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Target Version3.4Fixed in Version3.4 
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Summary0006728: Tooltips for object inspector
DescriptionQt tooltips for e.g. filter plugin widgets did nicely work in ParaView2 but don't work anymore in ParaView3.
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related to 0004130closed Clinton Stimpson Context sensitive doc of each filter 
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2008-04-07 10:52Filip SadloNew Issue
2008-04-10 18:07Ken MorelandNote Added: 0011266
2008-04-11 10:15Filip SadloNote Added: 0011268
2008-04-14 12:51Ken MorelandCategoryDevelopment => 3.4
2008-04-14 12:51Ken MorelandSummaryTooltips for ParaView3 => Tooltips for object inspector
2008-04-14 12:51Ken MorelandRelationship addedrelated to 0004130
2008-04-14 12:54Ken MorelandNote Added: 0011278
2008-04-14 12:54Ken MorelandStatusbacklog => tabled
2008-04-14 12:54Ken MorelandAssigned To => Clinton Stimpson
2008-04-15 18:17Clinton StimpsonStatustabled => @80@
2008-04-15 18:17Clinton StimpsonResolutionopen => fixed
2008-04-15 18:17Clinton StimpsonNote Added: 0011376
2008-04-15 18:53Alan ScottStatus@80@ => closed
2008-04-15 18:53Alan ScottNote Added: 0011380
2009-05-13 13:58Utkarsh AyachitTarget Version => 3.4
2009-05-13 13:59Utkarsh AyachitFixed in Version => 3.4
2011-06-16 13:10Zack GalbreathCategory => (No Category)

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(0011266)
Ken Moreland   
2008-04-10 18:07   
Please clarify this request. I do not understand it. ParaView 2 did not use Qt and had a very different concept of what we now call a plugin. Tooltips work fine in ParaView 3. Are you talking about the description in the status bar that would elaborate on highlighted menu items?
(0011268)
Filip Sadlo   
2008-04-11 10:15   
In ParaView2, one could define the "help" tag in the XML file e.g.:
<LabeledToggle ... help="Divide the field by wall distance."/>

Then, when the user moved the mouse over the widget or its label, this help text was displayed in a small yellowish box at that position.

As far as I understood, in ParaView3.2.1 (with plugins), the xxx_Client.xml file does not offer this functionality anymore, I use almost empty files, e.g.:
<ParaViewFilters>
  <Category name="Univiz" menu_label="&Univiz">
    <Filter name="FlowTopo" />
  </Category>
  <Filter name="FlowTopo" />
</ParaViewFilters>

And setting the "help" tag in the xxx_Server.xml file does have no effect.

Consistently, in ParaView3.2.1 the help messages for existing filters (not only those I add) are not displayed anymore when I move the mouse over it, e.g. the Threshold filter.
(0011278)
Ken Moreland   
2008-04-14 12:54   
The ability to add description text to each parameter (widget) is already available in the server manager code through <Documentation> tags. See ParaView3/Servers/ServerManager/filters.xml for numerous examples.

The tooltips in the object inspector is not available. I am assuming that it will be straightforward to implement them as bug 0004130 is being implemented. If that is not the case, we may need to postpone this request.
(0011376)
Clinton Stimpson   
2008-04-15 18:17   
Tooltips are shown now.

/cvsroot/ParaView3/ParaView3/Qt/Components/pqProxyPanel.cxx,v <-- pqProxyPanel.cxx
new revision: 1.17; previous revision: 1.16
/cvsroot/ParaView3/ParaView3/Qt/Components/pqProxyPanel.h,v <-- pqProxyPanel.h
new revision: 1.13; previous revision: 1.12
(0011380)
Alan Scott   
2008-04-15 18:53   
As per clinton, fixed.