Currently same icon is used to create both a new fiducial in a list [1 below], and a new fiducial list [2] in the Markups module. This behavior is confusing to the users. I propose to modify the node creating one slightly to make it less similar. It might have visual clues to what it does (e.g., add…

Adding text to markups module buttons should be no problem at all (other than that the module GUI might become a bit too wide). Adding a small “+” sign to the icon is easy, too. However, I don’t think these would be enough to make the toolbar behavior intuitive enough. What do you think about addin…

That does look handy, but also looks like a lot of real estate - maybe only display the markups toolbar if you are in markups. mouse mode?

Normally the user arranges toolbar sections manually (move them closer to make them shorter, arrange them to multiple rows, etc.) . Automatically showing/hiding toolbar section would mess up manual arrangements. All toolbar sections are optional (you can show/hide each using the right-click menu) an…

Actually, with 4K screens and maximized view, there is more than enough screen real-estate to fit that widget into the toolbar. If anything, toolbar usually doesn’t do a good job for separating individual sections so the rest is visible. Having said that, I am also wondering if that whole widget ca…

It’s not a big deal, but or the record my issue with real estate on the toolbar is that I end up using the default config a lot for actual work, either because I want to test it for development or because I use a bunch of different machines and don’t want to customize each one, so the default config…

I’d agree with not having this toolbar in the default configuration and having the functionality also in the markups module. Also +1 for removing Capture/Restore from default toolbar configuration.

Nice discussion. On my part I agree with @pieper in that the Extension Manager and Python buttons are very important but often are forced out of the toolbar, and also agree with @jamesobutler that the Scene Views toolbar should not be visible by default. I think the ribbon interface would be an ove…

Well if we will remove the 3D Slicer logo from the module panel ( https://issues.slicer.org/view.php?id=3797 ) that will generate a lot of space of module specific toolbars and widgets, wouldn’t it?

[image] cpinter: If we go that way then it needs a proper discussion. This may be that discussion. We are running out of space. Even if we hide scene views toolbar by default, we want to show more controls for example for markups, sequences, and layouts (favorite layouts pinned to top-level …

Markups node creation icon is confusing users

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lassoan (Andras Lasso) November 6, 2019, 4:37am 12

There is a related discussion with some more ideas. It would be great if you could comment on those, too.

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Markups node creation icon is confusing users

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