[Paraview] Custom display panel for a source or filter

[Paul Edwards]

Hi Utkarsh,

Does this mean that I don't need to edit the main Paraview code?  Do you
have any examples of a plugin which does this?  If not, I would be happy to
make one, but I'm still a little confused as to how to implement it.  So far
I have a plugin for the server and one for the client, adding a reader and
panel to paraview.  Below is my CMake file:

8<----------------------------------------------------------------
FIND_PACKAGE(ParaView REQUIRED)
INCLUDE(${PARAVIEW_USE_FILE})


QT4_WRAP_CPP(MOC_SRCS pqMyPanel.h)
QT4_WRAP_UI(UIC_SRCS pqMyPanel.ui)

ADD_PARAVIEW_OBJECT_PANEL(IFACES IFACE_SRCS CLASS_NAME pqMyPanel
                          XML_NAME MyReader XML_GROUP sources)


ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN(MyReaderSMPlugin "1.0"
                    SERVER_MANAGER_XML vtkMyReader.xml
                    SERVER_MANAGER_SOURCES vtkMyReader.cxx)
ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN(MyReaderGUIPlugin "1.0"
                    GUI_INTERFACES ${IFACES}
                    GUI_RESOURCE_FILES pqMyReader.xml
                    SOURCES pqMyPanel.cxx ${MOC_SRCS} ${UIC_SRCS}
${IFACE_SRCS})
---------------------------------------------------------------->8

Is there a macro to add a display panel so the file can be auto generated,
or do I need to create my own subclass for pqPlugin and manually add it as
one of the interfaces?

Thanks,
Paul

On 03/01/2008, Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> In your plugin, you need to implement the pqDisplayPanelInterface (just
> what the pqStandardDisplayPanels in pqDisplayProxyEditorWidget.cxx does)
> and the register it with the plugin manager. If you look at
> pqDisplayProxyEditorWidget::updatePanel, you'll see that it checks for
> all pqDisplayPanelInterface implementations registered and asks them to
> create the panel for the source.
>
> Utkarsh
>
>
> Robert Maynard wrote:
> >
> > Last time I asked the same question, I was told I would have to include
> > the xmlName of my class to the conditional statement, and recompile
> > paraview to get custom display panels like TextSource to work.
> >
> > On Jan 3, 2008 9:12 AM, Paul Edwards <paul.m.edwards at gmail.com
> > <mailto:paul.m.edwards at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     I am trying to provide a custom display panel for a plugin I have
> >     created.  The plugin is for a new source which is a subclass of
> >     vtkMultiBlockPLOT3DReader (the plot3d file is generated from inputs
> >     selected in the object panel) and I would like to customize the
> >     display options for my users.
> >
> >     I can see this is done for "TextSource" and "TimeToTextConverter"
> >     but when looking through the code (pqObjectBuilder.cxx, line 400)
> >     there is a conditional statement to check specifically for these
> >     sources.  Does this mean that it is not possible from a plugin? (Or
> >     am I looking in the wrong place here?)
> >
> >     Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance,
> >     Paul
> >
> >     PS Great software ;)
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