Better highlighting for active node

[tmbo]

When I click on a node its activated but its hard to see that I really clicked it and then I have to change the position and click "s" to verify that I really activated it. Can you temporarily make the activated node XX% bigger (not too big but big enough to clearly see that it is activated). That would really help :)

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[georgwiese]

As the size of the node also represents its radius (at least sometimes), I think this would be confusing. Currently, the color is brighter if the node is active, how about increasing the value more?

[heikowissler]

Hi,

with red nodes you can see it clear, with blue its really hard to see. Since it is colour depending I would suggest to increase its size temporarily if that is possible. Means that if you save with activated node this node must not have a bigger node radius. Best, Heiko

2014-04-04 12:06 GMT+02:00 Georg Wiese notifications@github.com:

As the size of the node also represents its radius (at least sometimes), I think this would be confusing. Currently, the color is brighter if the node is active, how about increasing the value more?

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/scalableminds/oxalis/issues/306#issuecomment-39549654 .

[georgwiese]

Hi Heiko,

I'm still not sure how this would work. If I would want to set the node radius to fit the data, how would I do this if the node is actually displayed bigger?

I agree that it's hard to see, but I think increasing the brightness of the active node would solve the issue.

Best, Georg

[heikowissler]

Hi,

if you find a solution that works with all possible colours I´m fine with that. I just looked up how they did in Knossos, it seems they just overlaid some kind of transparent node that is bigger (attached). I dont know how hard it is to implement that but as I said, any solution that makes it clear which one is activated is ok for me :)

Thanks, Heiko

2014-04-04 12:33 GMT+02:00 Georg Wiese notifications@github.com:

Hi Heiko,

I'm still not sure how this would work. If I would want to set the node radius to fit the data, how would I do this if the node is actually displayed bigger?

I agree that it's hard to see, but I think increasing the brightness of the active node would solve the issue.

Best, Georg

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/scalableminds/oxalis/issues/306#issuecomment-39551659 .

[georgwiese]

Status: We should implement some sort of border around the active node to distinguish it from usual nodes.

Heiko: Ich denke dabei an ein Quadrat, dass nicht genauso aussieht, wie eine große node, so dass man (wenn man nur diese eine node sieht) sofort weiß, dass es die active node und nicht eine große normale node ist. Das kann z. B. durch ein transparentes Quadrat passieren oder ein Quadrat mit einem komplementärfarbenen Rahmen o. ä. Die Größe muss sich dann aber automatisch auch mitändern, wenn die nodegröße verändert wird.