What would be the best way to let a user select scenes and channel colours in a microscopy oriented importer?

EgorZindy
Wed, 06 Sep 2023 15:33:55 +0000
Development

Hello everyone.

So for my CZI importer, there are two things I think need to be user-selectable at import time:

A CZI file may contain multiple scenes, and a user may decide which scenes need importing.

The channel colours in the CZI file may not be optimal, so being able to change them during the import phase may also be desirable.

My question is, would it be possible to make this selection accessible from the import panel? Maybe via “Show options”?

Or, do I show a custom selection panel as an intermediate step?

Clicking on the “…” button (or pressing Enter) brings up the color picker.
Hidden spaghetti code below (click for more details)
The user experience (UX) with these widgets is pretty poor in my opinion, so that’s why I’m asking for potential ideas to streamline the process. Of course, if the user is happy with importing all the scenes and the colours are fine, then it’s just a matter of clicking on OK (or Cancel).

Cheers,
Egor

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