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0009368ParaViewFeaturepublic2009-08-05 14:272016-08-12 09:57
Dave DeMarle 
Kitware Robot 
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closedmoved 
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0009368: Usability: key for icons
Can we have a key for icons? For instance, open an exodus file, what do all the different icons for available arrays mean? For example field data, side sets etc. Is there some place one can go to look them up, besides looking in source tree, then grepping for icon filename in code etc.
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Issue History
2009-08-05 14:27Dave DeMarleNew Issue
2009-08-05 14:35Ken MorelandNote Added: 0017068
2009-08-05 15:19Dave DeMarleNote Added: 0017070
2009-08-05 20:14Ken MorelandNote Added: 0017074
2011-02-18 13:54Utkarsh AyachitNote Added: 0025488
2011-02-18 13:54Utkarsh AyachitNote Edited: 0025488bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=25488#r207
2011-02-18 13:54Utkarsh AyachitTarget Version => 4.0
2011-02-18 13:55Utkarsh AyachitPrioritynormal => low
2011-06-16 13:10Zack GalbreathCategoryFeature Request => Feature
2016-08-12 09:57Kitware RobotNote Added: 0037675
2016-08-12 09:57Kitware RobotStatusbacklog => closed
2016-08-12 09:57Kitware RobotResolutionopen => moved
2016-08-12 09:57Kitware RobotAssigned To => Kitware Robot

Notes
(0017068)
Ken Moreland   
2009-08-05 14:35   
We talked about some of this way back when we were first designing the ParaView 3 interface. In particular, we considered the idea of having multiple eyeballs for each entry in the pipeline browser. In the end we discounted this idea because there is no good way to associate which eyeball goes to which view. In essence, the result is worse than what we have because we go from an interface that encourages mistakes through inattention to one that encourages mistakes through confusion.

Placing icons in the browser that give cues to which view is active sounds fine, but I'm not sure how effective this would be, especially when you have multiple views of the same type.
(0017070)
Dave DeMarle   
2009-08-05 15:19   
I think the note was meant for issue 0009366. So I am duplicating it there. This bug just mentions the need for some way to figure out what the various icons mean. Tooltips would be sufficient for the purpose, or a key in the help listing all icons and their known meanings.
(0017074)
Ken Moreland   
2009-08-05 20:14   
Oops. So I did. Thanks for the correction.
(0025488)
Utkarsh Ayachit   
2011-02-18 13:54   
Probably just tooltips for those icons would make life easier.

(0037675)
Kitware Robot   
2016-08-12 09:57   
Resolving issue as `moved`.

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