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Eliminate the panel "i" buttons and make the annotation panels push down the plot #1123

Open karlmsmith opened 6 years ago

karlmsmith commented 6 years ago

Reported by @noaaroland on 5 Oct 2011 13:54 UTC Currently, the annotations can be opened separately with one button at the top of the interface to open and close all of the panels.

The most streamlined approach is to remove all of the "i" buttons expect the top one that opens and closes everything.

Make the annotation panels push down the plots instead of covering them.

Migrated-From: http://dunkel.pmel.noaa.gov/trac/las/ticket/1117

karlmsmith commented 6 years ago

Attachment from @noaaroland on 5 Oct 2011 21:21 UTC Only one "i" button on the interface. onebutton

karlmsmith commented 6 years ago

Attachment from @noaaroland on 5 Oct 2011 21:23 UTC The annotations appear above the image and do not overlay the plot when the button is pushed. pushdown

karlmsmith commented 6 years ago

Modified by @noaaroland on 5 Oct 2011 13:55 UTC

karlmsmith commented 6 years ago

Comment by @noaaroland on 5 Oct 2011 21:25 UTC The solution is attached in images and was checked into the trunk at r12843. Leaving the ticket open pending comments.

karlmsmith commented 6 years ago

Comment by steven.c.hankin on 10 Oct 2011 04:12 UTC The push-down behavior looks nice.

Consolidating all open/closes of the annotations under one button seems like an improvement

But some more tweaking and experimenting with the specific button's appearance and placement might still be in order. It is so common to see HELP buttons that tell about the interface, itself, rather than the data. How to make this button self-evident that it tells vital stuff about the data, itself? "DOCUMENTATION"? Or might it help to more visually associate the button with the data (i.e. the images), rather than the controls? If so, should it be a little "i" located in the UR corner of each image? (Could have multiple "i" buttons, but pressing any one of them opens them all.)

Also it could it be accessible by multiple means, e.g. on an option menu that appears when a right-mouse-button click occurs on an image.

A mouse-over window that explains about the "i" button (or whatever it end up being called) will also help, of course.