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Ptolemy II is an open-source software framework supporting experimentation with actor-oriented design.
https://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/ptolemyII
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Some users want double click to open composite actors #55

Open cxbrooks opened 17 years ago

cxbrooks commented 17 years ago

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Original bug ID: BZ#59 From: @cxbrooks Reported version: 6.0.1 CC: pt-dev@chess.eecs.berkeley.edu

cxbrooks commented 17 years ago

From the Rome 1/17/07 meeting and other meetings.

Ray wrote:

Is there an easy way to change the double-click action in Ptolemy to do an Open Actor and put the properties on a (right-click -> properties)? Our modelers keep asking (complaining) about this because this is pretty much the standard that most Windows software tools follow. It doesn't bother me personally, but HCI design debates aside, it's just what they're accustomed to doing. Anyway, I was hoping you can tell me something to do in the Vergil setup files that would enable this. If it's a code change, then it might be worth thinking about allowing this behavior to be customized by the user (i.e., some applications allow the user to select from "classic", "windows", "...", conventions).

However, I'm truly skeptical about this... I use a lot of Windows apps, and I don't agree with the assessment of your users. Perhaps they are simply reflecting the fact that they tend to look inside composite actors more than configure them. However, what about atomic actors? Should double click open the source code? This is what it would have to do to be consistent... I seriously doubt that's what they want...

cxbrooks commented 17 years ago

We talked about this, Edward suggested that the composite actors could have an attribute which would control how they handled double clicks. Perhaps we could make this be a preference.

cxbrooks commented 17 years ago

From the May, 2007 Rome Visit: Double click - right click go to configuration