Hi,
it is bit annoying when we type in the dimensions of ROI box that it autofills the next number. I am not sure if I explain it properly.
For example if I want to type 0.75 and the moment I type 0.7 it fills the 0. So it is kind of annoying when we change the ROI frequently. I noticed this in some other modules also but I cannot recall them now.
is this something that can be fixed ?
Yes, it is annoying. ScalarOpacityMapping of the Volume Rendering module also shows some strange typing behaviors, when you try to manually enter values for points.
I believe those both use a ctkDoubleSpinBox internially, so one could try changing it to use the editingFinished signal. Might be a little work to dig through the layers since those range sliders have several modes to keep in sync.
ctkDoubleSpinBox behavior is controlled by several flags and many combinations results in annoying behavior. Probably just a few of those flags would need to be flipped to fix this.
ScalarOpacityMapping has some extra complications - you need to remain between two two neighbor values and validation is necessary after each typed character to make the rendering update instantly.
The validation and re-rendering don’t need to happen on each typed character. It would be fine to wait for editingFinished.
Would waiting for editingFinished mean that you need to hit Tab and Shift+Tab to see the result of editing the value? That would be quite a lot of extra work. Also, the values are mainly intended to be visually adjusted by hitting the arrow up/down keys - waiting for editingFinished may break that, too (I haven’t tried).
I haven’t tried either, but the editingFinished is triggered either by losing focus (tab) or by hitting return, which I think is very conventional when entering text in a scenario like this. Not sure what the arrow button behavior is, but that could be decoupled from the text input.
[signal]void QLineEdit::editingFinished()
This signal is emitted when the Return or Enter key is pressed or the line edit loses focus. Note that if there is a validator() or inputMask() set on the line edit and enter/return is pressed, the editingFinished() signal will only be emitted if the input follows the inputMask() and the validator() returns QValidator::Acceptable.
