[vtkusers] Disabling interaction of a renderer

[David E DeMarle]

Thanks for posting a solution Andrew.

David E DeMarle
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On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 4:12 PM Slaughter, Andrew E <
andrew.slaughter at inl.gov> wrote:

> After digging around a bit I figured out how to solve the problem, the
> complete script with a working version is attached. In short the
> vtkRenderWindowInteractor::FindPokedRenderer always returns a renderer
> regardless of the Set/GetInteractive state. Therefore, I created a
> "background" renderer with layer 0 with the others on layer 1. Using
> SetInteractive(False) on the two layer 1 renders that causes the background
> to be the fallback renderer for the interactor, which produces the desired
> behavior.
>
> Thanks to anyone who might of took time to look at my problem.
>
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 9:13 AM, Slaughter, Andrew E <
> andrew.slaughter at inl.gov> wrote:
>
>> I am creating an application that will require the user to "activate" an
>> object prior to being able to manipulate it via mouse movements. The
>> attached script is simple (python2.7;vtk7.1;MacOS10.13.4) demonstration
>> with two renderers (left and right). Pressing "t" toggles/highlights the
>> contents.
>>
>> However, when the left side is highlighted I can still interact with the
>> right side. How can I disable the interaction for a particular renderer?
>>
>> Thanks for the help,
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>
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