EPANET - minor feature requests for the UI

[shenh]

Believe the following will streamline the workflow:

• when user selects an element (e.g. a tank), and click the graph command, the selected elements are automatically selected within the listbox

Other minor edits:

• an arrow (instead of the cross sign) might be a better selection icon
• add context menu after an element was selected. e.g. if a user select a pipe, a context menu may include graph selection, time series plot, etc.
• support cancel button, i.e. allowing close a window by pressing cancel key
• allowing deleting element by pressing del key
• support block edit in Pipe Editor. e.g. allowing user to select diameters to change and pop up a window for new values.

By the way will the UI support reading the binary input file?

[rickscr]

I agree. These enhancements would significantly improve workflows.

[PaulDudaRESPEC]

The commit referenced above implements the first suggestion, that any object selected in the object editor is automatically added to the list when the graph selection form is displayed.

The suggestion regarding block edits is not implemented exactly as suggested, but the new copy/paste capability allows a user to copy and paste a value across multiple objects, for example for setting the diameter for multiple pipes, which provides some of the suggested usability improvement.

The other items on the list will be held for consideration as time allows.

(Our understanding is that EPA does not intend to support the binary input file in this version of the UI.)