Suggestion : Displaying the values of the bars for better visualization and understanding

LucasPilla / Sorting-Algorithms-Visualizer

Program made with Python and Pygame module for visualizing sorting algorithms

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Suggestion : Displaying the values of the bars for better visualization and understanding #168

Closed tkgowtham closed 1 month ago

tkgowtham commented 1 year ago

Idea : I would like to display the values of the bars that are being sorted just right below it, so it will be easier for user to understand what values are being sorted and how the sorting works in that particular algorithm.
How it could be implemented : This could be implemented by adding a box right below the bar. We could display the values of the bar respectively there. In each iteration, the values would move along with the red bar to show the user, how the algorithm sorts the values.

It would also be diffcult to display values of larger size or larger count of values, since they can intersect each other, so we will also have to be able to give user the accessibilty to resize the window.
I would like to do this if you want to implement my suggestion.

LucasPilla commented 1 year ago

@tkgowtham I like the idea, but I don't think it will look good with a lot of bars. Maybe we should add this feature if number of bars is less then X, what do you think?

tkgowtham commented 1 year ago

Yes, I agree with your point. We can assume X to be less than or equal to 50. So, can I work on it ? If so, please assign me to this issue.

dan424gg commented 1 year ago

I would like to be assigned to this issue.

@LucasPilla

nanashi-03 commented 1 year ago

How about a grid instead? It would be pretty easy to guess the numbers and it works for any amount of bars.

dhruva2000 commented 11 months ago

Hey I can work on this I have some ideas for how to implement this

LucasPilla commented 11 months ago

Sure @dhruva2000, this issue is quite simple, we just need to find some way to show the bar values. Maybe just showing the values when the number of bars is small, otherwise it might get too cluttered.

dhruva2000 commented 11 months ago

Got it thank you!

dhruva2000 commented 11 months ago

Just attached my pull request onto this @LucasPilla! . I incorporated some of the changes from the previously opened pull request and added values to the bars again so I'm hoping this successfully captures the suggestion by @tkgowtham. I also added some padding and shifted some of the components to create more visual clarity in the app